REGISTRATION OPENS FROM MAY 2ND TO JUNE 2ND, 2025
MIGHTY ASIAN MOVIEMAKING MARATHON (MAMM)
MAMM is VAFF’s annual short film-making competition celebrating its 20th year of supporting, fostering and showcasing emerging Asian and mixed Asian filmmakers. Over 180 MAMM films have been completed through this competition, giving many emerging filmmakers their first “calling card” film and mid-level filmmakers an opportunity to build their filmography. Many of these films have gone on to be screened at festivals around the world and have won many awards.
From May to August, 16 best teams are selected across the 10 Minute Shorts category and 1 Minute Ultra Shorts categories — all chosen from written pitch submissions to become the MAMM Finalists of the year. The teams then enter a masterclass-level MAMMentorship that includes group workshops and 1-on-1 mentorship. The competition involves the challenge of completing your film in 10 days, after which all finished films are screened at the Gala Screening on August 30, 2025 and adjudicated for filmmaking awards and prizes.
MAMMentorship To help emerging filmmakers make the best film they can, VAFF offers the top selected teams to take part in the MAMMentorship program. In this program, qualifying teams will join specialized workshops by industry professionals and all Teams are paired with filmmaker veterans as their team mentor. Starting this year, workshops will be more in-depth, spanning a longer period for more prep time and more deliverables to help increase success during the production process. One-on-one mentors will provide guidance to all Teams from script development to production to finished film, but will not get involved directly with the actual production process nor become a team member. MAMM Community Looking for local talent for your film project? Looking for actors and production crew members for your MAMM film or independent film project? Check out our Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon Public Group on Facebook to post your cast and crew calls, and find some fantastic local talent to work on your shoot. Introduce and post about yourself if you would like to join a team. Find Talent! Interested? Read more here
