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HIFF Executive Director Chuck Boller and HIFF Business Development Specialist Liwei Kimura pause for a picture at the Opening Night Gala of the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in China with Bank of Hawaii Executive Vice President Betty Brow and several members of her International Banking Division team. HIFF and SIFF are sister film festivals and Bank of Hawaii is sponsoring

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Our final deadline for Call for Entries has been extended to July 4th! You can submit your film through Withoutabox or our own CFE form. Films submitted online through Withoutabox are eligible for a $5 discount. The current fees are: $70 for features, $60 for shorts, and $20 for music videos.

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Our final deadline for Call for Entries is coming in roughly 2 weeks on June 9th. You can submit your film through Withoutabox or our own CFE form. Films submitted online through Withoutabox are eligible for a $5 discount. The current fees are: $60 for features, $50 for shorts, and $20 for music videos. The fees for features and shorts will go up $10 after May 31. Submit your film today!

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Since we're two days into our festival, you should have had a chance to see a film or two so far. I would recommend that you visit our B-side site and rate or review films. Rating a film is very easy, just give it from 1 to 5 stars. You have to be logged in to B-side, but don't worry, it's free to register. You can rate films directly on the schedule page, or on film detail pages, right above the

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On Sunday, April 20th, HIFF is proud to present 2 free screenings (up to 200 seats per screening) for former Aloha Airlines employees. Every attending employee can request up to 2 tickets per screening at the theater lobby simply by presenting an employee identification card. Click the links below for more information about these films. American Teen - Sunday April 20th at 3:00PM Assembly -

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We have just added two new films to our Spring Showcase lineup! This brings the total number of films to 28 for this festival. Our first new film is The Machine Girl (picture to the right), a Japanese "exploitation babe" flick about a cute high school student who becomes a killing machine after witnessing the death of her brother by some Yakuza punks. It's mindlessly violent, the heroine has a

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We just updated our site with the full listing of films, show times & ticket links for our upcoming Spring Showcase. Either click the link below or go to the Festival Program section in the menu above and click on "Film Listing - Spring 2008". This part of our site is brought to you by one of our sponsors, B-Side. Full Spring Showcase Schedule Just to remind you, ticket sales begin for Members

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This year's SPRING SHOWCASE will present over 20 acclaimed and award-winning films from around the world, including South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, India, Turkey, Germany, the US and many more. Sign up for eNews or keep visiting our website for the official announcement of the full line-up. Take a look at this preview of photos and synopsis information from most of the

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We have changed our membership levels based upon your feedback and wanted to let you know about the newest information. If you would like to start or continue enjoying the benefits of our HIFF Ohana such as purchasing tickets before the general public, priority admission to film screenings, and other member only privileges such as being able to purchase member line tickets at or below public

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As the holidays approach, we have several HIFF Items that would make fantastic gifts! Don't know what to get your husband or wife? Buy a pair of seats at our fabulous Oscar Night® America Party! Have a friend that likes film? Buy him/her a 2008 membership! We are having a holiday promotion on 2008 membership sales; Buy both a Spring 2008 and Fall 2008 Fast Pass before December 25, 2007 and save

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Many thanks to the staff, sponsors, guests, volunteers, and of course, you, the audience for making this another successful year of international film here at HIFF. Also, don't miss Oscar Night America, an official viewing party for the 80th Annual Oscars, held at the Halekulani Hotel. It will feature the live broadcast of the Oscar ceremony, and will be held on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at

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The audience award winners for Best Feature, Best Documentary, and Best Short were announced last night at the screening of August Rush as well as the SuperFerry party. They are: Audience Award for Best Feature: A Love Audience Award for Best Documentary: Beautiful Son Audience Award for Best Short: Validation

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CHURCH OF THE PACIFIC 5-4280 Kuhio Hwy. Princeville, HI 96722 11/1/2007 - 6:30 PM BLACK GRACE Dir. Aileen O’Sullivan 2007 New Zealand Black Grace: The name combines a word that in New Zealand is slang for daring and bravery with a quality not attributed to men. It’s exquisitely apt. Never before has this reviewer seen a group of male dancers who seemed so gentle yet breathtakingly virile. The

