Filmmaker And Guest Resources

If you are a local filmmaker, visiting filmmaker or festival guest and plan to travel to Hawaiʻi to attend the festival, please apply for festival accreditation below and email [email protected]. Let us know your travel dates and any relevant plans that you and your film team have, so we can keep you in the loop regarding festival screenings and events.

Apply for Accreditation
Hotel Discounts
Press Requests
Badge Holder Events
Request Laurels
Social Media KIt

ACCREDITATION AND FESTIVAL INFO

Accreditation Types

Filmmaker Pass

This pass is for Filmmakers with a selected short or feature film in the festival.

  • Invitation to select HIFF45 Badge Holder Events
  • Inclusion in HIFILM Industry Directory with Opt-in on accreditation application.
  • Complimentary tickets to your own film screenings
    • Shorts Filmmakers: 3 tickets
    • Feature Filmmakers: 5 tickets
  • 5 complimentary vouchers to in-theater screenings of other HIFF45 films
Guest Pass

This pass is for invited guests that are not representing a particular film in the festival. This can also be for guests of filmmakers. 

Press Pass

This pass is for approved members of the press who would like to attend the festival and cover films, filmmakers or the festival itself.

Email: [email protected] to request approval as an accredited Press Badge holder.

Apply above for festival accreditation. Badges are non-transferable and do not grant access to screenings. You must have a ticket to sit in a theater. 

You can pick up your physical Filmmaker, Guest or Press badge at the HIFF45 Box Office starting on October 3. The box office is open 1 hour prior to the first screening each day. 

All Festival screenings in Honolulu will take place here: 

Consolidated Theaters Kahala
4211 Waialae Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96816
(Please note that the theater is located inside Kahala Mall)

Special events, parties and receptions are by invitation only, but once you are an accredited filmmaker or guest, you will be added to these RSVP lists.