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Nia Tero’s Kin Theory Database for Global Indigenous Creatives

Features, General News, Sponsors, Uncategorized / By Aaron Hansen

Nia Tero Launches Kin Theory Database for Global Indigenous Creatives //by Jessica Ramirez, Creative Producer, Nia Tero After almost three years of dreaming, website development, and community building, Nia Tero is proud to announce the launch of Kin Theory, a global database for Indigenous creatives. Media makers from around the world who identify as Indigenous are […]

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HIFF SELECTS MARCH: A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE

Features, HIFF Selects, Reviews, Streaming / By HIFF Programming

WATCH A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE ON HIFF SELECTS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH Lust is always a major factor in the typical coming-of-age story. It’s a tired trope that always falls into the usual cliches. Been there, done that. But rarely are they outlined with the same sincerity and sweetness as in

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY /// A Review by Kanani Sato

Features, Reviews, Streaming / By Kanani Sato

NIGHTMARE ALLEY: A Time-Ambitious Trip Into Film Noir Camp As of February, 2022, NIGHTMARE ALLEY is streaming on HBOmax and HULU. NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) is a monster of a movie standing at 150 minutes long. Despite being longer than most audiences are comfortable with – even fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have mixed feelings

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Strong representation of HIFF official selections in just announced Academy Awards nominations

Awards, Features, General News, HIFF40, HIFF41 / By HIFF Programming

The 94th annual Academy Award nominations were announced earlier this week with very strong representation from several HIFF41 official selections. Taking the lead with a whopping 12 Oscar nominations is Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG, including Best Picture, Best Director, and sweeping all the acting nominations for its main cast. Read our recent

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HIFF SELECTS FEBRUARY: ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU

Features, HIFF Selects, Programming Updates, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

WATCH ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU ON HIFF SELECTS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY Anderson Le /// February 1, 2022 When cineastes discuss South Korean cinema, especially in the context of hallyu (Korean wave), auteur names like Bong Joon-ho, Kim Jee-woon and Park Chan-wook are ubiquitously brought up. In 2021, Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of SQUID GAME

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HIFF Talks @ Sundance: More Filmmaker Interviews including Alika Maikau Tengan (EVERY DAY IN KAIMUKI)

Features, Hawai‘i Films, HIFF News, HIFF Talks, Interview, Sundance / By HIFF Programming

HIFF TALKS: The Official Podcast of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival is recorded by and for the HIFF community, we go a little beyond the normal Q&A with filmmakers on their works and interests. Starting with intention, our talks inevitably go into unexpected, spontaneous directions. Such is the life of building community with creatives with

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HIFF Talks @ Sundance: Sonya Childress & Sahar Driver, co-directors of COLOR CONGRESS

Features, Film Festival News, HIFF Talks, Interview, Podcast, Sundance / By HIFF Programming

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Sundance 2022 Review: EVERY DAY IN KAIMUKĪ

Current Events, Features, Film Festival News, Reviews, Sundance / By HIFF Programming

Alika Tengan’s Every Day in Kaimukī (2022) is the first narrative feature by a Kānaka Maoli filmmaker to premiere at Sundance, but it arrives as part of a cohort of similarly unconventional features from Hawaiʻi, including Christopher Makoto Yogi’s August at Akiko’s (2018) and I Was a Simple Man (2021), and Christopher Kahunahana’s Waikiki (2020).

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HIFF Artistic Director’s Top 10 Films of 2021

Features, In Theaters, Reviews / By HIFF Programming

For the past two years, I lived on Zoom. I watched films on streaming platforms. The death knell of cinemas was and still is looming. My livelihood and the fate of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival was in jeopardy with a lot of unknowns on the fate of cinema. Then, movie theaters eventually reopened, albeit

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HIFF41 Audience Awards Announcement

Features, HIFF News, HIFF41, I ♥ HIFF, Programming Updates / By HIFF Programming

The votes have been tabulated and the audience has spoken. Here are the HIFF41 Audience Award winners presented by Hawaii News Now. The HIFF41 Audience Award winners were officially announced on Hawaii News Now. You can view the broadcast announcement here. HIFF41 Jury Award winners were announced during the HIFF Awards Gala

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