ACM Accelerator, Made In Hawaii, Special Screening
''In August of 1970 a ho‘olaule‘a, a musical get-together, was held in Hana on the island of Maui and the best of the authentic old style musicians were brought there…
Spotlight on Japan
At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, a samurai prepares to fight a ronin when a flash of lightning hits him. Waking up, he learns he’s been transported…
Spotlight on Korea
Middle-aged and surly, Mu-ok (Kim Yeon-sook) runs a tight ship at his traditional restaurant famous for its mandoo. All he really wants are heirs but, alas, his only son leaves…
Documentaries, Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee
In the small Himalayan country of Bhutan, Happiness Agents are working for the Ministry of Gross National Happiness (GNH). They are collecting data for the Happiness Survey in order to…
Spotlight on Hong Kong
In this tender excavation of love's afterlife, Ray Yeung illuminates the quiet devastations of everyday life, offering a portrait of grief rippling through the cracks of societal norms – a…
Spotlight on India
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year''s Cannes Film Festival…
Live DJ & Delicious Drinks - First 60 Passholders receive free drink ticket. Stop by or stay all night to enjoy the music, mixing, and mingling!
Spotlight on China
Relevant and moving, deeply personal yet universally resonant, AN UNFINISHED FILM by Lou Ye revisits footage from the past and brings order — through intelligent, unconventional filmmaking — to the…
Documentaries, New American Perspectives
A follow-up to her award-winning documentary on the trials and tribulations of Philippine journalist Maria Ressa (who also won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize), director Ramona Diaz looks at the…
Documentaries, New American Perspectives, YES
An inspirational film that captures a moment in time when the lithe and self-aware Ashima Shiraishi, who at 13 was considered one of the best rock climber in the sport,…
Established in 2002 in Park City, Utah to honor and recognize the cinematic artists whose works premiered at the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals, the APFE foregrounds and celebrates the…
Southeast Asian Showcase
During the 2007 elections, a former movie heartthrob and a land-grabbing tycoon are in a tight race for mayor. Emmy (Pinay superstar Marian Rivera), a strict yet popular teacher in…
Though the United States has positioned itself as a beacon of democracy, its colonial power over five territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana…
Panorama
Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug (a wild Barry Keoghan) and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent, England. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids,…
Documentaries, Spotlight on Japan
Journalist Shiori Itō turns the camera on herself in a breathtakingly courageous investigation of her own sexual assault, which resulted in a landmark case for the Me Too movement in…
Spotlight on China
Man befriends stray dog: That’s the basic premise for this striking widescreen film that won the Un Certain Regard award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Respected director Hu Guan…
New American Perspectives
Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what''s left of society into chaos.…
Panorama
Steve McQueen’s BLITZ follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a nine-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the…
Southeast Asian Showcase
HIFF is proud to show a digitally restored version of a historic piece of brutal social realism that was nearly lost due to neglect. A pioneer of Philippines cinema whose…
Go against the grain, cut the cord, disrupt your everyday monotony! These stories feature characters that challenge the status quo, muster the courage to try something new, and learn to…
Brands and creators are pioneering new approaches to making longer-form content like film and TV shows, that help drive brand affinity and growth. With the slowdown in subscriber growth, streamers…
Spotlight on China
One of the festival’s more ambitious films, director Jia Zhang-ke uses footage shot more than 20 years ago interspersed with newly shot work, in this bold, impressionistic blend of fiction…
HIFF Extreme
Documentarian and ''King of Cinephilia'' Alexandre O. Philippe returns to HIFF with CHAIN REACTIONS, an exploration of the legacy of Tobe Hooper’s classic THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. He interviews five…
Made In Hawaii
Misha Miyamoto, 29, lives alone in the house her grandmother left her, has held the same job since high school, and likes her life as is: simple. Unfortunately, her satisfaction…