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…
Panorama, Special Screening
Relegated to the background, Willis (Jimmy O. Yang) goes through the motions of his on-screen job, waiting tables and dreaming about a whole world beyond Chinatown. When he inadvertently becomes…
Pacific Showcase, Special Screening
Amidst the mean streets of Auckland, Beth Heke (Rena Owen) lives with her husband Jake (Temuera Morrison) and their three children in a tenement house for native Maori. Jake’s battle…
Special Screening, Spotlight on Hong Kong
One fateful night in 1937, amidst the bombings of Shanghai, Tung (Kenny Bee), a young soldier, and Shu (Sylvia Chang) find solace under the bridge. In the semi-darkness, though unable…
Panorama, Special Screening
An original adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, FX’s "Shōgun" is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting…
HIFF Extreme, Special Screening
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the festival presents a restored version of Tobe Hooper’s horror genre classic and gruesome satire of American values. A heartland road trip by a…