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    2026 Institutional Advancement Film Festival

    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.

    Download the Film Festival Presentation