Arlington International Film Festival

The Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an annual nonprofit film festival[1] dedicated to promoting and increasing multicultural awareness and showcases world cinema and independent films in their original language with English subtitles. Independent film producers, directors and actors within the US and abroad are invited to participate in engaging panel discussions and Q&A sessions after the screenings. Each year the festival greets more than 2,000 movie aficionados and shows about fifty films from all over the world with an impressive lineup of premieres. The Arlington International Film Festival also includes a year-round events such as poster contest competitions (the AIFF's logo was designed by Marley Jurgensmeyer, winner of the 2012 poster contest competition), pre-festival screenings and art exhibitions with local artists and performances by musicians, singers and dancers.

Arlington International Film Festival
LocationArlington, MA
Founded2010
Festival dateAnnually, in October
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.aiffest.org/

History

The Arlington International Film Festival was founded in 2010 by April Ranck and Alberto Guzman, in the aim of exploring and promoting the cultural diversity through the lens of independent films in a wide range of topics and areas. Jumping from 53 submissions the first year to over 142 the following year, the festival has been a significant success and attracts many enthusiast moviegoers. Hundreds of submissions are now watched by AIFF’s Selection Committee each year and many of the selected films have been nominated for Academy Awards, while others have been purchased by CNN, POV PBS and Nova. The festival was held during four consecutive years at the historic Regent Theatre in Arlington. In 2015, the festival took place at the Kendall Square Cinema,[2] Massachusetts. In 2016, the annual festival returned to his home city in Arlington, and was held at the Capitol Theater Building,[3] in Arlington, Massachusetts. The number of films submissions continues to increase with a strong participation of filmmakers as well as a growing audience.

Highlights

In 2014, the "Martin Luther King Community" awarded AIFF for spreading diversity and awareness of African-American culture,[4] In 2012, the AIFF received the Year Award from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce,[5] and in 2013, the McClennen Community Arts Award from Arlington Center for the Arts[6][7] in recognition for building community, as well as the Gold Star Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council[8] for its 2013 poster contest. In January 2014, in conjunction with the Visual Art Department of the Arlington High School, AIFF brought artist Winfred Rembert[9][10] for a 5-day residency. AIFF has also partnered with the Boston Environmental Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Boston Irish Film Festival. In addition, AIFF worked with the filmmaker Alice Rotchild, of documentary Voices Across the Divide, which co-won the Boston Palestine Film Festival's ‘2013 Audience Award for Best Film. Two films: Botso: The Teacher from Tbilisi and Elena that were showcased at the Arlington International Festival in 2014 were among the 134 features nominated in the 'Documentary Feature' category at the 87th Academy Awards.[11] For the 9th annual festival, AIFF launched a new award: "Audience Choice Awards , sponsored by Spy Pond Productions. These awards were named in honor of Fran Ranck Tood, who passed in the spring of 2019. He was a faithful supporter and ambassador of the AIFF.

Categories

The screenings include feature length and short films in narrative, documentary and animation categories. Showings emphasize multiculturalism. The Arlington International Film Festival is a juried festival. College and High school students are also included.

Festival awards

2019 Festival Awards
The Audience Choice Awards for Best Feature:
  • Danseur[12] Directed and Produced by Scott Gormley, New York City. USA.

Awards include:;[13][14] Choreoscope, International Dance Film Festival Barcelona; Social Relevant Film Festival New York Grand Prize Documentary Feature.

Best of Festival Feature & Academy Award Nominee:
  • American Mirror: Intimations of Mortality[15] Directed by Arthur Balder. USA.

Awards include: Parajanov-Vartanov Awards (US) for Best Innovative Film, Best Cinematography and Best Composer: Mark Petrie; Fabrique du Cinéma Award (Italy) for Best International Documentary; Melbourne Documentary Film Festival nominated for Best Art, Best Director and Supreme Jury Award; Ierapetra Documentary Film Festival (Greece) Audience Award and Best Director; European Cinematography Awards (Netherlands) nominated for Golden Eagle Award for Best Film of 2019, Best Cinematography, Best Lead Actor and Best Original Score.

Best of Festival Festival Short:
  • Lifeboat.[16] Nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Documentary. Directed by Skye Fitzgerald. Germany.

