Ann Arbor Film Festival 2009

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time rating title venue
Tuesday, March 24th
6:00 PM
Opening Night Gala Reception
Special Events | 120 min.
 Michigan Theater - Lobby & Main Theater
8:00 PM
Opening Night Screening
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Freude ("Delight") | Thomas Draschan 2009
  • Western Spaghetti | PES 2008
  • The Control Master | Run Wrake 2008
  • Out Of Print | Danny Plotnick 2008
  • Dahlia | Michael Langan 2008
  • Clear Glasses | Sam Green 2008
  • P.R. | Bryan Leister 2007
  • Cattle Call | Mike Maryniuk & Matthew Rankin 2008
  • Team Taliban | Benjamin Kegan 2008
  • Steel Homes | Eva Weber 2008
  • Oh Great Now Look What Happened | Tijmen Hauer & Gerbrand Burger 2007
  • I am so proud of you | Don Hertzfeldt 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
10:30 PM
Arbor Brewing Company
After Parties
 Arbor Brewing Company
Wednesday, March 25th
1:00 PM
Michigan in Motion: Film Tax Incentives at Full Speed
Panel | 90 min.
 Work Gallery
3:00 PM
Juror Presentation: Emily Hubley
Emily Hubley | Feature Films, Juror Presentations, Short Films | 95 min.
  • Pigeon Within | Emily Hubley 2000
  • Set Set Spike | Emily Hubley 2002
  • The Toe Tactic | Emily Hubley 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:00 PM
Adventures in Illegal Art: Mark Hosler of Negativland
Mark Hosler | Experimental, Special Presentations | 90 min.
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:30 PM
Terra Firma
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Yard Work Is Hard Work | Jodie Mack 2008
  • Passages | Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre 2008
  • Falling With Force. | Sofia Bohdanowicz 2009
  • Teat Beat Of Sex: Hair | Signe Baumane 2008
  • Streetcar Named Perspire | Joanna Priestley 2007
  • A Horse Is Not A Metaphor | Barbara Hammer 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
9:30 PM
Shadows of the Night Sea
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Nightstill | Elke Groen 2008
  • Kempinski | Neil Beloufa 2007
  • LOUDTHINGS | Telcosystems 2008
  • MY LIFE IN DREAMS | Cam Woykin 2008
  • Crepitus | Francois Miron 2008
  • The Promise | Luke Losey 2008
  • Murder Capital | Marcy Saude 2007
  • Cataract | Alexis Eggertsen 2008
  • Autumnal | Scott Nyerges 2008
  • Studies In Transfalumination | Peter Rose 2008
  • Blue Tide, Black Water | Eve Gordon & Sam Hamilton 2008
  • Seemannstreue (Sea Dog's Devotion) | Anna Kalus 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
10:00 PM
Mock Up On Mu
Craig Baldwin 2008 | Experimental, Feature Films, Films in Competition | 110 min.
 Michigan Theater - Screening Room
10:30 PM
Babs' Underground Lounge
DJ BILJAX, DJ Davey Dave | After Parties
 Babs' Lounge
Thursday, March 26th
1:00 PM
Remixing the Rules: Copyright & Fair Use
Panel | 90 min.
 Work Gallery
3:00 PM
Juror Presentation: Robert Todd
Robert Todd | Juror Presentations, Short Films | 57 min.
  • Riverbed | Robert Todd 2008
  • Antechamber | Robert Todd 2008
  • Passing | Robert Todd 2008
  • Repair | Robert Todd 2009
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
5:10 PM
Penny W. Stamps Presents: George Manupelli
George Manupelli | Special Presentations | 80 min.
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:00 PM
Out Night
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Checkout | Jenn Garrison 2006
  • Crazy Baby | Jules Nurrish 2009
  • Operated By Invisible Hands | Nicole Brending 2007
  • Steeling Magnolias | Juan Carlos Saizarbioria & Patrick Hasson 2008
  • Clouded | Ajae Clearway 2007
  • The Bond | Michael T. Connell 2007
  • Untitled Film Stills | Sam Icklow 2007
  • Tommy | Tora Mårtens 2008
  • The Japanese Sandman | Fo Buhr 2007
  • What I Found In Great Aunt Nell's Closet | Melissa Bouwman 2008
  • 575 Castro St. | Jenni Olsen 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:30 PM
Cry Dr. Chicago
George Manupelli 1971 | Feature Films, Special Presentations | 96 min.
