Reel Asian Community Archive
Submissions will open
March 16th, 2026
Please direct any questions to
specialprojects@reelasian.com
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.
You may submit digital files through our online depository HERE
or schedule your visit HERE to drop by the Reel Asian office to get your items photographed or digitized for our digital despository.
Links go live on March 16th
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 encrypted cloud storage.
We are accepting:
We will not be accepting:
March 16th, 2026
Please direct any questions to
specialprojects@reelasian.com
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.
You may submit digital files through our online depository HERE
or schedule your visit HERE to drop by the Reel Asian office to get your items photographed or digitized for our digital despository.
Links go live on March 16th
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 encrypted 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
- Links to films previously programmed (has to already be hosted on another site ie. Youtube, Vimeo)
- BTS of commissioned films (Unsung, or Pitch film winners)
- RA merch pre-2018
- Papers or coverage of RA (student writing, interview recordings, etc.)
- Physical paraphernalia directly connected to festival history or events
We will not be accepting:
- Digital files of programmed films or raw footage
- BTS of programmed films
