HAWAI‘I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (HIFF)
There are no longer any performances available for this show.
McCoy Studio Theater
The MACC will be collecting donations for the Maui Food Bank during this event. We ask that our patrons bring needed items for those impacted by the wildfires. Donation bins will be located near the MACC's main entry gates.
Established in 1981, the Hawai‘i International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of cultural exchange and media in the Pacific Rim. HIFF is a premier international film event that has won the praise of international filmmakers, scholars, educators, governments, programmers and film industry leaders across the globe. HIFF’s programming has two particular mandates: to be a festival of record for emerging films from Asia, the Pacific, and North America and to present the top festival films from around the world, annually screening films from over 45 countries.HIFF’s Industry and Education programs present free content and panels in the fields of film, music, virtual reality, and new media entertainment. These transmedia programs reflect HIFF’s commitment to exhibiting innovative creative content coming from the Asia Pacific Rim and commitment to establish a pipeline of creative industry talent in Hawai‘i. HIFF is an Academy Award®-qualifying Festival in both its Best International Short Film and Best Made-In-Hawaii Short Film award categories.
For more information, visit www.HIFF.org
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19:
1:00 PM | KANIELA: THE DANIEL KALEIKINI STORY | 68 Minutes | English | 2024
Director: Michael Lum, Pawel Nuckowski
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Made In Hawai‘i
A loving tribute to the late ‘Ambassador of Aloha’ including interviews with the man himself completed before his passing last year. Born into a large family in Papakōlea, Kaniela began working in Hawai‘i’s tourism industry in the 1950s and grew to be a beloved and internationally known entertainer with over 30 years of performing, not only here, but Las Vegas and Japan as well. One of the last projects he worked on was recording with his grandson Nicholas.
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5:30pm | ONE MILLION DOLLA | 99 Minutes | English | 2024
Director: Stefan C. Schaefer
Director: Alex Farnham
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20:
1:00pm | SHAKA, A STORY OF ALOHA | 80 Minutes | English | 2024
Director: Alexander Bocchieri
3:30pm | STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS | 82 Minutes | English | 2024
Director: Jalena Keane-Lee
STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS follows the largest political movement in modern Hawaiian history, and the indigenous women leaders who have successfully sustained it since 2010. At the center of the global movement are Pua Case and her two daughters Hāwane Rios and Kapulei Flores. They are joined by Mehana Kihoi and Leinaʻala Sleightholm who have changed their families’ lives by joining the movement. All three families have put their bodies on the line, faced arrest standing off with police, and testified as key petitioners suing the State of Hawaiʻi to prevent the building of the world's largest telescope on their sacred mountain. Through the lens of mothers and daughters, our film explores intergenerational healing and the social and emotional labor of retaining ancient ceremonies in a rapidly modernizing world. With the fate of the telescope still to be decided, the film shows that victory is in the perseverance of a movement and the intergenerational healing found in this sisterhood.
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THE QUEEN’S FLOWERS | 12 Minutes | English | 2024
Director: Ciara Lacy
A magical take on a true story, THE QUEEN’S FLOWERS is an animated short adventure for kids that follows Emma, a native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu, as she makes a special gift for the last monarch of Hawaiʻi, Queen Liliʻuokalani.
6:00pm | MOLOKAʻI BOUND | 112 Minutes | English & Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) | 2024
Director: Alika Tengan
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.
Pre-concert food & beverages available for purchase in the McCoy Studio Courtyard. CLICK HERE for the menu and serving times.
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