Asian|American
Seen through the eyes of a Korean American family that leaves the Bay Area for small-town Wyoming after experiencing devastating loss, A GREAT DIVIDE addresses the emotional and psychological impact…
Documentaries, New American Perspectives
When the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits paintings by the acclaimed artist Nicky Nodjoumi shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, religious hardliners ambush the work sparking a family journey…
Documentaries, Green Screen
ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND tells the story of Indigenous punk rock pastors in Myanmar who team up with women activists to protect a sacred river from a Chinese-built megadam.…
Asian|American, Documentaries
Alan Chong Lau is the epitome of the blue collar artist. Aside from working in produce at Seattle's iconic Asian supermarket Uwajimaya for three decades, Alan has been hard at…
Documentaries
Throughout cult film director Albert Pyun''s incredible 40-year career, his bizarre, fantastical films were often criticized and parodied but even now the incredible worlds he brought to life continue to…
Documentaries, New American Perspectives
In 1984, eccentric guru Shoko Asahara founded a yoga school in Japan’s capital. Ten years later, the school has morphed into the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which manufactured nerve gas…
Documentaries, Indigenous Lens, Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler's BAD PRESS, which world premiered at Sundance, chronicles a political battle over media freedom that resonates well beyond the Native American communities depicted. When the…
Documentaries, Green Screen
Directed by Matthieu Rytz (ANOTE’S ARK, HIFF 2018), this exquisite fly-on-the-wall environmental doc is also a gripping and up-to-the-minute tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue that exposes the destructive…
Panorama
Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen’s first English-language project assumes the intimate perspective of a woman in limbo. Living in self-exile on a Greek island, Jacqueline, a Liberian refugee, spends her days…
Documentaries
When Bruce Lee died in 1974 at the peak of his superstardom, he had completed only four feature films. But within hours of his funeral, Hong Kong movie studios began…
Indigenous Lens
Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Kelly Reichardt acting staple Lily Gladstone, who will soon reach mainstream stardom with the upcoming KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON directed by Martin Scorsese) has…
Documentaries, New American Perspectives
You may not know his name, but his art is everywhere. It’s on your Apple watch, splashed on the sides of buildings, exhibited in countless galleries around the world, in…
Documentaries, Made In Hawaii
HOMETOWN LEGENDS, from local filmmakers Nainoa Langer and Kolby Akamu Moser, documents five legendary Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) who are masters of their craft. These Hawai‘i Island legends represent paniolo…
Made In Hawaii
“Treasures'' was a series which aired on KHON from 1986 - 1988 and featured unsung heroes and unique individuals in Hawai‘i. The three episodes will focus on the following subjects:…
Documentaries, Green Screen
As an island community, with limited resources that are impacted by climate, Hawai‘i has a greater urgency to find a sustainable way to use our natural resources without exploiting them.…
Documentaries, Film For Thought
JOIN OR DIE is a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it. In this feature documentary, follow the half-century…
Documentaries, Green Screen
Growing up following in the footsteps of her kūpuna (ancestors), Cindi Punihaole learned to live in harmony with nature. As outside development, industrialization, and tourism rose, Cindi saw Hawai‘i islands’…
HIFF Extreme
October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson''s rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after…
Spotlight on Japan
As MOUNTAIN WOMAN opens, Rin goes about the job of helping a family dispose of a newborn. Her Tohoku village is in its second year of a devastating famine, and…
Film For Thought, Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee
It’s the mid-90’s in Northern California and 13-year-old Pakistani American Ilyas (Atharva Verma) is facing a major crisis — his parents yanked him out of his comfortable Islamic private school…
Spotlight on Taiwan
Three interrelated stories about life as transplants in New York City—We follow Mavis, a lonely Mandarin English interpreter who witnesses the suffering of others, and gains new perspectives on her…
Made In Hawaii
Pili (Kaipo Dudoit), a Native Hawaiian student-athlete standout, and Edmar (Jayron Munoz), a high-achieving Filipino student, are a part of rival senior class friend groups at Lahainaluna High School, who…
Opening Night Film
Directed by Academy Award® Winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) and based on a true story, NEXT GOAL WINS follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamously known for their…
Centerpiece Presentation, Panorama
A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after…