March 28, 2025 9:00 pm
Observer Editor
“A Body to Live In”: 63rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival

63rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival. Mar. 25–30. The oldest and one of the most prestigious avant-garde film festivals in North America, showcasing new experimental and independent films in a wide range of genres. Also, “Off the Screen” discussions, exhibits, and performances (see aaFilmFest.org for full schedule). Tickets: $185 (members & seniors, $150; students, $105; additional $15 for online access to the two Mar. 30 awards screenings) for passes for the entire festival, includes the opening night party & all film screenings; $100 (seniors, $80; students, $70) for weekend passes; $14 (seniors, $10; students, $9) per screening. $14 per screening online-only pass (available at aafilmfest.org) to watch just the two Mar. 30 awards screenings anytime between Mar. 30 and Apr. 13. All tickets and passes available both online at aafilmfest.org and at the Michigan Theater. Michigan Theater, various times. 

Mar. 28: “A Body to Live In.” Angelo Maden’s documentary competition film explores photographer, performance artist, and ritualist Fakir Musafar’s “modern primitives” movement, first popularized by punk publisher RE/Search in 1989. 9 p.m.

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