The 50th anniversary of the Ann Arbor Film Festival includes a major retrospective of Bruce Baillie, a Craig Baldwin lecture, and tons of films by George Kuchar, Jodie Mack and more.

Jan. 24: The New York Film/Video Council presents a special, rare screening of On the Pole: Eddie Sachs by Richard Leacock, DA Pennebaker and Albert Maysles.

The 17th annual Media City experimental media festival will screen films by Ben Russell, Kevin Jerome Everson, Michael Robinson and more.

The 3rd annual Migrating Forms has new experimental media by Melanie Gilligan, Jacqueline Goss, Oliver Laxe, Steve Reinke and more.

The 24th annual Images Festival will consume the city of Toronto with a frenzy of experimental media by Paul Clipson and more.

Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema is hosting the FNC Lab with films by Marie Losier, Chick Strand, Guy Maddin, Christina Battle and more.

The 17th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival will be honoring Jonas Mekas with their Lifetime Achievement Award and screen his films.

The 16th annual Media City in Windsor and Detroit will begin with Kevin Jerome Everson’s Erie, plus screen films by Michael Snow, Robert Todd and more.

The 2nd annual Migrating Forms experimental video festival features work by Kevin Jerome Everson, Kent Lambert, Peggy Ahwesh and more.

The Migrating Forms Film Festival has posted up some early picks, like Kevin Jerome Everson’s Erie, retrospectives of Gorin and Tribe, and more.