The Call for Entries is now open for the 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival, the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America. All lengths and genres accepted and considered: experimental, animation, documentary, narrative and music video.

- More than $18,000 awarded to films in competition
- Qualifying festival for Academy Awards® in the Short Film Category
- Select films screened on Traveling Tour

[color=teal][b]Early deadline --- August 16, 2010 --- $30 Shorts | $40 Features
Standard deadline --- October 4, 2010 --- $40 Shorts | $50 Features
Late deadline --- November 4 2010 --- $50 Shorts | $60 Features[/b][/color]

Visit our website - [url=http://www.aafilmfest.org/submit]www.aafilmfest.org/submit[/url] - to download the PDF application or link to our withoutabox submissions page.

[b]The 49th Ann Arbor Film Festival
March 22 - 27, 2011[/b]

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[u]Quick Facts about the Ann Arbor Film Festival[/u]
• The longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America - established 1963.
• Variety magazine recently placed the AAFF in their Top 10 favorite festivals in the world, citing the fest's strong artistic vision and celebration of artists.
• More than 2,500 filmmakers submitted their films for consideration in 2009 from over 65 countries.
• The 2009 traveling AAFF tour screened in more than 35 cities across the world.
• The AAFF is one of a handful of Academy Award®-qualifying festivals in the United States.
• Renowned for pioneering cinema, having showcased the early work of thousands of influential artists including: Gus Van Sant, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, George Lucas, Brian DePalma, Chick Strand, James Benning, Agnes Varda, Kenneth Anger, Bruce Conner and Devo.