Part 1: What's happening today? - Once the festival begins, this one will change daily.Festival runs Dec. 4-19, 2015. [Festival ends Dec. 13, but Best of the Fest will be Dec. 18 and 19.]
Part 2: Tips and Background info about how to get the best out of the festival. This part is pretty much ready for this year.
Part 3: Index of Films by Film, Film Makers, and Video Posts - to help you find posts about particular films. There's some overlap, I'll try to remember to put links in the appropriate categories.
Part 4: Index all the posts from the festival, with links. Latest post first.
It's Saturiday Dec. 19. Best of the Fest Part 1: All the action is at the AK Experience Theater. Everything tonight is worth seeing. I've seen them all and you can't miss. Here's a brief rundown of the films today. After tonight, the festival is over. But I'll probably have a few more posts as time passes and my thoughts on some of the films become clearer. In the past I've compared my favorites to the award winners and I'll probably do that again. |
| Part 2: Tips and Background |
[I'll leave this from last year for now. I'll check these to see how much revision they need. ]AIFF-2014-Questions (and-answers) People Should Be Asking About The FestivalThe ins and outs of the festival. How to find films, get tickets, find free activities, should you get a pass, how to use Festival Genius, and lots, lots more tips on getting around the festival. [UPDATED Nov. 25, 2014 adding clarifications from Jim Parker, Director of Film Programs.] [Nov. 7, 2015 - Festival Genius has been replaced by SCHED this year. Here's a link to my first impressions of SCHED.] AIFF 2014: Deciphering Film Festival Jargon: Feature, In Competition, Official Selection, And More - This post goes through the jargon so you know what the key terms mean at the film festival. |
| Part 3: Index of Posts Organized by Films, Film Makers, Video Posts |
| Lists of Films In Competition and when they're playing |
| Dec. 13, 2015 The 2015 Award Winners Best Documentary and Feature Awards Special Award for Directors and Audience Award Winners Made In Alaska Awards Animation, Shorts, and Super Shorts Awards |
Features:
Saturday, Dec 12
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Saturday, Dec 12
AIFF 2015: Powerful Bengali Film Under Construction - short comment after watching the film.
Sunday, Dec. 6
AIFF 2015: Audience Likes Iranian Film The Descendants - Audience reaction on video to The Descendants in English and Farsi.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
AIFF 2015: Features In Competition From Turkey, UK, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Iran - an overview of the Features in Competition for this year.
Documentaries
Friday, December 11, 2015
AIFF 2015: I Found My Perfect Movie -Superjednostka - A short explanation of why this is my favorite documentary and film at the festival so far.Wednesday, December 9, 2015
AIFF 2015: Lost And Found Eventually Lost Me - My reaction to the tsunami debris rescue and return documentary.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015
AIFF 2015: Documentaries In Competition -Tsunami, Circus, Whales, Murder, Genocide, Poland, Family, And More - Guide to those films the screeners thought were the best documentaries. Lots of interesting films.
Mon. Nov 10, 2015
AIFF2015: From The New Yorker Cartoons, Political Cartoons, Political Brainwashing, Afghanistan, Mt. Marathon Race, Transgender Dad - A brief look at some of the varied topics in the documentaries (not in competition) - Very Semi- Serious, Janey Makes A Play, No Greater Love, 3022 Feet, From This Day Forward, Courtship, The Brainwashing Of My Dad, Harry and Snowman.
Shorts
Tues Dec. 3, 2015
AIFF 2015:Shorts In Competition - From Iran, Belgium, Kenya, US and South Africa, - Guide to those films the screeners thought were the best shorts Lots of interesting films. They're being shown in four different groups and I've charted which groups each film is in.
Videos I made of Film Makers and the Festival in General
Sunday, Dec. 6
AIFF 2015: Audience Likes Iranian Film The Descendants - Audience reaction on video to The Descendants in English and Farsi.
| Part 4: Index of All Posts (most recent on top) |
Saturday, December 12, 2015
AIFF 2015: Powerful Bengali Film Under Construction - short comment after watching the film.
AIFF 2015: Stink! Report - Comments after watching Stink! about chemicals in everyday projects that are harmful and how the chemical industry wants to keep it that way.
