Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 | Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre
365 5th Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan
Festival Objective: To promote the artistic visual talents of CUNY students, and to provide a central location to display their creative works. The festival will encourage networking among students that are separated by the different CUNY campuses. One of the missions of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute is to become an intellectual and cultural center for New York’s diverse Asian American community.
Prize Awards: First Prize ($200), Runner-Up ($100)
*Per Category: Fiction, Documentary & Experimental
All film or media submissions will be reviewed by our distinguished panel of judges, who will render a decision as to who will take home the top prizes for each category on the night of the festival.
2005 Winners & Runner-ups
Fiction Film
Winner: Like Any Other Day – Iee-Ra Kim (City College)
Runner-up: Pretty – Shabbir Hassan (Brooklyn College)
Documentary Film
Winner: T.V. – Lowell D. Ing (City College)
Runner-up: Balikbayan – Alan Raquel (City College)
Honorable Mention: Portrait of an Artist – Alexandra (Sasha) Artemova (Brooklyn College)
Experimental Film
Winner: Felix – Lowell D. Ing (City College)
Runner-up: Absent – Chenting (Tinx) Chan (College of Staten Island)
Panel of Judges: Daryl Chin, Dan Fernandez, Yunah Hong, Kelly Jeong, Herman Lew, Roopali Mukherjee, Vinit Pamar, and Thomas Tam
Festival Chairperson: Herman Lew
Festival Coordinator: Phillip Li