The Ann Arbor Film Festival has been called the ยhall of fame for experimental media,ย and you can catch this yearยs highlights at this weekendยs Aurora Picture Show. The 32 selected films range from Alain Delannoyยs Monument, a 12-minute animated piece about a boy who goes in search of his destiny, to Hammer and Flame by Vaughn Piikani, a ten-minute Indian documentary about a shipyard, where workers disassemble the skeletons of giant ships by hand. And thereยs A Room with Askew, an animated film by the Australian filmmaker Gregory Godhard, which focuses on a hungry little creature trapped in a strange, ยnothing is as it seemsย room.
Sat., Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 19, 3 p.m.
This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2007.