Photo Caption: The HIFF team at the 79th Cannes Film Festival (L to R): Aaron Hansen, Melina Coumas, Roma Lerner, Jen May Pastores No two film festivals are the same. Building on the foundation she developed as a HIFF intern, Roma Lerner—a Hawaiʻi native and Film and Environmental Studies student at Colgate University—set out […]
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Cover photo by: Jen May Pastores – Cast members and team of New Zealand TV series TANGATA PAI (GOOD PEOPLE) attending HIFF’s inaugural HIFILM Industry Conference, October 26, 2025 HIFF45, Shot on Film: A Photo Essay Last fall (2025), rolls of film were dedicated to documenting the people, places, and moments that brought the 45th
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As part of HIFF’s Youth Education Screenings program, we are proud to present two local award-winning films at a special public presentation and the Hawai’i premiere of THE QUEEN’S FLOWERS and STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS with the filmmakers of both films in attendance on Friday, November 1st at 10:00 AM at the Kaua’i Performing Arts
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Meet the talented trio interning with HIFF this summer: Jordan, Sean, and Robby! JORDAN BROWN My name is Jordan Brown and I am a recent graduate of UH Manoa with a degree in communications. My main career goal is to ultimately become an actor, but I would also love to become more involved in the
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HIFF offers a community-based internship program to college students, during the summer and fall terms, with partnerships through Kamehameha School’s Kāpili ’Oihana and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Through 1-to-1 mentorship from HIFF staff, interns experience a unique opportunity to learn the mechanics of a film festival production and to make career connections in
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On March 19, 1894, in Brevard, North Carolina, Loretta Mary Aiken was born. At the age of 13, both her parents were murdered in two separate incidents and she was raped twice. She was pregnant and was forced to give away both babies. Just one year later, she decided to join the show business. That
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