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AMERICAN FUSION was digitally screened at the 2005 Hawaii International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and broke the record for most sold-out screenings. AMERICAN FUSION has been mastered and is returning to Honolulu for a limited engagement at the Dole Cannery Theaters starting Friday, Nov. 2.Starring acclaimed Hong Kong actress Sylvia Chang (20:30:40, The Red Violin), Hispanic

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The "Summerwind Skippers" team of competitive jump ropers from Boise, Idaho came out to Hanahau'oli School today and gave some demonstrations of jump roping, plus taught the kids some of their moves. You can see them and three other jump roping teams tomorrow in our 12:30PM screening of JUMP! at Dole Cannery. Then afterwards at 2:30PM, head up to the Dole Ballrooms to see and participate in a

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Most of the winning films for this year's festival were announced at the Awards Luncheon at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel today. The Audience Choice award will be announced at the Closing Party on the Hawaii Superferry. Here they are: Halekulani Golden Orchid for Best Feature The Home Song StoriesHalekulani Golden Orchid for Best Documentary Beautiful SonNETPAC Award Owl and the SparrowHalekulani

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Here's the updated schedule for Sunday, October 28. We have filled in all of the TBA screenings with award winning and popular shows from our program. * New Screening / ** Time change from 12:30PM to 1:00PM The Gate Keeper of Enmyoin - 12PM Shorts #4 - 12:15PM Kalaupapa Heaven - 12:30PM * Under The Same Moon - 1PM ** The Haunted Samurai - 1PM Summer Days with Coo - 1:30PM Lahaina:Waves of Change

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Director Robin Lee and lead actress Terri Kwan will be in attendance of Friday's screening of My DNA Says I Love You. They will stay afterward for a 15 minute Q&A session. We had a great turnout for our free tastings following movies in our Eat, Drink, Film section. Monday's tasting was by Shokudo, and they served seared ahi and beef tataki sushi. Tuesday's was by 'Licious Dishes and they

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Please go to our film listing and rate or review the films that you saw during the festival. It just takes 5 minutes to sign up for a free account there if you haven't done so already. We're using a scale of 1 to 5 stars, with 5 being the best. Your feedback will help us improve the selections for next year. Also, feel free to comment here on the blog if you have suggestions that aren't

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Make sure to come to the American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile Seminar today at 6pm! It's free, but you'll need a ticket to get in. Just get a ticket from the lobby box office when you arrive at Dole Cannery. This seminar, sponsored by the Vilcek Foundation, will feature six filmmakers who have immigrated to America. They will talk about overcoming language and cultural barriers to make their

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Among the 16 films that we're showing today at Dole, there are several to look out for. The only showing of Finishing the Game is tonight, Justin Lin's comedic "faux documentary" about a group of Bruce Lee wannabes as they audition to become the next big kung-fu film star. This evening is the USA premiere of The Drummer, a film about a young Hong Kong rebel who finds inner peace and purpose with

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My day started fairly early on Sunday, since I went to Gerard Elmore's Filmmaker Talk at Starbucks in the morning. It was held in a corner of the store, and there were about 20 people in attendance. Some of the actors and actresses from his film "All For Melissa" were also there. The talk was moderated by Lance Rae. The atmosphere was nice and relaxed. Gerard talked for a while about how making

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Some of you sure are fast... I found these videos of various HIFF events on youtube.com. Lee Jun-Ki Arrival and Press Conference: 1, 2, 3, 4 Lee Jun-Ki Receives "Rising Star" Award: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Joan Chen Receives "Achievement in Acting" Award: 1

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Monday, Oct. 22 - 7PM: Ticketed tasting presented by Shokudo (ticket stub from 10/22 showing of "Kamome Diner" required.) Tuesday, Oct 23 - 2PM: Ticketed tasting presented by Dragon Pearl Tea (ticket stub from 10/23 showing of "All In This Tea" required.) Tuesday, Oct 23 - 7:30PM: Ticketed tasting presented by 'Licious Dishes (ticket stub from 10/23 showing of "How To Cook Your Life" required.) *

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Tomorrow will be a busy day at the Hawaii Theatre Center, with the World premiere of Before the Sunrise, and the USA premiere of The Home Song Stories. Joan Chen will be receiving this year's "Achievement in Acting" award before the show. If you like Korean movies, don't miss the USA premiere of Hwang Jin Yi, a Joseon era period film about a performing artist, starring popular actress Song

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