Asian American Short Film Project
The Asian American Short Film Project is a six-month long series of workshops on how to create a five minute narrative or documentary short film culminating in a public event showcasing works-in-progress. This will include workshops on how to write a short film, how to find funding, how to produce a short film with the tools that you already have (i.e. smartphone), how to edit, and how to distribute/show your short film.
2022-2023 Cultural Heritage and Community Identity Grants - Spring 2022
Outcomes include:
12 writing workshops facilitate by APIA MN Film Collective
30-50 participants workshop participants
50 attendees (60 cap for social distancing purposes) for celebration reading
15 new five minute short film works-in-progress from APIDA community members showcased at the in-person event and on the APIA MN Film Collective vimeo page
Outcomes To-Date Include:
- 9 filmmaking workshops with 8 participants
- 21 mentorship sessions
- 2 filmmaking workshops open-to-the-public on zoom and in-person, average attendees per workshop is 21; Outcomes include:
1) 17 writing workshops facilitated by APIA MN Film Collective
2) 28 individual mentorship sessions with teaching artists
3) 7 complete short film scripts created and written by APIA artists
4) 61 total attendees during workshops
We measured these outcomes through participant count.
We achieved our goals! Our major goal was to empower and equip the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIA) community with the tools to create their own short films. 100% of our artists stated that this program helped them do that. We measured these outcomes by having 1:1s with artists at the beginning of the program and at the end.
MRAC - $10,000
In-Kind space provided by In Progress