AIFF 2015: Saturday Part 2 - Overview of the rest of today.
AIFF 2015: Saturday Preview Part 1 - Overview of what's showing from 11am - 4pm today with descriptions and some trailers.
Friday, December 11, 2015
AIFF 2015: I Found My Perfect Movie -Superjednostka - A short explanation of why this is my favorite documentary and film at the festival so far.
AIFF 2015: Friday Overview - Look at what's showing today with grid and a couple of trailers.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
AIFF 2015: Shorts - Jury Selection - Wow, Good Show - Quick rundown of the shorts I saw and my reaction. Lots of good stuff in this program.
AIFF 2015: Thursday's Got Great Offerings - Magic Utopia, Creditors, and Shorts Jury Selection - Overview of Thursday with grid.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
AIFF 2015: Lost And Found Eventually Lost Me - My reaction to the tsunami debris rescue and return documentary.
AIFFF 2015: When The Circus Leaves Town - quick positive, but confused reaction to the Turkish feature.
AIFF 2015: Wednesday Choices All Good - The grid to show where and when each film plays, plus an overview of all the films including links to trailers.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
AIFF 2015: Tuesday Scheduling - It's Gayla Night - post looks at a scheduling glitch that means if you watch the Short Docs, you can't see anything else Tuesday. And the problem happens the rest of the week. Also highlights some films up Tuesday.Monday, December 7, 2016
AIFF 2015: The Newtok Movie - We Are All Related Here - examines some ethical issues about dropping in to a rural Alaska Village and making a movie and leaving out key political reality.
AIFF 2015: Monday Preview - Newtok, Hong Kong - Monday preview of what's playing.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
AIFF 2015: Audience Likes Iranian Film The Descendants - Audience reaction on video to The Descendants in English and Farsi.
AIFF 2015: Sunday Preview - A screenshot of today's schedule, plus a quick highlighting of some of the films. Also some help in using the AIFF scheduling page.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
AIFF 2015: Saturday Afternoon Report - Brief report between films on The Incredible Adventures of Jojo, The Descendants,Manibar Dreams, and Midair's Hawaii. So far I haven't seen the best films of the festival.
AIFF 2015: Saturday At The Film Festival - First Choice Between Animation and The Incredible Adventures of Jog - first look at Saturday's offerings and the hard choices to make. With screenshot of afternoon grid.
AIFF 2015: First Night - Some shots and thoughts after watching Eadweard and talking to some of the filmmakers.
Friday, December 04, 2015
AIFF 2015: The Man Who Proved Horses Leave The Ground While Running Comes To Anchorage Tonight - A quick look at what's up at tonight's opening gala at the festival with trailer.
AIFF 2015:Shorts In Competition - From Iran, Belgium, Kenya, US and South Africa, - Guide to those films the screeners thought were the best shorts Lots of interesting films. They're being shown in four different groups and I've charted which groups each film is in.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015
AIFF 2015: Documentaries In Competition -Tsunami, Circus, Whales, Murder, Genocide, Poland, Family, And More - Guide to those films the screeners thought were the best documentaries. Lots of interesting films.
Mon. Nov 10, 2015
AIFF2015: From The New Yorker Cartoons, Political Cartoons, Political Brainwashing, Afghanistan, Mt. Marathon Race, Transgender Dad - A brief look at some of the varied topics in the documentaries (not in competition) - Very Semi- Serious, Janey Makes A Play, No Greater Love, 3022 Feet, From This Day Forward, Courtship, The Brainwashing Of My Dad, Harry and Snowman.
Sat. Nov. 7, 2015
AIFF 2015: Figuring Out The New Schedule Software SCHED - First impressions of this year's scheduling software that replaces Festival Genius. Not sure if this is an improvement or not yet. Time will tell.Thursday, October 29, 2015
AIFF 2015: Features In Competition From Turkey, UK, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Iran - an overview of the Features in Competition for this year.
October 21, 2015
AIFF 2015: Looking Back As This Year's Festival Nears- Link To Alex Gibney Interview - Links to a current interview with Alex Gibney, whose Academy Award winning Taxi to the Dark Side did not win the documentary prize at the 2007 AIFF. And it looks at the documentary films in competition for this year.-
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