Altered Esthetics seeks to exhibit experimental film and video art at a length 12 minutes or shorter, exclusively on FilmFreeway. The festival will present its 3rd season with screenings, panel discussions, and educational events on July 27-31, 2016 at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis, with accompanying special events at venues such as the Bryant Lake Bowl. Each year a theme is selected based upon trends noticed in the selected submissions.

Over the past ten years Ae has hosted over 100 group exhibitions, launched a solo exhibitions program for emerging artists, and have brought the work of more than 500 artists to public view - many of whom were sharing their artwork with the public for the very first time. Altered Esthetics largest program is the the Ae Film Festival (formerly the Ae Art House Film Festival), an annual event dedicated to the organization’s mission to foster an inclusive and sustainable arts community through exhibitions, education, and outreach. By drawing on a broad range of innovative modes and techniques, the festival exhibits artists who explore the art of the moving image, including artworks that represent experimental narratives, avant-garde poetics, genre expanding documentary, and contemporary art practices. The selections of short film and video work and accompanying panel discussions stretches the notion of what the moving image is and can be. Interdisciplinary artist Jes Reyes, the Co-Exhibitions Director of Altered Esthetics, oversees the festival, and is supported by a team of volunteers.

To submit: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/AeFilmFestival

More info on Altered Esthetics: www.alteredesthetics.org