 Michigan Theater - Screening Room
9:30 PM
Unexplored Territories
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • La Battue | Guy Édoin 2008
  • Danse Macabre | Pedro Pires 2008
  • Trailer Trash | Mark Street 2009
  • Let's Get Married | Stephan Hillerbrand, Kirk Lynn & Mary Magsamen 2008
  • Skhizein | Jérémy Clapin 2008
  • 1859 | Fred Worden 2008
  • Reincarnation | Takeshi Kushida 2008
  • The Nightgardener | Jennifer Hardacker 2008
  • 2) Secret Machine | Reynold Reynolds 2008
  • AfterVille | Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
10:00 PM
You Are Here
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Telethon | Kevin Everson 2009
  • Rooms | Jacob Mendel 2008
  • Infrastructure | John Carson McCarthy 2008
  • night side | Rebecca Meyers 2008
  • A World Rattled Of Habit | Ben Rivers 2008
  • Severing The Soul | Barbara Klutinis 2008
  • Phantogram | Kerry Laitala 2009
  • VIOLA: The Traveling Rooms Of A Little Giant | Shih-Ting Hung 2008
  • Temporary Services | Dina Noto 2008
  • Moments Of Considered Time | Arthur Kleinjan 2008
  • Keep The Home Fires Burning | Ryan O'Toole 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
10:30 PM
SH\aut\ & \aut\BAR
After Parties
 SH\aut\ & \aut\BAR
Friday, March 27th
1:00 PM
Lecture: Pioneers of the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Panel | 90 min.
 Work Gallery
3:00 PM
Juror Presentation: Betzy Bromberg
Feature Films, Juror Presentations | 78 min.
  • A Darkness Swallowed | Betzy Bromberg 2005
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:00 PM
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
Don Hertzfeldt | Animation, Short Films, Special Presentations
  • The Meaning of Life | Don Hertzfeldt 2005
  • Rejected | Don Hertzfeldt 2000
  • Billy's Balloon | Don Hertzfeldt 1998
  • Everything will be OK | Don Hertzfeldt 2006
  • Intermission in the Third Dimension | Don Hertzfeldt 2003
  • I am so proud of you | Don Hertzfeldt 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:30 PM
Mountains and Rivers Without End
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Film Of The Sea | Takashi Ishida 2007
  • Refraction Series | Chris Gehman 2008
  • When It Was Blue | Jennifer Reeves 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
9:30 PM
The Animated Forest
Animation, Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Retouches | Georges Schwizgebel 2008
  • Trepan Hole | Andy Cahill 2008
  • Battery Acid. | Dean Denell & Daniel Olson 2008
  • Father | Sebastian Danta 2008
  • The Heart Of Amos Klein | Michal & Uri Kranot 2008
  • I Live In The Woods | Max Winston 2008
  • Permutation | Viktoriya Gruzdyn & Katerina Friday 2008
  • El Miedo (Fear) | Jimena Sarno & Ms. Bea 2008
  • THE IDIOT STINKS | Helder K. Sun 2008
  • Friluftsliv (Outdoor Life) | Håkan Wennström 2008
  • Kanizsa Hill | Evelyn Lee 2008
  • Chainsaw | Dennis Tupicoff 2007
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
10:00 PM
Canyon Cinema Presents
Short Films, Special Presentations
  • Kaleidoscope and Colour Flight | Len Lye 1935
  • Composition in Blue | Oskar Fischinger 1935
  • Ellipses | Frédérique Devaux 1999
  • The Crossing | Timoleon Wilkins 2007
  • Bridge Go Round | Shirley Clarke 1958
  • Bouquets 21-30 | Rose Lowder 2005
  • Kosmos | Thorston Fleisch 2004
  • The Argonaut | Alexis Bravos 2008
  • Ruby Skin | Eve Heller 2005
  • You Be Mother | Sarah Pucill 1990
  • The Girl Chewing Gum | John Smith 1976
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
10:30 PM
Yellow Barn with Dark Matter
After Parties
 Yellow Barn
12:00 AM
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Julien Temple 1980 | Experimental, Feature Films, Midnight Movies, Narrative | 103 min.
 State Theater
Saturday, March 28th
10:00 AM
Stop By. Shoot Film.
Special Presentations
 Work Gallery
11:00 AM
Ann Arbor Walking Tour
The Swoops | Special Presentations | 90 min.
 Michigan Theater - Lobby & Main Theater
1:00 PM
For Kids of All Ages
Family Friendly, Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • The Collection | Keren Albala 2008
  • Bewick's Mambo | Peter Snowdon 2008
  • Life On A Limb | David Chai 2008
  • Ten Counting Cat | Robert Chaplin 2008
  • Immersion | Richard Levien 2009
  • Le Noeud Cravate (The Necktie) | Jean-Francois Lévesque 2008
  • C Block | Vladimir Kooperman 2008
  • Ridder | Hedvig Lien 2008
  • Love Child | Daniel Wirtberg 2009
  • My Happy End | Milen Vitanov 2007
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
1:00 PM
Stop By. Shoot Film.
