2019 STUDENT SHOWCASE SCREENING
Saturday, November 9, 2019 | Regal Dole Cannery Theaters

HARDLY WORKING
Directors: Clarissa Ontal, Kalani Simmons, Charlie Ahlgren Folkert, Kaede Kimura, Naimah Ford, and Lauryn Ford | 2019 | 7 min
With a crazy boss, few slothful workers, and an audacious receptionist, this companies only hope is the intern.

IRREVERSIBLE
Directors: Emma Tamashiro, Karissa Tabadero | 2019 | 4 min
After receiving a pass to the new time machine attraction at her local fair, Lina travels back time. Little does Lina know that one mistake can change everything.

KIDS SPEAK ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
Directors: Hokuaoka’ale Gilman, Kailani Ibanez, Mikaela Lagasca | 2019 | 4 min
What do kids think about the growing problem of plastic pollution? Our students explore young perspectives on plastic pollution causes, impacts and solutions through interviews with Maui kids ages five through ten.

REMEMBER
Directors: Chloe Chin, Tessa Chin, Ka’imi Kaleleiki | 2019 | 2 min
In this short theatrical film, three generations of women reflect on the beauty of their island home and the changes they see taking place in their natural environment.

ANIMATION CLASS 3
Director: Intro to Animation Students | 2019 | 8 min
An Ice skater, robot, ninja, aliens, cats, and others inhabit worlds brought to life through animation.

FINE
Director: Jessie Hearther | 2019 | 5 min
Fine is a film that depicts the generational loneliness that countless teenagers feel every day.

TWO OF A KIND
Director: Inez Anderson | 2019 | 3 min
Childhood friends Riley and Sam slowly realize their feelings for each other in a classic friends-to-lovers romance.

GREEN GONE
Directors: Keanu Frith, Tess Moretti-Hill, Gabriel Jeffers, Māhea Dunn | 2019 | 2 min
This infomercial parody pokes fun at the overuse of pesticides and herbicides and the psychology used to market them.

GROWING OUR FUTURE
Directors: Jesiah Malaikini, Huaka Park, Ire Pu-Akina, Nakualakuhikuhi Kanakeole-Park | 2019 | 9 min
In partnership with Ma Ka Hāna Ka ʻIke’s project-based learning cohort at Hāna School, this short documentary features interviews with Hāna youth as they learn about traditional agriculture in Wailua and launch a student-run business growing hydroponic lettuce.

@MiaSheaffer
Director: Kaede Kimura | 2019 | 10 min
A teenage girl struggles to ask people for help and maintain her happy, upbeat YouTube personality when her real life begins to fall apart.

Bring To Life: 2019 Liliʻuokalani ʻŌlino Arts Animation Academy
Director: Linda Dorn | 2019 | 21 min
“Bring to Life” is a collection of student work from the 2019 ʻŌlino Arts Animation Academy in partnership with CalArts. Scenes in the reel were produced by high school-aged students from across the state under the tutelage of CalArts professor Linda Dorn and a team of BFA3 animation students. The academy meets for 4 weeks and over the course of the month, participants applied 2D animation techniques they learned to produce the scenes included in this reel. Lili`uokalani Trust is a private operating foundation founded in 1909, for the benefit of orphan and destitute children with preference given to Native Hawaiian children. The trust serves approximately 10,000 children annually through direct services and reaches thousands more through collaborations with community partners.