The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF), an Academy Awards-qualifying festival, celebrates dynamic cinema from Asia and the Pacific while championing Native Hawaiian and Indigenous filmmakers through powerful storytelling and groundbreaking...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Presenting 6 short films made in Hawai'i.
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...
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.
