This page has four main parts:
Part 1: What's happening today? - Once the festival begins, this one will change daily.
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.
The Festival is over for this year. But I'll put up a few more posts. Dec. 21: I've got the index of all the posts on the festival pretty much complete. The index by film type is harder because some posts have several different categories. And I think I'm close to current on the index of posts with videos of film makers and/or the festival. I still have some video I haven't edited which I hope to get up eventually. |
Latest posts: Dec. 21, 2014 AIFF 2014: Their Picks And Mine - Features - I post a table comparing the festival's picks for best films and my own. There is a fair amount of overlap. I go on to discuss what I liked about the features I picked. Dec 18, 2014 AIFF 2014: Reflections On This Year's Festival From Jim Parker and From Me - A video of Director of Film Programming reflecting on this year's festival on the last Saturday, plus my notes, basically to remember, thoughts I had on the festival. |
| Part 2: Tips and Background |
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.] 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 November 10, 2014 AIFF 2014: Features In Competition - My voice rocks 6 unicorns in my pockets; I come, Ambassador, to Bern in hell I believe: in-appropriate behavior. Sunday November 16, 2014 AIFF 2014: Documentaries In Competition - From Seeds and Shields to North Dakota,Coney Island, Mala Mala, Water, and Dismantling Dams. Dec. 1, 2014 AIFF 2014: Short Narratives in Competition: A Box Of Chocolate |
| Features Dec. 21, 2014 AIFF 2014: Their Picks And Mine - Features - I post a table comparing the festival's picks for best films and my own. There is a fair amount of overlap. I go on to discuss what I liked about the features I picked. There's not much in this category because I did't write all that much and what I did write was mixed in with comments on films in other categories as well.Dec. 10, 2014 AIFF 2014: The Good And Bad Of 6 Bullets To Hell - Although it was done well, it pushed one of my buttons - gratuitous violence against women. Other who know film, disagree with me on this. |
| Documentaries Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 AIFF 2014: Barefoot Artist and Coney Island - Brief comments on these two documentaries, plus a little on Last Stop Flamingo.Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 AIFF 2014: My Saturday Highlights - Look at films that I liked Saturday, includes short discussions of Universal Language, Reaching Home, Rocks in My Pocket, and Shield and Spear. |
| Shorts Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 AIFF 2014: My Saturday Highlights - Look at films that I liked Saturday, includes short discussions of Universal Language, Reaching Home, Rocks in My Pocket, and Shield and Spear.Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 AIFF 2014: Molly McGlynn - Given Your History - US Premiere in Anchorage - Includes Skype video of the film maker discussing her journey to a finished film, in competition in the narrative shorts category. |
| Videos I made of Film Makers and the Festival in General Thursday, December 18, 2014 AIFF 2014: Reflections On This Year's Festival From Jim Parker and From Me - video of Jim Parker, Director of Film Programming, and then my comments on the festival overall before I forget them. Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 AIFF 2014: Sean McCarthy On 'Moving Out' And The Kurdish Film 'Come To My Voice' - short Video of Sean McCarthy and some quick thoughts after seeing Come To My Voice.Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 AIFF 2014: Who Is Ronald Gottlieb And Does Engin Karabagli Have Hairy Legs? - More video of Engin Karabagli, better questions this time. AIFF 2014: Engin Karabagli, Ronald Gottlieb, And Saturday Night's Animation Program - Preview of the animated short Robert Gottlieb, with the film maker Engin Karabagli on two different days. Dec. 12, 2014 AIFF 2014: Saturday Schedule - Lots of Movies, No Bear Tooth - Overview of the films and workshops for Saturday, Dec. 13 2014. Includes video of Ron Holmstrom, Alaska rep for SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.) AIFF 2014: Seeds of Time and Mixed Bag Shorts Make Great Film Night [Updated with Video]Video of Q&A of Mixed Bag Narrative Shorts program with film makers DK Johnston (Break In Time) Flavio Alves (Tom in America.)
Dec 10, 2014
AIFF 2014: Thursday's Choices - Universal Language In Love And Pain Program - Short video of Ken Murphy on his short narrative Reaching Home. AIFF 2014: Anchorage Audience Liked The Ambassador To Bern - video of audience members' reactions to The Ambassador to Bern after the film. Dec 9, 2014 AIFF 2014: Powerful Alaska Film On Juneau Japanese-Americans And WW II - Director Greg Chaney (The Empty Chair) in Q&A after the film. AIFF 2014 - Attila Szász Talks About His Film The Ambassador To Bern - Transcript and some video from a 30 minute Skype interview with Attila Szász the director of The Ambassador to Bern. Dec 7, 2014 AIFF 2014: Khalil Sullins, Director of "Listening" - A quick and dirty promo for Khalil Sullins' feature Listening.Dec 6, 2014 AIFF 2014: Bob Curtis-Johnson On The Digital Data Management Workshop - Anchorage filmmaker tells us what's coming up in his workshop.Dec. 5, 2014 - AIFF 2014: Molly McGlynn - Given Your History - US Premiere in Anchorage - Includes Skype video of the film maker discussing her journey to a finished film, in competition in the narrative shorts category. |
| Part 4: Index of All Posts (most recent on top) |
[Friday, Dec. 12 - I'm behind on these! Sorry, check the archives column on the right. I think I have all the posted videos of film makers and the festival listed above though. You can check for more recent posts (they all start with AIFF 2014) in the blogger archive near the top of the column on the right.]
