2012 Short Films

“2012 Short Program 1” ~ Dumped food picking in Brooklyn ~ Egyptian-Japanese’s experimental ~ Roma Children ~ OWS ~ Wonder images ~

8/11 (sat) 16:00 ~ Sangyo-Shinko Bldg 3F, 8/12 (mon) 21:00 ~ Uno Port Pier#2 Trailer Theater Spoils Dir. Alex Mallis, USA, 2012, 21min. documentary http://player.vimeo.com/video/38953291 Spoils: Extraordinary Harvest (trailer) from Alex Mallis on Vimeo. Synopsis one-line: Intimate portraits of 3 New Yorkers on a journey through the culture of dumpster diving, a practice as old as [Read more...]

“2012 Short Program 2” ~ Dance with dolphins ~ Transgender artist~ Samoa’s Chief ~ Super-8 experimental shorts~

8/12 (sun), 13:00 Sangyo-Shinko Bldg 3F, 8/13 (mon), 22:00, Uno Port Pier#2 Trailer Theater Together: Dancing With Spinner Dolphins Direction/Choreography: Chisa Hidaka, USA, 3’33”, 2010, dance film SYNOPSIS In the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean, a woman and wild Spinner Dolphin forge a tender relationship through the language of dance. DOLPHIN DANCE PROJECT Dolphin [Read more...]

2012 New American Filmmaker (NAF) Series from HIFF powered by Vilcek Foundation

This year, at the third year anniversary of UPAF, we are excited to show you four great films from "New American Filmmakers Series," one of Hawaii International Film Festival's original programs funded by Vilcek Foundation of New York. The program celebrates and encourages foreign-born filmmakers and their films. (for more info, go to: 　http://newamericanfilmmakers.org/about/ ) The GateKeeper [Read more...]