$10,000+ Bruce Baker & Genie Wolfson
$5,000 - $9,999 Steve Warrington & Courtney Mandrake
$1,000 - $2,499
Martha Darling & Gil Omenn
Larry Skiles
Lawrence Kasdan
Ron & Jill Donovan Maio

$500 - $999 Michael & Shannon Brown
Wendy Lawson
Matthew & Sonam Krichbaum
Jack Smith Marash
630 Club
Myrna Jean Rugg & Richard Cronn
Mary Cronin & John Johnson
Constance Crump & Jay Simrod
Gavin Eadie & Barbara Murphy

$250 - $499
Russ Collins & Deb Polich
Hubert & Ellen Cohen
John Dryden & Diana Raimi
Ruth Bardenstein & Jim Roll
John WC Baird
Nancy LaTendresse
Peter & Micki Drescher
Barry Miller & Enid Wasserman
George Fisher & Kari Magill
Frank & Gail Beaver
Peter Howell
Lindsay McCarthy
David Scott Follin
LeAnn & Joe Auer
Dr. John W. Farah
Bruce Curtis & Sara Tucker
Joanna Courteau
Deborah S. Greer
Ron Sober

technical director Tom Bray
special programming David Dinnell
out night programming Debra Miller
programming associate David Osit
filmmaker liaison Maisie Baubie
development associate Becca Keating
graphic design Ryan Molloy
graphic assistant Andrew Reaume
webmaster Charles Burney
housing coordinator Myrna Rugg
transportation coordinator Rick Cronn
green room coordinators
Constance Crump
Jay Simrod
green room decorations
Meghann Rotary
Mary Thiefels
after party coordinators
Bill Spencer
Meghann Rotary
film jam coordinator Forest Juziuk
festival photographers
Jes Rose
Brooke Keesling
Amanda Scotese
videographer Leslie Dreyer
aaff promotional videos
Martin Thoburn
Geoff George

aaff sponsor videos
Stephanie Frankiewicz
Emily Skaer
Steve Coy
Sean Darby

after party talent
DJ Bob Moir
VJ Leslie Raymond
Forest Juziuk
Aaron Lindell
Raj Mahal
DJ Billjax
David Osit
DJ Janks

main lobby installations
Bang! Productions, LLC
Jeremy Wheeler
Jason Gibner
Chris “Box” Taylor
Mike Taylor
John Redmond
Ayron Michael Nelson
Courtney Nock
Dustin Krcatovich
Steven Griffes

installation artists
Oren Goldenberg
Ted Kennedy
Leslie Raymond
Lisa Waud
Nicole MacDonald
Mary Thiefels
Meghann Rotary
Zack Weaver

board of directors
Bruce Baker (President)
Matthew Krichbaum (Vice President)
LeAnn Auer (Treasurer)
Myrna Jean Rugg (Secretary)
Tom Bray
Michael Brown
Russ Collins
Peter Howell
Heidi Kumao
Wendy Lawson
Lindsay McCarthy
Larry Skiles
Steve Warrington

advisory board
Alison LaTendresse
Bryan Konefsky
Chris Gore
Chris McNamara
Deanna Morse
Gary Schwartz
Jonathan Berkowitz
Ken Burns
Lawrence Kasdan
Leighton Pierce
Michael Moore
Morrie Warshawski
Richard Kerr

screening committee
Angel Vasquez
Becca Keating
Brooke Dagnan
Brooke Keesling
Chris Csont
Cory Snavely
Daniel Menzo
Gary Schwartz
Heidi Kumao
Mandira Banerjee
Scott Northrup
Shannon Buwalski

student interns
Maisie Baubie
Ryan Levin
Kelly Patrick
Bill Spencer
Meghann Rotary
Noah Stahl

michigan theater projection & stage staff
Dan Bruell
Dan Moray
Frank Uhle
J. Scott Clarke
Jim Pyke
Joe Ferdon
Rick Berthelot
Scott McWhinney
Walter Bishop

pre-screeners
Bruce Baker
Myrna Jean Rugg
Tim Pulice
Jon Moodie
Derek Kiesgen
Brian Hunter
Kim Demick
Forest Juziuk
Amy Nesbitt
Esther Kirshenbaum
Steve Warrington
Sandy Schopbach
Ryan Levin
Sonia Gill
Beca Fried
Kirk Ott
Claus Theile
Leland Austin
Danny Menzo
Rob Kirby
Denise Heberle
Al McWilliams
Ted Kennedy
Jeffrey Riber
Charlotte Young Bowen
Andrea Steves
Tim Furstnau

granting agencies & organizations
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs
The Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
State Street Area Association
The Arts Alliance

afterparty venues
Arbor Brewing Company
\aut\BAR
Babs Underground Lounge
The Cavern Club
The Yellow Barn

opening night catering
Seva
Totoro
eat catering & chef services
Morgan & York
Schakolad

