The festival
Founded in 2008, the Boston Asian American Film Festival is a production of the Asian American Resource Workshop and is described as New England's largest Asian American film festival. It presents a program of independent features, documentaries and shorts each October.
Worth knowing
BAAFF gives Asian American filmmakers a platform in the Boston area and often pairs screenings with filmmaker discussions and community events. Its programming emphasizes recent independent work from across the Asian diaspora.
How to attend
The public attends by purchasing tickets through the festival's website, with screenings at Boston-area venues.
Awards & submissions
Programmed by the Asian American Resource Workshop, a long-running Boston social-justice nonprofit, BAAFF centres films by, for and about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, spanning narrative features, documentaries, shorts, animation, music videos and experimental work, with entries generally required to have been completed within the previous two years. The festival presents audience awards voted by attendees across feature and short categories in both narrative and documentary. Screenings are frequently paired with filmmaker Q&As and community events around the Greater Boston area each October. Filmmakers submit their work through FilmFreeway during the festival’s annual open call, with deadlines and eligibility guidelines posted on the BAAFF website. As New England’s largest Asian American film festival, it has become a recurring platform for emerging diaspora filmmakers in the region.
Official site →Dates and programs change year to year — check the official site for the current edition.