iFFY Season 5 took place on

April 24-27, 2024

Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti looks to connect audiences across Southeast Michigan with film programming that celebrates diverse perspectives and cultivates a stronger arts & digital media community in Ypsilanti, MI.

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Explore iFFY Season 5’s lineup!

  • Best of the Children's Film Festival Seattle 2023

    Dive into exciting adventures and vibrant colors with this joyful collection of award-winning and audience favorite short animated films from Children’s Film Festival Seattle. Follow along as different critters and kids embark on adventures of friendship, family, and learning to be yourself!

  • From Lens to Light: Demystifying Cinematography for Indie Filmmakers

    "From Lens to Light" is an immersive workshop designed to transform how emerging filmmakers view and utilize camera and lighting techniques. Led by Garrett Sammons, a seasoned director and commercial cinematographer, this session delves deeply into the cinematic toolkit, unraveling the mysteries of achieving a filmic look regardless of budget constraints.

  • Radio Campfire

    Radio Campfire is a live listening event featuring creative audio stories of all kinds, curated and presented by a collective of audio producers in Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan. It’s like going to the movies, but for your ears. We gather together, dim the lights, and enjoy an evening of memorable radio documentaries, soundscapes and experimental sonic shorts.

  • Festival of (In)appropriation

    Founded in 2009, the Festival of (In)appropriation is a preeminent international showcase for experimental, found-media film and video. Every year, the Festival attracts artists working across an astonishing array of moving-image formats while probing the limits of collage, machinima, re-mix, détournement, mash-up, and more.