Running for its 10th year, the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) showcases to New York City audiences some of the most innovative, provocative, and exciting works of film and video from around the world. The festival embraces a boundary-pushing spectrum of work that includes animation, music video, fashion film, documentary, visual narrative, and more.
Past selected artists have been featured alongside prominent video directors such as David LaChapelle, Marie Schuller, and Kalup Linzy, and the panel discussions have attracted prestigious artists and scholars including Alanna Heiss (founder of MoMA PS1), David Ross (former director of the Whitney and SFMOMA), Jason Sondhi (co-founder of Short of the Week and former lead curator of Vimeo Staff Picks), and Ziggy Levin (executive producer for Art + Commerce and faculty member at SVA). Panel discussion moderators have included curator and critic Lyle Rexer, and best selling author Mark Alpert.
VAEFF 2020 was originally scheduled to run from November 12-14 across several venues in NYC, including the Tribeca Film Center. However this year’s VAEFF screenings will unfortunately be postponed due to COVID-19.
While it’s hard to predict what public health guidelines will look like in the coming months, VAEFF is committed to continuing to showcase independent video artists and filmmakers in whatever way it can, and is aiming to have in-person screenings by May 2021. We will provide updates about event details and any changes as things progress.
VAEFF 2020 official selections and all screening programs will be announced in the coming month. Please stay tuned.