Numerous Awards include: IDA (International Documentary Award) for Best Doc Short; the Social Impact Media Award for Best Director & Best Short; Best Doc Short at the Woodstock Film Festival; the Jury Award at the Traverse City Film Festival; Best Short at the Telluride Mountainfilm; Special Jury Price at the BendFilm; Best Doc Short at the Courage Film Festival; The Act Now Award at the Crested Butte Film Festival; Best Doc Short at the Dublin International Shorts Film Festival; The Audience award at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.

Best Documentary Feature:
  • The Last American Colony[17][18] by award-winning director Bestor Cram and Mike Majoros. USA. With over thirty years of experience, Bestor Cram independent documentaries have premiered at different festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, Nashville Festival, the AFI’s Silverdocs Film Festival, and the Independent Film Festival of Boston and more. His previous documentaries have also been shown on different channels such as HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel as well as Museum such as the Smithsonian Museum.
Best of Festival Documentary Short:
  • Imagining Future Cities[19] By Shugi Wang. USA Premiere.

Her previous documentary Awaken the Dragon for cancer survivors was screened as a finalist of HUA International Short Film festival in Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and China. Shugi Wang's other works also have been featured on channels such as NBC.

Best of Narrative Feature:
  • Thicker than Blood[20] by Anthony L. Williams. USA, New England Premiere.

Awards include: Best Director at the Newark international Film Festival.

Best of Narrative Short:
  • Facing Mecca[21] Directed by Jan-Eric Mack. Switzerland. Boston Premiere.
Best of Animation Short:
  • Los Emigrantes.[22] Directed by Andrés Llugany. Argentina. USA Premiere.

Awards include: Best Animation Short, Press Award, Audience Award, and Best Screenplay from the Mirada Oeste National Film Festival (Argentina).

Best Experimental Short:
  • Wamin (The Apple).[23] By Katherine Nequado. Canada. USA Premiere.

Awards include: Festival du Court Metrage de Clermont-Ferrand – Talent Tout Court Award (Quebec, Canada).

High Output Award to Local Filmmaker:
  • Path of the Daff.[24] Feature documentary by Michael Piscitelli. USA/Netherland. Boston Premiere.

Awarded Best Documentary in Valley Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA.

Rule Boston Camera Award to Local Filmmaker:
  • Class Of 84.[25] Short animation by Alex Salsberg & Joe Andrade. USA.
Talamas Boston Award to Local Filmmaker:
  • Artes Liberales.[26] Feature documentary by Dr. Chen Cheng. USA. Canada Premiere.

Students Division Awards:

Best of Festival:
  • Social Cinema by Carolina Sánchez. Spain.
Best Short Documentary:
  • Changing the narrativeBy Christian Means, Deonte Johnson, JaQuavion Gaines, Juliani Robinson. Light House Studio. Charlottesville. VA.
Best Short Narrative:
  • A Wake-Up CallBy Alex Dekelbaum. Dallas.
Best Short Animation:
  • MargoBy Amelia Maxham, Libby Slaughter, Ben Clark, Summers Worthington, Johnny Krosby-Groner, Jhael J. Rasheed, Victoria Stiefvater, Conrad Heins, Nicholas Tennery, Jago Gould. Light House Studio, Charlottesville, VA.
Best Short Experimental:
  • Discoveries: Awakening By Noah Semeria. Chicago, Illinois.
Honorable Mention:
  • A Journey to Acceptance by Sami Dowd. Swampscott, MA.
Honorable Mention:
  • Shrink by Kayla Jorgensen. Hyannis, MA.

2018 Festival Awards
Best of Festival Feature:
  • Skidrow Marathon.[27][28] Directed by Mark Hayes & Gabrielle Hayes. USA. The film has received 18 awards from 12 different film festivals.
Best of Festival Documentary short:
  • Are you Volleyball?.[29][30] Directed by Mohammad Bakhshi. Iran. This documentary won 21 awards.
Best Short Documentary:
  • Whirlwind, An history of black Tennis in America. Directed by Samantha Smith. USA.
Best Narrative Feature:
  • Die Best E Aller Welten[31] (The Best of All Worlds). Directed by Adrian Goiginger. This film is based on true events.
Best Short Narrative:
Best Short Animation:
  • Good Boy.[35][36] Directed by Rachel Beltran. USA.
Best historical Documentary:
  • Crows of the Desert.[37][38] A Hero’s Journey through the Armenian Genocide. Directed, produced and written by Marta Houske. USA. This documentary has received 12 awards and 4 nominations from different international film festivals.

