Free Films/Events

We had a great event last night, with close to 400 people coming out and attending. Nextdoor was packed, everyone was enjoying the food from J.J. Dolans, and many of you won prizes during the raffle. We hope you enjoy those concert tickets, thanks again to BAMP Project for providing them.

You may be wondering, what's next? Well, here it is:

HIFF will be releasing some more info about films slowly over the next month or so, but the full program and schedule announcement will come Mid-September. We'll be launching our Online Program Guide at that time, so you'll be able to view synopses, photos and trailers from the films, etc.

There will be a Sneak Peek event with the unveiling of the HIFF 30 festival trailer and a film shown for free to HIFF Members (title TBD) on Thursday, September 30th. Tickets will go on sale for Members at that time, and for the General Public on Monday, October 4th. Then the films will begin October 14th and run through the 24th.

This summer celebrates 50 years of the French New Wave classic by the single most influential auteur of the movement himself Jean-Luc Godard and it's an anniversary that couldn't be more deserved.

It's often said movies are divided into the two categories:  before-Breathless and after-Breathless.  I mean, where would independent cinema be without this piece of innovative celluloid?  Charmingly raw with it's use of shaky hand held cameras, jump cuts, freeze frames, use of non-professional actors, jumbled narrative, improvised naturalistic dialogue, shooting on-location with everyday lighting, film reference upon film reference upon film reference, breaking-the-fourth-wall and self-reflexiveness, Godard's Breathless influenced, well... EVERYTHING.  Fin.

The "Happy 50th Birthday, Breathless" Trailer

More about Godard's latest film after the jump...

You can help choose a winner at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) by voting for your favorite film before it even premieres!  Starting Thursday, October 1st, The 'Viewers Choice Award,' powered by Oceanic Time Warner Cable and presented by Central Pacific Bank, invites subscribers to support Hawaii filmmaking by choosing their favorite Hawaii-made short film at this year's 29th annual Hawaii International Film Festival.  Viewers will be allowed to vote until Monday, October 19th at midnight. Read More...