>>Go to the 3rd Annual Film Shootout Film Site for the lowdown on this year's competition!!!

THE GOAL: WRITE, SHOOT AND EDIT A SHORT FILM IN 72 HOURS

Here's the stuff you'll need to take part in this competition.

• 2006 Official Rules
  
• Official Entry Form and Team Roster (PDF 112KB)
  
• Team Leader Affirmation (PDF 94KB)
  
• Participant Agreement for each Team Member/Leader (PDF 24KB)
  NOTE: All team members(including the team leader) must sign this agreement for your entry to be valid. Failure to do so will result in a disqualification. Team Member Agreements are due upon film submission. Team Leader Agreements must be mailed and postmarked by June 9, 2006.
  
• Parent/Guardian Release (PDF 32KB)- MUST be filled for each team members under 18.

Please read the official rules carefully. Please also note that the maximum length of your finished film is 6 minutes. There is no minimum length required.

THE FIRST STEP:
SUBMIT AN ENTRY FORM, TEAM ROSTER, AND THE NON-REFUNDABLE ENTRY FEE AS DETERMINED BELOW.

2006 ENTRY FEES
Below are the non-refundable entry fees for a group application
postmarked and submitted by:

EARLY REGISTRATION - $100
POSTMARKED BY: May 12, 2006

GENERAL REGISTRATION - $150
POSTMARKED BY: June 2, 2006

LATE REGISTRATION - $200 $150
MUST ARRIVE BY: June 8, 2006

Complete all forms and mail to:

Asian CineVision, Inc.
133 West 19th Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10011

Make Check Payable to: Asian CineVision, Inc.

Questions?: Email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Topics:
General Business & Announcements
Workshop (Topic is forthcoming)!!!

AAARI-CUNY (Asian American/Asian Research Institute)
25 West 43rd Street (btwn 5th/6th Avenue)
10th Floor
Room 1009
(Turn right when you get out of the elevator)

RSVP encouraged but not required to: info [at] aafilmlab.org

6th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout: June 26th - 29th, 2009.
Registration is now open for the 6th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout with new online registration this year! The competition begins June 26th - 29th, 2009. AAFilmLab members get an additional $20 discount off the Early and Regular Shootout entry fees. For more info and updates:
http://www.aafilmlab.org

Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

The AAFilmLab partnered with MOCA and APEX to provide a mentor who could guide a high school student's endeavor at creating their first short film. "Reminiscence" is one of the films completed. This film is now part of MOCA's Chinatown Film Project YouTube Channel.

The synopsis:
A young girl celebrates her grandmother's birthday as they reminisce about the grandfather who has recently passed away. We travel back in memory to 1965 - the grandparents, as a young couple, overcome what looks to be the end of their burgeoning relationship when the grandfather returns to China to tend to his sick mother.

Credits:
Written & Directed By
XIAOQIAN CHEN

CAST
Grandma
KIT FONG LEE

Granddaughter
DEANNA ZHUMore

The AAFilmLab has completed its Chinatown Youth Mentoring Program along with MOCA and APEX. Two of our members were mentors for high school students and had the great pleasure of helping them create their very own film to be included in MOCA's Chinatown Online Film channel on YouTube. The AAFilmLab is incredibly proud to have been part of such an inspiring experience.

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