Students Division Awards:

Best of Festival:
  • Violence in Baltimore. Produced and directed by Emerson students: Brooke Anderson, William Coles, Katia Crawford, Marc Cruise, Jayla Elliott, Joelle Faison, Kailah Hall, Michelle Hill, Eric Hunter, William Mitchell, Sama Muhammad, Ade Ogunshina, Eva Ojekwe, Brian Thompson, Ayanna White. Baltimore. MD. Wide Angle Youth Media.
Best Short Documentary:
  • Needles and Threats. Produced and directed by Emerson students: Alyssa Abreu, Moises Vargas & Anisa Hamilton. NYC. Maysles Documentary Center.
Best Short Experimental:
  • Irony. Produced and directed by Perth Modern School & Curtin University student: Radheya Jegatheva. Australia.
Best Short Animation:
  • Trejur (pronounced: Treasure). Produced and directed by Emerson student: Thomas Kim. Concord MA.

Local Filmmakers & Next Generation Of Filmmakers Awards:

  • Rule Boston Camera: Speak To Me. Directed by Nicolas Thilo-McGovern.
  • Talamas Boston: Awaken The Dragon Together. Directed by Shuyi Wang.
  • High Output : Yin Yu Tang. Directed by Vivianna Yan. Official Selection: HUA International Short Film Festival.

Microsoft Awards. Special Recognition to:

  • The Art Collector. Produced and directed by Emerson student: Saoirse Loftus-Reid. Lexington, MA.
  • Undocumentary. Produced and directed by Emerson student: Karla Cortes. Somerville, MA. World Premiere.

2017 Festival Awards
Best of Festival:
Best Narrative Feature:
  • You Have a Nice Flight,[41] Jimmy Dinh: Director. USA. The film has received 8 Awards, 21 Official Selections, and 17 Nominations. In July 2017: Shelley Dennis won an Actor Award for the Best Actress for the comedy: You Have a Nice Flight.[42] The comedy has also received the Award of Outstanding Achievement at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.[43]
Best Documentary Feature:
  • A Courtship,[44] Amy Khon: Director. USA.
Best of Festival Short Film:
  • Sisak,[45] Faraz Ansari: Director, India. Winner Best International Film. Winner Best Overall Short, Best Film at Mosaic Int’l South Asian Film Festival, Mississauga, Ontario.
Best Narrative Short Film:
  • Fist of People, Dong-ki An: Director. South Korea.
Best Documentary Short Film:
  • Phil’s Camino,[46][47] Annie O'Neil: Director. USA. This documentary has won 16 out of 25 festivals. World premiere at the SXSW Int’l Film Festival[48] and Winner of the Best Short Doc at numerous film festivals. Officially submitted to The Academy for Oscar Nomination at the 89th Academy Awards.
Best Animation Short Film:

Students Division Awards:

Best of Festival Short Film:
  • A Roll Call, Ben Reingold: Director. Sharon, MA.
Best Narrative Short Films:
  • Rosa, Roni Rolsgrove: Director. Boston, MA. ICA.
  • Loop, Stephen Gentry, Ryan Beard & Eli Hall: Directors. Charlottesville, VA. World Premiere.
Best Documentary Short Film:
  • After Freddie Gray, What Now?, Victor Able, Tayvon Cole, Katia Crawford, William Mitchell, Niajea Randolph, and Kailah Hall: Directors. Baltimore, MD.
Best Animation Short Film:
  • Washed Away, Madysen Yamamoto and Marina Kyle: Directors. San Francisco, CA.
Special Recognition Documentary Short:
  • What Piano District, Annmarie Soba: Director. New York City. World Premiere.

2016 Festival Awards

Best of Festival:

  • East LA Interchange,[51] Betsy Kalin: Director. USA. East Coast Premiere. Winner of the Award of Excellence IndieFest Film Awards; Best Feature New Urbanism Film Festival; 1st place jury award Frozen River Film Festival; Best Doc Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival.

Best Narrative Feature:

  • Climas",[52] Enrica Pérez: Director. Peru. USA Premiere. Premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival. Official Selection of the Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de Cuba; Epic Award for upcoming Filmmakers at the Festival de Cine de Lima.

Best Documentary Feature:

  • Jiàoliàn [coach]",[53] Esteban Argüello: Director. Official Selection of the Sebastopol Doc Fest; Ethnography Festival, Paris; D.C Asian American FF. Washington DC and Frozen River Film Festival.

