The Institutional Advancement Film Festival highlights some of the best digital storytelling put together by, or promoting the work of, advancement professionals within academic medicine.
The 13th annual Institutional Advancement Film Festival, hosted by James A. Molnar, Supervisor of Communications and Digital Media at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, was held April 23, 2026, at the 2026 AAMC Conference for Institutional Advancement in Miami.
Starting Local
The Team Behind the Team
University of Florida Health
From Mississippi to Team USA: A bobsledder’s comeback
University of Florida Health
University of Miami’s HR on the Move
Miller School of Medicine
A rare hernia surgery gives USF alumna a second chance
University of South Florida Health
Top Tier Discovery: Morsani College of Medicine Powering Bold Ideas & Visionary Minds
University of South Florida Health
Overview
School of Medicine and Public Health 2025 LCME La Crosse
University of Wisconsin Madison
Kickoff 2025 Opening Video
New York-Presbyterian
NEOMED: The First 50 Years
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Creative
Mission Impossible
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University
Advocacy
Dr. Klotman’s Weekly Videos
Baylor College of Medicine
I’m here today because of research funding that was invested in 35 years ago.
AAMC
A World Without Academic Medicine
AAMC
The Vagelos Effect
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Patients
Bike helmet protects a young boy’s brain
University of Washington (UW) Medicine
First in Wisconsin: A Family, a Therapy and a Second Chance
Medical College of Wisconsin
Walker Mims, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Animation
Little Heart Warrior
Medical College of Wisconsin
Research
SHE Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pursuing Beauty
Stanford University
Finale
The First Patient
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Made Better By You: Ed Lueders
University of Utah Health
We’re looking for great video work for the next Film Festival in 2027! Submit your videos throughout the year to GIA@aamc.org.