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HOCCI

The HIFF ONLINE CREATORS & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) program supports sustainable film criticism in Hawai‘i through mentorship and paid career opportunities. The mission of HOCCI is to broaden diversity in film criticism across the Pacific region and use influencer branding strategies to spark career opportunities in Hawai’i, not be hampered by oceans, state borders and distance, because geography is no longer a barrier. Officially launched in 2022 with ten young mentees, HOCCI is a reimagining of the former Roger Ebert Young Critics Initiative.

HOCCI @ HIFF42: GODDAMNED ASURA shows how everyone has demons [Review]

GODDAMNED ASURA was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Warning, this review contains spoilers. GODDAMNED ASURA (2021, Dir. Lou Yi-an) is a Taiwanese crime drama that takes place twice with two alternative endings. In this movie, we originally follow the storyline of a young rich kid with divorced […]

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: PLAN 75: Subtlety in Tragedy [Video Essay]

PLAN 75 was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand in early 2023. Here is a video essay review of PLAN 75 by HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Carson Lommers. After the HIFF42 screening, Carson overhears

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: “Why You Should Watch NANNY” [Video Essay]

NANNY was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released on Amazon Prime on December 16th. HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Alioune Fall turns in a video essay on the HIFF42 official selection NANNY, which won the Grand Prize Jury Award at Sundance

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: “I watched SHIN ULTRAMAN knowing nothing about the character… and loved it!” [Video Essay]

SHIN ULTRAMAN was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Devin Hung reviews SHIN ULTRAMAN, the latest reboot from the minds of Hideako Anno (EVANGELION) and Shinji Higuchi (ATTACK ON TITAN). Devin prefaces his review that he had never seen an episode

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: SHE SAID Review [Podcast]

SHE SAID was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. It is currently in commercial release in U.S. theaters. HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Jim Fahey sits down with Leo Williams, a NY-based film critic, to discuss about the film SHE SAID directed by Maria Schrader. They

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: WOMEN TALKING Review [Vlog]

WOMEN TALKING was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released in U.S. cinemas on December 23rd. HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Mya Frye reviews the HIFF42 official selection WOMEN TALKING directed by Sarah Polley. Mya highlights the self-imposed constraints of the film

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: The Beauty of WOMEN TALKING [Video Essay]

WOMEN TALKING was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. It will be released in U.S. cinemas on December 23rd.  HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Hunter Daru produced a short video essay about the HIFF42 official selection WOMEN TALKING, written and directed by Sarah Polley. He highlights

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: “The Choice of Forgiveness” [Podcast]

WOMEN TALKING, OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL and ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED were official selections of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) Olivia Thrice talks about the joys of returning to the cinema to experience films as HIFF fully returns to an in-person event.  She

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: FINDING SATOSHI Review [Podcast]

FINDING SATOSHI was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee David Murray sits down with his buddy Terry to discuss about the film FINDING SATOSHI directed Laurent Barthelemy and is part of HIFF42’s New American Perspectives presented by the Vilcek Foundation.  Their discussion was recorded as

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HOCCI @ HIFF42: Talking about WOMEN TALKING [Vlog]

WOMEN TALKING was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released in U.S. theaters on December 23rd Here is a VLog review of WOMEN TALKING by HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Carson Lommers, as she discusses Sara Polley’s latest film, the importance

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