As part of this year’s HIFF XR, the Festival is honored to host a special live performance online mounted by the experimental opera STARCAST with VIBRATION GROUP. Visit the HIFF XR Spotlight to see the entire program. The VIBRATION GROUP is a spaceship-dwelling commune of migrants who have left Earth due to climate change, violence, […]
Wanting to start your viewing queue for HIFF40 and don’t know when to start? Are you interested in seeing some award-winning and daring films straight from major film festivals like Venice, Toronto and Cannes and watch them in the comfort of your own home? Here are 5 films that you should check out using your
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As the United States comes to understand the full outcome and implications of the 2020 election, we know that voters turned out in unprecedented numbers to practice their civic duty and fundamental right. Following the 2016 Presidential election, Chinese American filmmaker Yi Chen was fascinated by the divides she witnessed during that year’s campaigns. “I
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ʻUluʻulu is Hawaiʻi’s official state archive for moving images. Located on the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu campus, the archive is dedicated to the care, preservation, and digitization of film and videotape related to the history and culture of Hawaiʻi. The archive’s mission via preservation is to honor the past and ensure their availability
“Hawai‘i is ready to tell our own complex story of race and belonging and it signifies that we need an expanded vocabulary beyond key terms in American racial analysis to advance the conversation.” – Dr. Akiemi Glenn Hawaiʻiʻs multicultural identity draws many people to its ethnically diverse shores, but institutional racism and colonialism still live
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HIFF40 presented by Halekulani (November 5-29) is honored to announce this year’s honorees: Halekulani Career Achievement Award: Ann Hui: The winner of three Golden Horse awards and six Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) for best director, Ann Hui is one of the most talented filmmakers of her generation. She is known for her films about
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FILM FOR THOUGHT Presented by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities THOUGHTS: LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (2020) As an elementary school teacher in the small island community of Lānaʻi, I felt an instant connection to director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM. Sent to
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FILM FOR THOUGHT Presented by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities THOUGHTS: LANDFALL LANDFALL (2020) “Connections are made during tough times, and they happen for a reason.” LANDFALL begins on a beach. The ocean whispers, voices whisper, and shadows flicker over the faces of two women. Their voices grow stronger, as their friendship has, in
FILM FOR THOUGHT Presented by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities THOUGHTS: DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL (2020) Directed by journalist and filmmaker Ursula Liang, DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL centers on the story of Akai Gurley’s murder by NYPD officer Peter Liang (no relation to the filmmaker) in the stairwell of a
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FILM FOR THOUGHT Presented by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities THOUGHTS: THROUGH THE NIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT (2020) In the documentary “Through the Night,” filmmaker Loira Limbal turns a loving gaze on the intimate labor of Deloris “Nunu” Hogan who, with her husband Patrick, nurtures children in their 24-hour daycare in New Rochelle, New
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