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Reel Asian Digital
Community Archive

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Submissions are open until:
July 1st, 2026
Any further questions can be directed 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 digitized for our digital despository. You may also use this session for tech assistance on submitting to the digital despository.

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)

Have anything else in mind? Ask us: specialprojects@reelasian.com

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.