Asians in the City

Asians in the City is a joint venture composed of faculty at Fresno City College and students in the Asian American Club. There are three projects sponsored by Asians in the City: the Conference, the Booklet, and the Student Film Festival.

  • The Conference is an event held during the fall semester in the historic Old Administration Building consisting of lecture presentations, cultural workshops, and discussion groups.
  • The Booklet is a free publication of Asian-themed poetry, art, photography, non-fiction, and fiction created by high school and college students.
  • The Film Festival is a public showing of narrative and documentary films produced by college students.

CONTACT

Email: FCC Asians In The City
Location: FCC Campus
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Fresno City College
Attn: Asians in the City
1101 E University Avenue
Fresno, CA 93741

Conference

The Asians in the City Conference is an event held during fall semester in the historic Old Administration Building at Fresno City College. The purpose is to promote education, culture, and understanding; so we want to offer participants the opportunity to learn from lecture presentations, to engage in cultural workshops, and to share thoughts in discussion groups.

Participation is open to all high school students, college students, and adults in the community. Registration is limited to 100 participants. Lunch is provided. The first fifty participants will receive a free copy of the Asians in the City booklet, which showcases the work of students in the genres of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, and two-dimensional art.

Booklet

Asians in the City booklet

AITC Student Film Festival

AITC Student Film Festival Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

  1. Eligibility: The film is an original creation by the entrant that must have been made within one year of the submission deadline, which is Friday, April 5, 2019. The entrant must be a current college student.
  2. Film: All films will be judged as being only in one category. The film shall be in a length of up to 10 minutes in duration. The films shall not be deemed obscene or offensive to the general public.
  3. Acceptable format are the following: digital disc (DVD or BD) or USB flash drive, with movies in QuickTime, AVI, or MP4 files.
    1. Entrant agrees to the following:
      Free use and showing of submitted film for media release, event promotion, the film festival, and being shown on the Fresno City College webpage.
    2. Entrant agrees to a total release of any liability associated with
      the submitted film.
    3. To avoid copyright infringement by obtaining permission to use copyrighted music or downloading free music from websites such as www.linorise.com
    4. In addition to the film, entrant must include the following on the submission page to be considered: Synopsis, Press Kit, Title, Running Time.
  4. Cash prizes: A cash prize will be awarded to the top three films in both categories in the amounts of $100 for 1st place, $75 for 2nd place, and $50 for 3rd place.
  5. Films will be judged based on creativity, composition, continuity, and cinematography.
  6. Winning entrants agree to attend the film festival to be acknowledged, receive their prize, and to discuss their film.
  7. The 2018 AITC Film Festival will take place at 5 pm on Friday, April 26, 2019 in the FCC Recital Hall (MS-132).
  8. To submit a film, send to:
    Dr. John Moses, Film Program
    Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Division
    Fresno City College, 1101 E. University Avenue, Fresno, CA 93741
    For further information: john.moses@fresnocitycollege.edu

2018 AITC Student Film Festival Winners

1st Place

Scavenger

Director: Fernando Galarza Carter

Contributors: Patrick Marmolejo, Monty Dodson, Fernando Ruiz, Victor Reyes, Jazmin Olivera, Juan Gomez, Kevin Rodriguez, Chris Beas, Sindy Amarta, Evan Goldstein, Larry Konsuelo, Blaze Carter, Anthony Galarzqa, Zeek Fullerton, Javi Ruiz, David dodson, Eva dodson, One job Rob

Synopsis: The year is 2014 and CMAC continues to build the speed rail.  They've taken the resources and the land from the people of the Central Valley to complete their Dystopian vision of the future.  Their corruption has taken funding for water resources.  it is up to Sav, a leader of a group called Pirate Ctrl to end CMAC's reign of control of the hard working people in the Central Valley.

2nd Place

Bre.ak

Director/Writer/Editor/Cinematographer: Chong Thao

Contributors: Jordan Jizmejian, Jonathan Vang, Brenda Morales, Peterson Thao, Matthew Vang, Thong Chai Vang, Lyric Thao.

Synopsis: On a dark, quiet night, at a fairly isolated, rundown home, an uncompromising, gruff-in-appearance father awaits the return of his unpunctual son impatiently.  His rage and anger are unleashed upon his son who bears the brunt of his abuse.  His younger son is neither spared the mistreatment and the two boys have only each other to survive the violence that is their father.  Many years later, the boys relive a terrifyingly similar night to their childhood and the older brother comes to terms with the effects of the trauma and abuse he suffered at the hands of his father.

3rd Place

Creation

Director: Thomas Andrade

Synopsis: Creation is a short film about a sculptor who becomes exhausted with his process and dreams up a cruel fate for his creations.

2017 AITC Student Film Festival Winners

1st Place

Descuate

Director: Fernando Galarza

Contributors: Patrick Marmolejo, Fernando Ruiz, Victor Reyes, Jazmin-Livera, Nicolas Gonzales, Christian Barerra, Antony Yun, Francisco Ruiz, Jason Garcia

Synopsis: A young field worker, full of doubts, has to find his own voice in order to believe in himself and take the first step towards his future.

2nd Place

The Futility of Time

Director: Elias Garza

Contributors: Adam Benitez, Shireen Klein, April Vu, Graham Aldredge, Flor Garza, Gabriel Quintero, Jenna Garcia, Elias Garcia, Jonathan Perez

Synopsis: Joe is your average, well, Joe. Nothing exciting has ever happened to him, until a time traveler suddenly appears in his living room and sets off an unexpected chain of events.

3rd Place

The World and Its Ways

Director: Toni Erebia

Contributors: Jeff Morgenstern, Angelica Hanna, Jiaang Czher Choong

Synopsis: A young woman “pays it forward” by helping a man get back on his feet.