HANA HOU – HIFF42 AWARD WINNING SHORTS

E MĀLAMA PONO, WILLY BOY (HIFF42 Audience Award)
Hawai‘i | 2022 | 18 min
Director: Scott Kekama Amona

When a Native Hawaiian Police Officer is called in on his day off to evict the protesting Native Hawaiian residents of a homeless settlement deemed “illegal” by the State of Hawaii, he is forced to choose between supporting his family, upholding the law, and doing what is morally right . . . or PONO.

INHERITANCE (HIFF42 Made in Hawai‘i Short Award)
Hawai‘i | 2022 | 18 min
Director: Erin Lau

A struggling nature photographer is forced to confront the pain his family has carried for generations.

KUMU NIU (HIFF42 Deep Blue Environmental Shorts Award)
USA | 2022 | 15 min
Director: Alex Cantatore

The island of O’ahu is covered with coconut palms, but for fear of liability the vast majority of these sacred trees have been stripped of coconuts. The grassroots movement, Niu Now, is on a mission to restore the “niu,” or coconut, as a fundamental food crop in Hawai’i and to spread the Indigenous wisdom of “aloha ‘āina:” loving land and serving people.

PO‘ELE WAI (HIFF42 Made in Hawai‘i Short Special Mention)
Hawai‘i | 2022 | 19M
Director: Tiare Ribeaux

A weaver navigates between survival and her connection to the ‘āina (land) while a mysterious rash grows on her body. While working as a house cleaner, she becomes entranced by a mysterious painting inspired by a Hawaiian creation story. As her rash worsens, she experiences a transformation when she realizes her drinking water has been poisoned by fuel leaking into the island’s watersheds.

THE RED SUITCASE (HIFF42 Best Short Film)
Luxembourg | 2022 | 18 min
Director: Cyrus Neshvad

A veiled Iranian teenager is terrified to leave the Luxembourg airport.\

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