Reel Asian Digital
Community Archive
To celebrate our 30th anniversary, the special projects team is working on a special digital archive program!
Reel Asian community members are invited to submit digital files or bring in physical items related to the festival in for documentation. Check out some examples of items we are looking for below!
You may submit digital files through our online depository HERE.
Or, come by with your physical items to get digitized!
Submissions are open until:
August 31, 2026
Our community archive is a digital archive.
Physical items - will not be stored on our premises. When you bring them in, they will either be photographed or scanned into digital files, and then returned to you. These time slots can be approximately 20 minutes long.
Digital files - will be housed on Reel Asian’s physical hard drives and online cloud storage.
- Copyright and ownership of the items remains with the donor / supplier of the item.
- Permissions and access to the public will be agreed on during the documentation or deposit process.
We are accepting:
- Written material during or about Reel Asian events (eg. zines, letters)
- Documentation (eg. photos/videos) of RA events
- Screener links to films previously programmed (hosted on another site ie. Youtube, Vimeo)
- Digital files of commissioned film projects (ie. Unsung Voices)
- BTS and other related materials from commissioned film programs and pitch winning films (Storyboards, pitch deck, script, etc.)
- RA merch pre-2018
- Papers or coverage of RA (student writing, interview recordings, etc.)
- Physical paraphernalia directly connected to festival history or events (collage made during workshop, custom buttons made during events, etc)
We will not be accepting:
- Digital files of programmed films or raw footage
- Physical copies of films (film reels, DVDs, tapes)
- BTS of programmed films that were not officially commissioned.
