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We watched animated films at the museum after going to the AK Experience first, by mistake.  We missed the first one or two.  The best of ...

Here's the schedule for tonight.  Everything is at the Alaska Experience Theater. Hard choices.  In this case I've seen them a...

After the main part of the festival is over, the best films in key categories are shown again to give folks a chance to see them.  Here'...

Tan and Toyami at AIFF 2015 Gala Awards Special Directors award to Shoji Toyami  and Shuichi Tan  of Magic Utopia.   King Tan...

[I originally understood that all the docs were grouped together for one award, but at the ceremony, it turned out they had awards for short...

Honorable Mention - We Are All Related Here Runner Up -  Degrees North Winner -  Heart of Alaska

7pm The festival director Rebecca is thanking everyone whose been involved. I think I'll just update this post as the evening g...

So, here's the last day's program.  [Well, technically, there will be Best of The Fest next Friday and Saturday nights.] This is...

Lots of themes interwoven into this film about a an actress performing aTagori play, Red Oleanders , married to a rich husband who is ready ...

Drove gingerly downtown in the new snow.  Didn't want to end up like this guy who was parked about as close as you could get to th...

Already posted Part 1 for Saturday,   Here's Part 2, and a reminder - no Festival movies at the Bear Tooth today, but there are film...

Interesting options today.  New venue - Snow Goose - so be careful you don't go to Bear Tooth by mistake.  No Festival films there today...

The Polish documentary short by Teresa Czepiec was the best film I've seen at the festival so far. That's a pretty strong statement...

Is it really Friday already?   Movies start early today - 2:30pm at the Bear Tooth for the Martini Matinee which includes both narrative and...

The program just ended.   All of them were definitely worth watching.  Some were excellent.  I'm sitting in the theater during the break...

Everything except the After School Special and the Quick Freeze (which are more like local contests) is in competition.   Circus Without Bor...

I'd seen the trailers for this enough that I was getting a bit jaded, but I had high hopes for this film.  What could go wrong?  People ...

Interesting, strange characters in a small dying (dead?) town in rural Turkey.  Beautiful shots.  And the end left me, and apparently others...

Three venues today:  Bear Tooth, the Anchorage Museum, and Alaska Experience theater. Everything tonight is worth getting out and seeing. ...

I mentioned this film earlier today and the lawsuit between the competing leadership groups in the village of Newtok.  Well, it's pretty...