HIFF44 is proud to announce this year’s nominated films competing in the following Jury Award categories below. To read up on this year’s international jury members, head over to the HIFF Awards Page. All jury award winners will be announced at the HIFF44 Awards Gala on October 12th at Halekulani. And the nominees are… Made […]
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The Halekulani Maverick Award is given to an international cinema artist who has a unique and eclectic career trajectory, contributing to international cinema arts in an innovative way. This maverick does things on their own terms, creating work that can have a rabid following to a mass appreciation in today’s pop culture. Like a trendsetter
Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou, the duo behind popular video essay series EVERY FRAME A PAINTING, were early pioneers of the film analysis/video essay genre on YouTube. In 2014, they published their first video about Bong Joon-ho’s MOTHER and the use of telephoto profile shots. With Tony responsible for principal research, writing, and editing, and
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