DEPEYIZÉ is a short film that screened as part of ON THE OTHER ISLAND: New Films and New Visions from the Dominican Republic at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. In this short form video review, HOCCI mentee Curtis Wilmington III talks about the short film, DEPEYIZÉ, one of the shorts in the […]
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. In this video essay, HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee D’Elle Martin sits down and reviews 24 FLAVORS, the directorial debut of Chinese filmmaker Elaine Huang. 24 FLAVORS was inspired by Huang’s own family history,
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PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Over the past two years, during Israel’s most recent genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military, and 170,000 have been wounded, with 40,000 of those
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A USEFUL GHOST premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival. In this short form video review, HOCCI mentee Curtis Wilmington III talks about the absurd, yet multifaceted feature film, A USEFUL GHOST. This film was one of several film screenings for the HOCCI cohort this year, which featured extended discussions with guest film critics
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CLIMBING FOR LIFE premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. CLIMBING FOR LIFE is a stunning Japanese film that dives into the life of Junko Tabei: the first woman to summit Mt. Everest. Directed by Junji Sakamoto, the film is based on the autobiography, Life with its Ups and Downs, written by
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THE GOLDEN SPURTLE premiered at the 45th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Where do I begin? Ah, the title! I must admit, before watching I had no idea what a spurtle was. An adorable creature came to mind. A quick Google search and seconds later I found out that a spurtle is a
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INDIGENOUS NAʻAU premiered at the Hawaʻi International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. “If we fail to remember where we come from, who we are, and the places that shape us, then we are already lost. But our kūpuna have always left breadcrumbs for us to pick up whenever we’re ready.” –Kuʻulei Kaili, Director of INDIGENOUS
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SHAKTI premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. In this video, HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee D’Elle Martin sits down and reviews SHAKTI, a Nepalese feature film from director Nani Sahra Walker. This film was also part of New American Perspectives, a program sponsored by the Vilcek Foundation. SHAKTI
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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. A decade ago, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi converted a taxi cab into a portable movie studio, relying on a dashboard-mounted camera to clandestinely record his encounters with passengers while he passed as an ordinary driver in Tehran’s dense
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FWENDS premiered at the 45th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. In this short form video review, HOCCI mentee Curtis Wilmington III shares his thoughts on the Australian film, FWENDS. This feature film was one of three assigned screenings for the HOCCI cohort this year, which featured extended discussions with guest film critics and
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