7:30pm – Moloka’i Bound

Director: Alika Tengan
Screenwriters: Alika Tengan
Cast: Holden Mandrial-Santos, Achilles Holt, Kawika Kahiapo, Kamalani Kapeliela, Kalena Charlene, ʻĀina Paikai, Hale Natoa

After years of incarceration, Kainoa De Silva, a wayward Hawaiian man, is released on parole and committed to reconnecting with his family. Most important to Kainoa is rebuilding a relationship with his adolescent son, Jonathan. But acclimating to a normal life in Hawai‘i is harder than it seems. While working to get back on his own feet, Kainoa must contend with pressures from old friends and relatives. In response he tends to do all the wrong things for the right reasons. In trying to prove himself worthy of his family and his native heritage, Kainoa’s journey is a story of both reconciliation and redemption.