Except for Wolverine football and American cars, what else comes out of wintry Michigan? Try the Ann Arbor Film Festival. For 47 years since way before Sundance its been the leading purveyor of independent, avant-garde cinema. Each year, the festival culls a best of program from its international offerings and sends it on tour; Aurora Picture Show is screening seven of them. This years lineup includes Peter Roses trippy studies of light and darkness in Transfalumination; Jeremy Baileys comic, Bob Ross-inspired take on creative technology in Video Terraform Dance Party; and Marie-Josee Saint-Pierres beautifully animated look at the perils of pregnancy in Passages. Who knew you had it in you, Michigan? 7 p.m. FrenetiCore, 5102 Navigation. For information, call 713-868-2101 or visit www.aurorapictureshow.org. $7.
Sat., Sept. 12, 7 p.m., 2009