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...]
8/11 (sat), 22:00 ~ Uno Port Pier#2 Trailer Theater, 8/13 (mon), 13:00 ~ Sangyo-Shinko Bldg 3F Dir: Kai Sehr, Producer: Rene Kock, Writer/Editor: Nadia Soraya Hennrich, Afghanistan/USA/Germany, 2011, 95min, documentary, (from NAF Selects)* Synopsis In 2007, OLIVER PERCOVICH and SHARNA NOLAN arrive in Kabul with little more than a couple of skateboards. In a country where [Read more...]
8/11 (sat) 13:00 ~ Sangyo-shinko building 3F 8/14 (tue) 20:00 ~ Uno Port Pier#2 Trailer Theater Dir: Stephane Gauger, Vietnam/USA, 2007 97min. Drama. There is a kind of happiness that money or fame can’t buy. It is simple to reach it, but as people grow, it gets harder. Thui, the main character, is a bright orphan in Veitnam. She meets a lonely man and woman while selling [Read more...]
8/13 (mon) 20:00 ~ Uno Port Pier#2 Trailer Theater 8/14 (tue) 13:00 ~ Sangyo-Shinko Bldg 3F. Executive Producer: Wim Wenders, Dir: Arvin Chen, Featuring: Jack Yao, Amber Kuo, Taiwan/USA/Germany, 2010, 85min. Fiction The first feature film by American-raised Taiwanese filmmaker Arvin Chen. Kai, a lovesick young man, wants to leave Taipei in hopes of getting to Paris to be with his [Read more...]
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...]