AIFF 2014:
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014
AIFF 2014: Their Picks And Mine - Features - I post a table comparing the festival's picks for best films and my own. There is a fair amount of overlap. I go on to discuss what I liked about the features I picked. There's not much in this category because I did't write all that much and what I did write was mixed in with comments on films in other categories as well.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
AIFF 2014: Reflections On This Year's Festival From Jim Parker and From Me - video of Jim Parker, Director of Film Programming, and then my comments on the festival overall before I forget them.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
AIFF 2014: Awards Update - Alaska Films, Features - The final update of live blogging the Awards Gala with the list of winners.
AIFF 2014: Sean McCarthy On 'Moving Out' And The Kurdish Film 'Come To My Voice' - short Video of McCarthy and some quick thoughts after seeing Come To My Voice.
AIFF 2014: Sunday. The Last Day. Turkey, China, Florida, Then Awards - Overview of the second Sunday's film offerings.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
AIFF 2014: Barefoot Artist and Coney Island - Brief comments on these two documentaries, plus a little on Last Stop Flamingo.
AIFF 2014: Engin Karabagli, Ronald Gottlieb, And Saturday Night's Animation Program - Preview of the animated short Robert Gottlieb, with the film maker Engin Karabagli on two different days.
Friday, December 12, 2014
AIFF 2014: Saturday Schedule - Lots of Movies, No Bear Tooth - Overview of the films and workshops for Saturday, Dec. 13 2014. Includes video of Ron Holmstrom, Alaska rep for SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.)
AIFF 2014: Engin Karabagli, Ronald Gottlieb, And Saturday Night's Animation Program - Preview of the animated short Robert Gottlieb, with video of the film maker Engin Karabgli on two different days.
AIFF 2014: Is It Really Friday Already? Festival Choices for Today - Overview of Friday's films and schedule.
AIFF 2014: Seeds of Time and Mixed Bag Shorts Make Great Film Night [Updated with Video]Video of Q&A of Mixed Bag Narrative Shorts program with film makers DK Johnston (Break In Time) Flavio Alves (Tom in America.)
Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014
AIFF 2014: Thursday's Choices - Universal Language In Love And Pain Program - Short video of Ken Murphy on his short narrative Reaching Home.
AIFF 2014: The Good And The Bad Of 6 Bullets To Hell - My thoughts on the film. I liked the film, sort of, but it pushed my violence against women button. How many films have to show case this?
AIFF 2014: Anchorage Audience Liked The Ambassador To Bern - video of audience members' reactions to The Ambassador to Bern after the film.
AIFF 2014: What's On Today (Wednesday) - Film choices for Wednesday at the festival. My brief comments on Mala Mala.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
AIFF 2014: Powerful Alaska Film On Juneau Japanese-Americans And WW II - Why I liked The Empty Chair so much, with video of the director talking after the film played.
AIFF 2014 - Attila Szász Talks About His Film The Ambassador To Bern - Transcript and some video from a 30 minute Skype interview with Attila Szász the director of The Ambassador to Bern.
AIFF 2014: Tuesday's Offerings Include Ambassador To Bern and The Empty Chair - Overview of Tuesday at the festival with my descriptions of Ambassador and Empty Chair.
List of Monday's films with some description and links for each.
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014
AIFF 2014: Khalil Sullins, Director of "Listening" - Director Khalil Sullins gives a brief video by description of his film Listening
AIFF 2014: Films (and events) For Sunday - There's a grid of the day's films, and descriptions of films I've seen plus more.
AIFF 2014: My Saturday Highlights - Look at films that I liked Saturday, includes short discussions of Universal Language, Reaching Home, Rocks in My Pocket, and Shield and Spear.
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014
AIFF 2014: Bob Curtis-Johnson On The Digital Data Management Workshop - Bob Curtis-Johnson on video telling us about his upcoming workshop.
AIFF 2014: Saturday: What To Do? Shows the grid for Saturday and a few suggestions, but there are so many potentially good films. Not sure what I'll ultimately end up doing.Friday, Dec. 5, 2014
AIFF 2014: Who Is Rick Prelinger? - Some background on this well known film preservationist including a video on his archives.
- rough notes and pictures from opening event at the festival. The panel included people involved in film and the state's film credit program and a film maker - Frank Hall Green - who was able to use the film credit program for his film, WildLike - that opens the festival tonight.
AIFF 2014: Molly McGlynn - Given Your History - US Premiere in Anchorage - Includes Skype video of the film maker discussing her journey to a finished film, in competition in the narrative shorts category.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
AIFF 2014: AIFF 2014: Tony Sheppard Heading To Anchorage - Things Start Tomorrow With Free AM Discussion of Alaska Film Industry
Monday, Dec. 1, 2014
AIFF 2014: Short Narratives in Competition: A Box of Chocolates
Monday, November 17, 2014
AIFF 2014: Talk To Festival Director and Director of Film Programs Now On Talk of Alaska
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.
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.
Sunday November 16, 2014
AIFF 2014: Documentaries In Competition - From Seeds and Shields to North Dakota,Coney Island, Mala Mala, Water, and Dismantling Dams. Overview of the documentaries in competition along with scheduling help.
Monday November 10, 2014
AIFF 2014: Features In Competition - My voice rocks 6 unicorns in my pockets; I come, Ambassador, to Bern in hell I believe: in-appropriate behavior. Long post listing the six Feature films in competition (eligible for awards.)
Saturday October 18, 2014
AIFF 2014: Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Poland - Some Countries Getting Features Into Anchorage International Film Festival 2014 - List of feature films selected this year for the festival.
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