April 24-27, 2024

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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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Featured Events

  • The London International Animation Festival | April 26, 7:00PM

    The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) is the UK’s largest, longest-running animation festival, screening annually since 2003. This programme is a snapshot of the most recent festival - 8 short films that promise to inspire, delight and challenge the notion that animation is merely for the 3D CGI blockbuster genre or cute cartoons for kids.

  • Thicker Than Water | April 26, 9PM

    Eight short films exploring the horror, suspense, and terrible humor of troubled family relations and the things we inherit.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!