Best Documentary Short Film:

  • The time of the Luthiers",[54] Jorge Guerrero: Director. Spain. USA Premiere.

Best Narrative Short Film:

  • EDÉN Hostel",[55] Gonzaga Manso: Director. Spain. New England Premiere.

Best Animation Short Film:

  • The Day of the Bleeding Gums,[56] Dimitar Dimitrov-Animiter: Director. Bulgaria. New England Premiere.

Official Selection at the Seattle International Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival.

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AWARDS:

Best of Festival:

  • Attached At the Soul, William Leon: Writer/Director. USA, CA

Best Documentary Short:

  • Todo tiene su tiempo/ Everything Has Its Time, Marylys Merida: Director. USA, MA.

Best Narrative Short:

  • Teach Me Fish, Asa Minter: Director. USA, MA.

Best Experimental Short:

  • I don't need U, Alyssa Peguero: Director. USA, MA.

Special Presentation from this year's Harvard College Film Festival:

  • The Flag,[57] Director: Tyler S.Parker. USA, South Carolina.

Best Documentary - Best Direction (Documentary) - Best Editing (Documentary) - Best Sound Editing (Documentary) at Harvard College Film Festival 2016.

2015 Festival Awards

Best of Festival:

  • Gabo: The Creation of Garcia Marquez,[58] produced by Justin Webster. France.

Best Narrative Feature:

  • How Not To Disappear Completely,[59] produced by Stuart J. Parkins, Director. U.K. USA PREMIERE.

Best Documentary Short Film:

  • A Chance To Dress,[60] Produced by Alice Dungan Bouvrie. USA
  • Tashi & The Monk,[61] produced by Andrew Hinton & Johnny Burke, Directors. MA, USA.

Best Fiction Short Film':

  • Kresnik:The Lore of Fire,[62] produced by David SIPOŠ, Slovenia.

Best Animated Short Film':

  • Bendito Machine,[63] produced by Jossie MALIS, Director. Spain, New England Premiere.

COLLEGE AWARDS 'Best of Festival:

  • Adagio, Kevin Wolf, Director. CA.

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AWARDS: Best of Festival:

  • Jordan, Katie Russel, Director. Raw Art Works, MA

Best Experimental:

  • Inhibited, Alexia Salingaros, Director, TX

Best Animation:

  • Luminosity, Alexia Salingaros, Director, TX

Best Documentary:

  • Picking up the Pieces, Joshua Tebeau, Director, Poland

Best Narrative:

  • Queen, Arvonne Patterson, Director, MA.

2014 Festival Awards

Best of Festival:

Best Documentary:

  • Botso:[66][67] The Teacher from Tbilisi, directed by Tom Walters.

Best Narrative:

  • The Forgotten Kingdom, directed by Andrew Mudge.

Best Narrative Short:

  • The Man Who Fed His Shadow, directed by Mario Garefo.

Best Documentary Short:

  • Not Anymore, directed by Matthew VanDyke.

2013 Festival Awards

Best Documentary:

Best Narrative:

Best Short:

  • Baghdad Messi, directed by Shahim Omar Kalifa.

Best Documentary - High School Division Awards:

  • La Lucha, directed by Tessa Tracy and Sophia Santos.

Best Narrative - High School Division Award:

  • The Shingles, directed by Malcolm DC.

2012 Festival Awards

Best of Festival:

Best Documentary:

  • Racing the Rez, directed by Brian Truglio.

Best Narrative:

  • Consent, directed by Ron Farrar Brown.

Best of Festival & Best Documentary -High School Division Awards:

  • La joie de vivre, directed by Jeremy Vassiliou.

Best Narrative - High School Division Award:

  • Molineux, directed by Jacob Sussman.

High School Division Awards Best Animation - High School Division Awards:

  • In Your Heart, directed by Raymond Caplin.

Best Experimental - High School Division Award:

  • The Crown of life directed by Real Junior Leblanc.

2011 Festival Awards

Best of Festival:

  • Zero Percent, directed by Tim Skousen.

Best Documentary:

  • We still live here[71] directed by Anne Makepeace.

Best Narrative:

  • Fuerteventura, directed by Mattias Sandström.

Best Short Film - High School Division Award:

  • Nowhere Now Here, directed by Gaby Bruce.
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