HANA HOU: HIFF43 AWARD WINNING SHORTS

 

HŌKŪLE‘A: FINDING THE LANGUAGE OF THE NAVIGATOR (HIFF43 Made in Hawai‘i Grand Jury Award for Best Feature): In 2006, master navigator Nainoa Thompson sailed with cultural anthropologist Wade Davis to discuss the art of wayfinding — and they only scratched the surface. Fifteen years later, the two explorers contemplate the mysteries of traditional navigation and a future inspired by the language of the navigator.

 

AIKĀNE (HIFF43 Made in Hawai‘i Grand Jury Award for Best Short): A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls deep into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.

 

KALA (HIFF43 Made in Hawai‘i Jury Award Honorable Mention): On the remote Hawaiian Island of Moloka‘i, two estranged brothers reluctantly set out to catch a kala fish at the request of their dying father, allowing them to express long-held feelings in an attempt to heal the deep hurt that substance abuse has brought to their family.

 

Q&A with Filmmakers in Attendance

Presented in Multiple Parts