2025 CUNY Asian American Film Festival

Submission Deadline: Friday, May 2, 2025

Submitter must be a currently enrolled or recently graduated CUNY student. (Copy of CUNY College ID and current semester’s class schedule, or proof of recent graduation Spring/Fall 2024 is required.)

Film must satisfy any one of the following criteria:

Production exclusively or majority-produced by CUNY personnel involving at least one Asian CUNY personnel in a key position, e.g. Director, Writer, or Editor
Contains an Asian American / Asian theme or narrative

Form must be submitted no later than 5pm EST on Friday, May 2, 2025. 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.

Your film must meet the following requirements:

Film length is limited to 30 mins, minimum 5 mins (not a hard-set limit)
30 second film trailer (not a set limit)
Film and trailer must be in downloadable .mp4 format
(H.264, 4:3 or 16.9 ratio, 256kps AAC)
Film must include the following title slates:
1. Five Second Black Video
2. 2025 CUNY Asian American Film Festival, Title of Film, Category, Running Time, Full Name, Your Production Role
3. Front or end credits of all individuals who worked on the film

(We reserve the rights to reject the screening of film if it does not meet any of the requirements.)

Submitter, or their authorized representative, must be available to attend the Film Festival, or else they will forfeit their cash award.

If you have any issues with the form, please email info@aaari.info

Film Festival Submission

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Address

Address Line 1

Apt

City

State

Zip Code

Phone/Mobile

CUNY College

Major

What’s your role?

Director

Writer

Editor

Does the film contain an Asian American / Asian Theme or narrative?

Yes

Supervising Professor

Supervising Professor’s Email

Film Title

Synopsis

Production Members

Producer

Director

Camera

Writer

Sound/Post Sound

Music

Others (Additional)

Music Consent

Complete this section only if film submission contains music composed/written by musician or a music video other than you. Film with copyrighted music will be rejected. Click on the + icon to add additional music info.

Music Source (ie. Royalty-Free music url)	Music Title	Company / Name of Artist	Email

By entering my name below, I affirm that I possess the authorization to utilize the aforementioned music in my film.

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Access to film and trailer

You can send your film and trailer to info@aaari.info, or provide link access below.

Link to your film (if password is require, please send to info@aaari.info instead)

Link to your film trailer

File Upload

Please upload a copy of your CUNY College I.D and current class schedule from CUNYfirst (official transcript not necessary).

CUNY college I.D. (Maxupload Size: 1MB)

Choose File

Class Schedule (Maxupload Size: 1MB)

Choose File

APPLICANT CERTIFICATION: I hereby give AAARI and CUNY AAFF permission to screen my film at the CUNY Asian American Film Festival, on AAARI’s website, YouTube channel, promotional materials/publications, and other media outlets (e.g. Asian American International Film Festival), and the applicant will be credited accordingly. I also understand that screened film at the CUNY AAFF does not mean an award will be received (or screened at other media outlets), as only films that scored a certain threshold will be awarded. By entering my name below, I indicate my consent to the terms and conditions for the exhibition of my film by AAARI and CUNY AAFF.

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name