Dear Asian filmmakers, the Asian American International Film Festival (USA) is accepting films until March 15, 2025.

About the festival:
The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is proudly known as “The First Home to Asian American Cinema.” Organized by Asian CineVision, it’s the first and longest-running festival dedicated to showcasing the moving image work by media artists of Asian descent for and about the Asian diaspora experience. The Festival takes place in New York City, the second-largest Asian American market in the U.S. Every year, AAIFF attracts audiences from all five boroughs of New York City, the tri-state region, and around the world.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts films that have at least one person of Asian descent from any nationality in a key creative role i.e. Director, Writer, Producer, DP, etc. OR represent the Asian diaspora experience.¹
– Submissions must be completed after January 1st, 2024.
– The festival accepts feature (over 40 minutes), short films (under 40 minutes) from any genre (fiction, documentary, experimental), music videos, episodic projects, and interactive projects.
– All primarily non-English language films must include English subtitles. English language films with subtitles for accessibility are strongly encouraged.
– New York City Premieres are prioritized.
– Submissions must be done via FilmFreeway.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

*Highlighted fees are for students

– Notification Date: July 1, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/aaiff (This is also the submission link)

We remind readers that the 48th Asian American International Film Festival will take place from July 31 –  August 10, 2025 in New York, USA.

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1. *People of Asian and Pacific Islander descent include but are not limited to people who are from and/or are descended from areas now known as Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Russia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, and the Pacific Islands.* ↩︎