SHORT WAVES: SHORT FILM COMPETITION | OPEN CALL & WORKSHOPS
Submit a 5-minute video to share your story about your Asian American life or community based on a personal experience.
Here are some sample topics: - What Asian American issue are you most passionate about? - Tell us about someone who has helped shaped your identity as an Asian American. (role model) - What is a pressing issue that affects your Asian American community and how that affects you? - How do you personally define your Asian American identity? - How do you celebrate your Asian American identity? (family gatherings and rituals, etc.) |
Short Waves: Stories Shaping Our Community is BAAFF's screening of short videos in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May. The screening featured shorts collected from the Open Call. The top four submissions were selected by a panel of distinguished judges at the event. The winner was determined by public vote of the four finalists. The winner of the Short Waves Competition received automatic acceptance into the upcoming Boston Asian American Film Festival.
Asian Pacific Americans have long been making waves in all aspects of American life, but their stories have often been lost in general U.S. discourse. “Short Waves: Stories Shaping Our Community,” hopes to bring light to these stories through locally made, community driven short films about the Asian American experience and community. >> MORE INFO ON PREVIOUS SHORT WAVES 
NEED HELP WITH YOUR VIDEO?
We have FREE video workshops available for all ages: Wednesday, April 2nd, 6pm - 8:30pm Saturday, April 5th, 11am - 1:30pm The video workshops will be held at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (38 Ash St, Boston, MA 02111). FOR ALL AGES! OPEN TO PUBLIC. If you have any questions, please feel free to email baaff@aarw.org.
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DigBoston.com
by Monica Castillo | DIG BOSTON
October 23, 2013
"Coming to town for its fifth year, the Boston Asian American Film Festival will play the Brattle Square Theatre, Paramount Center’s Bright Family Screening Room, and the Josiah Quincy School from October 24th-27th to showcase something Hollywood rarely likes to share: Asian American actors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers, and directors.
In a world where non-white faces are still pushed off-screen or relegated to the role of Bad Guy #4 in the background, this festival (along with others that seek to offset mainstream underrepresentation) is a platform for young filmmakers to get their work seen and their voices heard." (continued)
by Monica Castillo | DIG BOSTON
October 23, 2013
"Coming to town for its fifth year, the Boston Asian American Film Festival will play the Brattle Square Theatre, Paramount Center’s Bright Family Screening Room, and the Josiah Quincy School from October 24th-27th to showcase something Hollywood rarely likes to share: Asian American actors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers, and directors.
In a world where non-white faces are still pushed off-screen or relegated to the role of Bad Guy #4 in the background, this festival (along with others that seek to offset mainstream underrepresentation) is a platform for young filmmakers to get their work seen and their voices heard." (continued)
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