AAPFF is an annual event organized by the Polish Cultural Fund – Ann Arbor in cooperation with the Ann Arbor Polonia Association and the Polish Student Association UM.
Founded by Jolanta Nowak in 1993, the Festival has developed into a multifaceted program and currently offers feature films, documentaries and short films selected in a juried competition, as well as meetings with Polish filmmakers.
Documentary and Short Film Competition was established in 2005 and currently the Festival grants the following awards: Best Documentary, Best Debut and the Best Short Narrative.
The children’s program, including films and the Children’s Book Fair, was added in 2015.
Festival Committee
Małgosia Kowalczyk
Director
Barbara Alvarez
Alicja Bator-Naguib
Anna Bielińska
Andrzej Dolata
Iwona Wertenberger
Joanna Wierzbicka
- Paulina Duda – Facebook
- Agata Dow – feature film group
- Ania Dow – festival host
- Amy Olszewski – festival host
- Marcin Szczepański – photographer
- Chase Marshall – University of Michigan Polish Student Association
- Weronika Myslak – University of Michigan Polish Student Association
- Monica Olszewski – University of Michigan Polish Student Association
- Karolina Rak – University of Michigan Polish Student Association
- James Sliwa – University of Michigan Polish Student Association