The San Quentin Prison Marathon has an unconventional route: 105 dizzying laps around a crowded prison yard. Winner of over a dozen festivals awards and Critics Choice Nominee for Best…
Six year old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must suddenly return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, Cléo makes her promise that…
Big Island resident 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.…
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan’s moving, gently comic…
After a chance encounter, two women find themselves in the underbelly of Seoul in this dark feminist tale of survival. Chinese immigrant Xia (Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing) works as airport…
HIFF presents a special Hana Hou screening of the HIFF43 Made In Hawai‘i Award Winners.
When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old…
It’s the summer before Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) starts sixth grade, and she is spending the lazy months with her acupuncturist mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), in their home in the woods.…
Cinematic culinary delights are in high demand at festivals. One of India’s breakthrough talents Arati Kadav follows up on her successful debut CARGO with a flavorfully choreographed musical cooking drama…
After a surprise visit from her friend Geum-sun, Eun-sim is headed to her hometown with Geum-sun. There, she catches up with Tae-ho who had feelings for her when they were…
The Coco guesthouse cultivates new relationships, providing a platform for confronting personal pasts and futures. Shiko, leaving her hometown due to family issues, lacked confidence and avoided connections. Yet, at…
Award-winning director Naoko Ogigami (RENT-A-CAT, CLOSE KNIT, KAMOME DINER) has long been widely hailed for her delicate, heartwarming stories that touch on a range of urgent social issues with reassuring…
SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (the late LEE Sun-kyun, PARASITE, A HARD DAY, MY MISTER) and Soo-jin (JUNG Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep,…
Pema Tseden was a Tibetan writer and filmmaker, the first one in China to make films entirely shot in Tibetan. His rare talent, quiet yet immense, was that of an…
New Zealand in the 1830s is a Māori world dominated by tribal wars. Seeking redemption from a dark past, lay preacher Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) is on board a trading…
In the middle of one of the worst droughts on record, Shunsaku (Toma Ikuta), a Waterworks Division employee, is tasked with shutting off the water to households with outstanding water…
During the investigations of a drug trafficking app, the Monster Cop Ma Seok-do (Don Lee) and his team discover a connection between the wanted app developer, who was killed in…
93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) is strong, sturdy and in-charge – defying a lifetime of odds she’s successfully brushed off assisted living well into her nineties, instead, living alone in…
When death comes calling for terminally ill teenager Tuesday, it sparks a chain of events that leads mother and daughter on a wild, strange adventure. Julia Louis-Dreyfus shines as Zora,…
In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, sparking protests across the country about the government’s decision to let them play, given South Africa’s apartheid policy. While this…
Based on an incredible true story unearthed from the 1920s, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS sees the post-war seaside town of Littlehampton entangled in a dark and absurd scandal.