Date: Friday, May 24, 2019
Time: 6PM to 8PM
Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre
365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan
Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded over $12,000 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. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.
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
AAARI encourages all currently enrolled (or recently graduated in Spring/Fall 2018) CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, Asian and non-Asian, to participate in this great opportunity.
Festival Program
Bug (Best Animation)
Saichai Hu (Queens College)
Dear Friend Chinatown (Runner-up Documentary)
Tian Leng (NYC College of Technology)
A Girl In My Dream (Runner-up Fiction)
Anna Yon (Brooklyn College)
Back Home (Best Documentary)
Haruka Motohashi (City College of New York)
Irrational Fears
Jessica Hong (Queens College)
Reignited
Johnny Lai Pan (NYC College of Technology)
Irreplaceable (Best Fiction)
SeHee Kim (Brooklyn College)
Strangers on the Subway
Anthony Paulino (Hunter College)
Submission Guidelines
Person submitting must be a currently enrolled CUNY undergraduate or graduate student, or recently graduated in Spring/Fall 2018. (Copy of CUNY College ID and current semester’s class schedule, or proof of recent graduation, is required.) Submitter, or their authorized representative, must be available to attend the Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019, or else they will forfeit their cash award prize. Film submission must satisfy any one of the following two criteria:
- Production (exclusively or majority-made by CUNY personnel) involving at least one CUNY Asian personnel in a key position, ie. Director, Producer, Writer, or Editor
- Contains an Asian American / Asian theme or narrative
All submissions must:
- Create a 30 second to 1 minute trailer
- Film and trailer must be in downloadable digital format (H.264, 4:3 or 16.9 ratio, 256kps AAC), and sent via film sharing service, ie. WeTransfer
- E-mail download link, submission form, and film description to wtam@aaari.info
- Film must include the following title slates:
- 5 second black video
- “2019 CUNY Asian American Film Festival”, Title of film, Category, Running Time
- Must include credits of all individuals working on the project
Film submissions must be received by mail, e-mail, or hand-delivered, no later than 5PM EST on Monday, April 29, 2019. Anything received afterwards will not be accepted. (In the event of a submission deadline extension, you may submit an updated version of your film for consideration.) Limit of one entry per person. All entries must be accompanied by an entry form. Missing material will result in disqualification.
Festival Chairman
Ryoya Terao
Panel of Judges
John Acosta, Allison Berkoy, Patrick Chen, Vinit Parmar & Jennifer Betit Yen
Coordinator
William Tam
Technical Assistance
Antony Wong & Zhu-Hui Wu
Media Sponsor
