2015 CUNY Asian American Film Festival

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Date: Friday, May 29, 2015 Time: 6PM to 8PM

Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre
365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan

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2015 Winners & Runner-ups

Fiction Film
Winner: Sunnyside – Youngki Jin (City College of New York)
Runner-up: The Flip – Sophia Chan (Baruch College)
Honorable Mention: Anemone – Deukyun Hwang (Brooklyn College)

Documentary Film
Winner: Off the Farm – Mauro Basa (Brooklyn College)

Experimental Film
Winner: The Swan of Tuonela – Julie Zhu (Hunter College)


Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded over $9,700 in cash prizes to student filmmakers enrolled at the City University of New York, including City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, and Queens College. The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works.

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 filmmakers.

Winner ($200) and runner-up ($100) prizes will be awarded for each of the following categories:

  • Fiction
  • Documentary
  • Experimental

AAARI encourages all currently enrolled (or recently graduated in Spring/Fall 2014) CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, Asian and non-Asian, to participate in this great opportunity.


Festival Chairman: Ryoya Terao
Panel of Judges: Jerry Carlson, Russell C. Leong, Ryoya Terao, Theresa Loong
Coordinator: William Tam
Technical Assistance: Antony Wong, Zhu-Hui Wu

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