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In this vlog, join HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Elise Hatsuko at the 44th annual Hawai’i International Film Festival. This vlog covers the Opening Night Gala at the Halekulani, the Meet the Filmmakers event at SHADE, the centerpiece film screening and cast panel for MOLOKA’I BOUND, and the Closing Ceremony at Romer […]
As the dust settles from the just concluded 44th Hawai‘I International Film Festival presented by Halekulani (HIFF44), the festival staff is currently going through wrap-up reports, crunching numbers, and analyzing data. On the programming side, it’s several post-mortems as we reflect on some of our personal film favorites, in the hopes that we can amplify
HIFF44 Post-Mortem: Programming Teams’ Picks Read More »
The votes have been tabulated and the audience has spoken. Here are the 44th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani (HIFF44) Audience Award winners presented by Hawaii News Now. HIFF44 Audience Award for Narrative Feature: ABOUT FAMILY (South Korea) Director: YANG Woo-suk HIFF44 Audience Award for Documentary Feature: SHAKA, A STORY OF ALOHA (Hawai‘i,
HIFF44 Audience Award Winners Announcement Read More »
The 44th edition of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF44) presented by Halekulani announced its jury winners and celebrated its Awards Gala Honorees at a private event held at the Halekulani Hotel. In its 2024 iteration, the organization awarded $25,000 in cash prizes to filmmakers across respective categories. KAU KA HŌKŪ AWARD The Kau Ka
HIFF44 Jury Award Winners & Honorees Read More »
HIFF44 starts its tour of the Neighbor Islands starting Saturday, October 19, and goes through November 10, with multiple feature, documentary and shorts program screenings sure to appeal to our audiences. Check out the HIFF44 Neighbor Island Showcase website for full details. MAUI (Maui Arts & Cultural Center) Buy Tickets Saturday, Oct. 19 1:00 p.m.
HIFF44 Neighbor Islands Schedule Read More »
Here is the HIFF44 West side schedule, which starts today! Unless noted, all screenings are at Consolidated Kapolei. All screenings will have after-film Q&As with the filmmakers. By popular demand, the Festival has added MOLOKA‘I BOUND, the Kau Ka Hōkū and Made in Hawai‘i Grand Jury Award winner. Tuesday, October 15 7:00pm MADE IN HAWAII
HIFF44 on the West side w/ MOLOKA‘I BOUND screening newly added Read More »
The HIFF44 UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE, a selection of the best original shorts made by student filmmakers from post-secondary schools across Hawai’i, premiered earlier this week on Tuesday, October 8th, with 11 outstanding shorts from Leeward Community College, Hawai’i Community College, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, University of Hawai’i West O’ahu, and Hawai’i Pacific University. The following
HIFF44 x BMW Driven Student Filmmaker Award & Scholarship Read More »
As we go into our closing weekend at the Consolidated Kahala Theaters, here are some absolute ‘MUST-SEE’ films and events with many of them attached to filmmakers in attendance. First off, tickets are going fast with our added screenings of TINĀ (Opening Night) and MOLOKA‘I BOUND (Centerpiece), as well as more tickets released for HAKKENDEN:
HIFF44 Must-sees at Kahala Closing Weekend Read More »
GRAFTED, the first narrative feature by New Zealand director Sasha Rainbow, draws connections between diaspora, belonging, and the contortions of conformity. Be sure to catch the US premiere and encore screening of GRAFTED on Saturday, October 12 at 9:15 PM and Sunday, October 13 at 8:30 PM. Sasha Rainbow’s feature debut, GRAFTED, is a striking
New American Perspectives: Sasha Rainbow’s GRAFTED Read More »
On August 8th, 2023, Hawai’i experienced one of the worst wildfires in US history. The fire destroyed the town of Lahaina, Maui, completely disrupting the lives of the communities who lived there. HEALING LAHAINA, a short documentary film by Laurel Tamayo, tells the story of Laurel’s family, who lost their multigenerational home in the 2023
Q&A with Laurel Tamayo, Director of HEALING LAHAINA Read More »
With aloha, HIFF acknowledges its occupation of ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Indigenous Hawaiian people, the Kānaka Maoli.
With gratitude, we honor the ʻāina itself and the generations who steward it.
