MADE IN HAWAI’I SHORT STORIES
From the Kanaka warriors in ancient Hawai‘i to a Southeast Asian farmer wanting to return home, these local stories represent the spectrum of narrative diversity in small, yet impactful, doses.
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NEIGHBOR ISLAND SCHEDULE:
| 10/30/2023 7:00pm | Lanai Theater at Hale Keaka |
| 10/27/2023 6:00pm | Maui Arts & Culture Center |
| 11/4/2023 3:00pm | Palace Theater |
| 10/28/2023 3:45pm | Waimea Theater |
Presented in Multiple Parts
AIKĀNE
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world...
14 min | Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | | FESTIVAL PREMIERE | English
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HOMESTEAD
A local farmer Liane works on her Japanese cucumber farm with only the help of her grandson Aiden, and her hus...
13 min | Justin Pascua | | WORLD PREMIERE | Lao | English
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KALA
At the request of their dying father, two estranged brothers reluctantly set out to catch a kala fish with a H...
20 min | Matt Yamashita | | WORLD PREMIERE | English
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MY BROTHER
Stunning Hawai’i backdrops frame this touching drama about a Tongan brother and sister at rugby practice. Re...
8 min | Misa Tupou | | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English, Tongan | English
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SPIDER
A young mother struggles with her mother’s death as her daughter struggles to share her mother's love with a...
9 min | Marcela Biven | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | English
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SUNSET ON 44
A young fugitive desperately tries to make enough money to escape the island of Oahu with his younger sister, ...
19 min | Devan Fujinaka | | WORLD PREMIERE | English
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