CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY: Silent Movie Matinee
The 100 year anniversary date. Take a trip back in time to experience film the way it was presented when the Palace opened in 1925: accompanied by a live score....
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Special Movie Event
HIFF – A Paradise Lost
Laurie Sumiye’s film is an enchanting, yet harrowing tale of the yellow finch of Palila v. Hawai‘i, a landmark case where nature took humanity to court to stave off extinction.
HIFF – The Eyes of Ghana
For over six decades, Chris Hesse stood behind the camera, quietly shaping Ghana’s cinematic memory while remaining unseen himself. In the 1950s and 1960s, he served as the personal cameraman...
HIFF – 25 Cats From Qatar
25 CATS FROM QATAR, directed by Mye Hoang (CAT DADDIES), is a heartwarming and urgent documentary that follows a daring international rescue mission to save a handful of lives amidst...
HIFF – Before the Moon Falls
In May 2024, the Pacific was shaken by the shocking news of a murder in Samoa. The perpetrator was Sia Figiel—a groundbreaking novelist and poet, celebrated worldwide as the first...
HIFF – Kuleana
Plastic pollution is one of the gravest threats facing our oceans today. In just 15 years, the amount of plastic in the sea is projected to double—and by 2050, it...
HIFF – Lone Samurai
LONE SAMURAI, directed by Josh C. Waller, reimagines the classic samurai epic through an intensely personal lens. The film follows a solitary ronin—an aging samurai widower played by international star Shogen—stranded on...
HIFF – Made in Hawai’i Shorts
Presenting 6 short films made in Hawai'i.
HIFF – Pike River
PIKE RIVER is the powerful true story of Anna Osborne (Melanie Lynskey, HEAVENLY CREATURES, YELLOWJACKETS) and Sonya Rockhouse (Robyn Malcolm), and their fight for justice following New Zealand’s deadliest modern...
HIFF – Lesbian Space Princess
Winner of the Berlinale Teddy Award, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS is a riotous animated sci-fi comedy from writer-director duo Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese.
HIFF – Lahaina Rising
LAHAINA RISING is a searing yet hopeful documentary chronicling the devastation and resilience surrounding the August 8, 2023 wildfire that tore through the historic town of Lāhainā, Maui—the deadliest U.S....