Above: Outdoor screening at Walkabout BreweryLast year’s decision to move the spring festival to a virtual platform was made rapidly, and with a sense that we had no other choice. We had to find a way to showcase the extraordinary work of the filmm...
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Director’s Desk: Co-Curating Migrating Bodies with the Schneider Museumby Richard HerskowitzA highlight of the physical AIFF2020 that was intended to, but did not happen in April would have been the annual media art exhibition that AIFF co-org...
Above: Tom Kalin, Marcus Hu, and B. Ruby Rich discuss 30/30 Vision: 30 Years of Strand ReleasingBY RICHARD HERSKOWITZ As I’m writing this, we have conducted over 20 Q&A’s with our AIFF2020 filmmakers, half the number we w...
BY RICHARD HERSKOWITZ — I want to start our April Screener with a big thank you: to our members and festival goers for your patience, encouragement, and support; to our sponsors and financial supporters for believing in us and g...
BY RICHARD HERSKOWITZ — I went to Sundance in late January to hunt for major new releases for this year’s festival. And I came back with many of the best films I saw there, the best crop I think we’ve ever harvested for the Ashland Independent ...
Last month, I promised to leak some early news here about the upcoming April 16-20 festival. Long-time festivalgoers know that the full schedule is unveiled at Preview Night in SOU Music Hall, taking place this year on March 24. The next day, we’ll...
BY RICHARD HERSKOWITZ — The 19th annual film festival, scheduled for April 16-20, is beginning to take shape. Of the 835 films that have come in so far, as of late December, only 50 films haven’t been previewed by at least two screener...
BY RICHARD HERSKOWITZ — Recently, AIFF began a new strategic planning process. Our three goals – empowering our organization with stronger facilities, staffing, and reserves; deepening our roots in the community; and broadening our rea...
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