judges’ meals Angelo’s
Café Felix
Café Habana
Café Zola
Zanzibar

filmmakers’ dinner Casa Dominick’s

thank you for your support, encouragement, and inspiration
Adam Hyman
Amanda Scotese
Amy Nesbitt
Andréa Picard
Bruce Baker
Bryan Boyce
Bryan Rogers
Chris Holland
Chrisstina Hamilton
Dan Marano
Danny Plotnick
Deb Greer
Debra Miller
Esther Kirshenbaum
Frank Pahl
Genie Wolfson
Geoff George
George Manupelli
Graham Hamilton
Jeff Meyers
Jeremy Wheeler
John Hieftje
Josh Pokempner
Ken Burns
Laura Barnes Gabriel
Laurie Blakeney
Lawrence Kasdan
LeAnn Auer
Leslie Dreyer
Lynn Yates
Mark McElhatten
Mark Mothersbaugh
Martha Darling
Mary Thiefels
Michele Turnure-Salleo
Newcombe Clark
Rick Cronn
Ron Reed
Russ Collins
Sabine Gruffat
Sam Raimi
Sam Valenti
Steve Klein
Tamara Real
Terri Sarris
Tina Fey
Vicki Honeyman
Wendy Lawson

extra high fives to
Al McWilliams
Amanda Bynum
Becca Keating
Brooke Keesling
Charlie Burney
Chris Csont
Colleen Sherman
Constance Crump
Danny Drysdale
Danny Menzo
David Dinnell
David Osit
Forest Juziuk
Gary Schwartz
Heidi Kumao
Jay Simrod
John Roos
Jon Moodie
Jon Sajetowski
Katherine Weider
Katie McMahan
Keith Orr
Kim Demick
Laura Barnes Gabriel
Lee Berry
Martin Contreras
Marti Gukiesen
Michael Cox
Mom and Dad
Myrna Jean Rugg
Nicole MacDonald
Ruth Bardenstein
Ryan Molloy
Scott Northrup
Steve Warrington
Tim Pulice
Tom Bray
Zack Weaver

In-Kind partners
Grace & Wild
The Michigan Theater Foundation
PLAYgallery
UMMA
UM School of Art & Design
UM Digital Media Commons
Work • Ann Arbor

The entire film festival experience was incredibly inspiring. I would imagine that the quality of the films, the diversity of their mediums, the poetry of their expression, and the intensity of their stories has jetisoned many other than myself into this state of sleep deprivation mixed with creative overload. Beyond spending hours upon hours watching films and reflecting on them with discussions or the blog posts, really the most inspiring aspect of the AAFF was the obvious momentum in the community that it has generated.

It seemed that everywhere I went, people were super pumped about the festival and already churning out excited ideas for next year's fest. Eavesdropping here and there, I didn't even know how half these people were involved with the festival, but somehow they had contributed to it and thus felt like they were a part of it. I heard filmmakers from far-off lands gushing over the rarity of this level of community involvement. Executive Director Donald Harrison was a catalyst in connecting artists, designers, engineers, filmmakers, tech people, journalists, sponsors, board members, activists, and everybody else into an ever-growing movement that has been growing over the past year, in Ann Arbor and beyond, and ultimately culminated during the six days of the festival.

In closing, I'd like to address the AAFF:

Hey, Ann Arbor Film Festival

It was a blast--you're the best! Thanks for everything, and don't ever change (except of course next year will be even better).

See ya then! ciao, Amanda

Ken Burns Award for Best of Festival - $3,000 O'er the Land - Deborah Stratman

Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film - $1,000 LOUDTHINGS - Telcosystems

Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film -$1,000 Kempinski - Neil Beloufa

Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film [tie] - $1,000 [$500 each] The Collection - Keren Albala Retouches - Georges Schwizgebel

Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film - $1,000 On The Third Planet from the Sun - Pavel Medvedev

Edward Jones Audience Awards - $1,500 [$500 each]
RiP: A remix manifesto - Brett Gaylor
Skhizein - Jeremy Clapin
When It Was Blue - Jennifer Reeves

Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography - $3,000 [$1,500 of Kodak film; $1,500 of Filmcraft processing] ELEMENTs - Julie Murray

Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker - $1,000 Kanizsa Hill - Evelyn Lee

The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist - $1,000 Cataract - Alexis Eggertsen

Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film [tie] - $1,000 [$500 to each] Operated By Invisible Hands - Nicole Brending Video Terraforma Dance Party - Jeremy Bailey

The Detroit Make it Here Award for Best Michigan Filmmaker - $1,000 A City to Yourself - Nicole Macdonald

Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film [tie] - $500 [$250 to each] Lossless #2 - Rebecca Baron & Doug Goodwin Refraction Series - Chris Gehman

autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film - $500 Tommy - Tora Martens

Ghostly Award for Best Sound Design - $500 Mas Se Perdio (We Lost More) - Stephen Connolly

The Eileen Maitland Award - $500 Nora - Alla Kovgan & David Hinton

The No Violence Award - $512 Immersion - Richard Levien

Best International Film Award - $300 De Tijd - Bart Vegter

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS - $200 each Re-emerging Filmmaker Award: A Horse Is Not A Metaphor - Barbara Hammer Transfalumination Award: Studies in Transfalumination - Peter Rose Vision Award: Quiero Ver - Adele Horne The Hecklers Can’t Ruin It Award: 1859 - Fred Worden Life Force Award: Kassim the Dream - Kief Davidson The Perfect Kiss Award: Afterville - Fabio Guaglione & Fabio Resinaro