Special Presentations
 Work Gallery
1:30 PM
Beyond the New World
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Quiero Ver | Adele Horne 2008
  • The Eternal Quarter Inch | Jesse McLean 2008
  • Great Man and Cinema | Jim Finn 2009
  • Video Terraform Dance Party | Jeremy Bailey 2008
  • too close, too far | Katherin McInnis 2008
  • Seeker | Jordan Hassay 2008
  • Light | Liesbeth Koot 2008
  • market sentiments | Barbara Musil 2007
  • Six Apartments | Reynold Reynolds 2007
  • A City To Yourself | Nicole MacDonald 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
3:00 PM
Automorphosis
Harrod Blank 2008 | Documentary, Feature Films, Films in Competition | 77 min.
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
4:00 PM
Among the Paving Stones
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Dig | Robert Todd 2007
  • Speechless | Scott Stark 2008
  • Lossless #2 | Rebecca Baron & Doug Goodwin 2008
  • De Tijd | Bart Vegter 2008
  • Horizontal Boundaries | Pat O'Neill 2008
  • Public Domain | Jim Jennings 2008
  • ELEMENTs | Julie Murray 2008
  • Origin Of The Species | Ben Rivers 2008
  • Sarabande | Nathaniel Dorsky 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
4:00 PM
Stop By. Shoot Film.
Special Presentations
 Work Gallery
7:00 PM
Bruce Conner Retrospective 1
Short Films, Special Presentations
  • A Movie | Bruce Conner 1958
  • The White Rose | Bruce Conner 1967
  • Breakaway | Bruce Conner 1966
  • Vivian | Bruce Conner 1964
  • Ten Second Film | Bruce Conner 1965
  • Marilyn Times Five | Bruce Conner
  • Report | Bruce Conner
  • Crossroads | Bruce Conner 1976
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
7:30 PM
The Altitude of Fiction
Films in Competition, Narrative, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Pop Art | Amanda Boyle 2008
  • Excision | Richard Bates 2008
  • Honor & Justice | Shachar Freddy Kislev 2008
  • Die Schneider Krankheit | Javier Chillon 2008
  • found oBjects | David Birnbaum 2007
  • Glory at Sea | Benh Zeitlin 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
9:00 PM
RiP: A remix manifesto
Brett Gaylor | Documentary, Family-Friendly, Feature Films, Films in Competition | 80 min.
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
10:00 PM
The Weight of Space
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • Inner Machine | Michiel van Bakel 2007
  • Circles Of Confusion | Phoebe Tooke 2007
  • Limbo Of The Infants | David Osit 2009
  • For You, My People | Jose Pablo Gonzalez 2007
  • Utopia, Part 3: the World's Largest Shopping Mall | Sam Green & Carrie Lozano 2009
  • Cobra Mist | Emily Richardson 2008
  • lay claim to an island | Chris Kennedy 2009
  • The Dawn Of Jeju 4.3 | Jaehyung Ju 2008
  • Nora | Alla Kovgan & David Hinton 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
10:30 PM
Cavern Club with DJ Bob Moir
After Parties
 Cavern Club
12:00 AM
Music Video Showcase
Midnight Movies, Short Films
 UMMA
Sunday, March 29th
1:00 PM
Systems and Layers
Films in Competition, Short Films, Themed Competition Programs
  • On The Third Planet From The Sun | Pavel Medvedev 2006
  • Más Se Perdió (we lost more) | Stephen Connolly 2008
  • O'er The Land | Deborah Stratman 2008
Michigan Theater - Main Theater
1:30 PM
Bruce Conner Retrospective 2
Short Films, Special Presentations
  • Cosmic Ray | Bruce Conner 1961
  • A Movie | Bruce Conner 1958
  • Report #3 | Bruce Conner
  • Mongoloid | Bruce Conner 1978
  • America Is Waiting | Bruce Conner 1982
  • Mea Culpa | Bruce Conner 1981
  • Take The 5:10 To Dreamland | Bruce Conner 1977
  • Valse Triste | Bruce Conner 1979
  • Looking For Mushrooms (Long Version) | Bruce Conner 1996
  • Easter Morning | Bruce Conner 2008
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
3:00 PM
Kassim the Dream
Kief Davidson 2008 | Documentary, Feature Films, Films in Competition | 86 min.
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
3:30 PM
Nazuna: 35mm Slideshow by Hitoshi Toyoda
Short Films, Special Presentations | 90 min.
 Michigan Theater - Screening Room
5:30 PM
PLAY Station Community Animation
Special Presentations
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
6:00 PM
Awarded Film Program 1
Films in Competition
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater
8:00 PM
Awarded Film Program 2
Films in Competition
 Michigan Theater - Main Theater