Time: 6PM to 8PM
Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre
365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan
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2010 Winners & Runner-ups
Fiction Film
Winner: Behold the Swelling Scene – MunJong (Arckii) Kim (Brooklyn College)
Runner-up: Antithesis – Jon-Carlos Evans (City College)
Documentary Film
Winner: Struggle for Existence – Laurie Sumiye (Hunter College)
Runner-up: Undocumented Hope – Tanvir Toy (Brooklyn College)
Honorable Mention: Nurturing the Hybrid Identity – Sudip Shakya (Brooklyn College)
Experimental Film
Winner: Boundary – Pyeunghun Baik (Brooklyn College)
Runner-up: Ball – Jung Eun Kim (Lehman College)
Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded over $5,600 in cash prizes to student filmmakers enrolled at the City University of New York, including City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and the College of Staten Island. The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses spread across the five boroughs, and serve as a central location to display their creative works among colleagues involved in the same field of study and interest.
AAARI encourages all currently enrolled (or recently graduated in Fall 2009) CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, Asian and non-Asian, to participate in this great opportunity. Winner ($200) and runner-up ($100) prizes will be awarded for each of the following categories:
- Fiction
- Documentary
- Experimental
On the evening of the Festival, all winners and runner-ups will remain anonymous until after a screening of selected films that have been reviewed by our distinguished panel of judges. Following the screening will be an award ceremony and Q&A session with the winners and runner-ups.
Guest Speaker: Tze Chun (Director-Writer, Children of Invention)
Winners* of the 7th Annual CUNY Asian American Film Festival will also have the exciting opportunity to have their films screened at the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival, organized by Asian CineVision, taking place in July 2010.
* Winners may or may not include Honorable Mention recipients, depending on time limit imposed by Asian CineVision’s Film Festival schedule.
Festival Chairman: Vinit Parmar
Panel of Judges: John Acosta, Young Cheong, Yunah Hong, David Hou, Herman Lew, Leslie McCleave, Terry Park, Vinit Parmar, & Saadia Toor
Co-Sponsor: Asian CineVision, Drama Fever, & Subway Cinema
Coordinator: William Tam
Technical Assistance: Antony Wong, Zhu-Hui Wu