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{{Short description|Annual film festival in Hawaii, U.S.}}
{{Infobox film festival
| name = Hawai‘i International Film Festival
| logo = HIFF_Logo.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| location = [[Hawaii]], [[United States]]
| founded = 1981
| date = November 4 - November 28, 2021
| language = International
| number = 200
| website = {{url|http://www.hiff.org}}
| chronology =
| main = Current: 41st Hawai‘i International Film Festival
| previous = 40th
| next = 42nd
}}

The '''Hawai‘i International Film Festival''' ('''HIFF''') is an annual [[film festival]] held in the United States state of [[Hawaii]].

HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education and the work of new and emerging filmmakers.<ref>{{cite web |title=ALOHAFEST COMES INTO ITS OWN |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/aloha-fest-comes-into-its-own |website=rogerebert.com |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> HIFF’s primary festival is held annually in [[Honolulu]] over November, with additional screenings and events held across the [[Hawaiian Islands]] of [[Oʻahu]], [[Hawaii (Island)|Hawaiʻi]], [[Kauaʻi]] and [[Maui]]. The festival also holds a smaller Spring Showcase in March, and runs education and industry events throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |title=22nd Annual HIFF Spring Showcase |url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Calendar/index.php/name/22nd-Annual-HIFF-Spring-Showcase/event/12370/ |website=Honolulu Magazine |publisher=Aio Media Group |access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, HIFF welcomed over 44,000 attendees.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIFF Annual Report (2018) |url=https://hiff.org/about/2018-annual-report |website=hiff.org |publisher=Hawai'i International Film Festival}}</ref>

==History==

HIFF was founded in 1981 by [[Jeannette Paulson Hereniko]] as a project of the [[East-West Center]] located at the University of Hawai'i Manoa campus in Honolulu.<ref>{{cite web |title=About HIFF |url=https://hiff.org/about/about-hiff |publisher=Hawai'i International Film Festival |access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref> Due to this academic association, HIFF prominently featured academic seminars and discussions in its early years, and was delivered free to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Strangers Met: How the East-West Center Library Introduced International Film to Hawaii }}</ref> The relationship between HIFF and the [[East-West Center]] ended in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Strangers Met: How the East-West Center Library Introduced International Film to Hawaii |url=http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jpytam/612%20EWC_HIFF.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922103535/http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jpytam/612%20EWC_HIFF.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] had a close personal relationship with the festival and frequently attended prior to his death.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAHALO, ROGER!: THE HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROGER }}</ref>

The festival has premiered such movies as ''[[A Leading Man]]'', ''[[Once Were Warriors]]'', ''[[The Piano]]'', ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'', ''[[Shall We Dance? (1996 film)|Shall We Dance?]]'', ''[[Y Tu Mama Tambien]]'' and ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?f943c058-5936-47dc-ab5c-91df436a68fb|author=Lincoln Jacobe|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090719132233/http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?f943c058-5936-47dc-ab5c-91df436a68fb|archive-date=July 19, 2009|title=Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival Announces 2008 Audience Winners}}</ref>

In 2018, HIFF launched its [[virtual reality]] program, with a focus on Asian-Pacific and environmental storytelling.

HIFF celebrated its 40th edition in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] with a hybrid festival combining online [[video on demand]] streaming with [[Drive-in theater|drive-in theaters]] and a small number of conventional cinema screenings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Download the HIFF40 Program Guide|url=https://hiff.org/hiff40-program-guide/|access-date=2020-11-22|website=HIFF|language=en}}</ref>

==Sections==
From its early history, HIFF has maintained a programming focus on films from the Asia-Pacific, with an emphasis on new and emerging filmmakers.

* HIFF Extreme: a program of genre, horror and [[midnight movies]] run over the festival.
* HIFF Virtual Reality: launched in 2018, features a public program of [[virtual reality]] and [[360-degree video]] experiences, with a focus on Asian-Pacific content.
* Made in Hawai’i: a showcase of local short and feature filmmaking from the state of Hawai’i.
* New American Perspectives: a program of films produced by immigrant filmmakers and artists, produced in partnership with [[The Vilcek Foundation]].
* Pacific Showcase: a program of films from Pacific Islander filmmakers, produced in partnership with [[Pacific Islanders in Communication]].* Spotlight on China
* Southeast Asian Showcase
* Spotlight on Hong Kong: this section often features prominent auteurs and figures from Hong Kong, with honorees such as [[Wong Kar-wai]] and [[John Woo]].
* Spotlight on India
* Spotlight on Japan: HIFF’s largest program section, with 17 feature films in 2019 ranging from arthouse to mainstream releases.
* Spotlight on Korea
* Spotlight on Taiwan

==Awards==

HIFF annually presents a series of prizes for established and emerging filmmakers, announced at its Awards Gala at [[Halekulani (hotel)|Halekulani]]. In addition to its main competitions, the festival also honors filmmakers for special accomplishments and contributions to cinema culture.

===Honors===

HIFF annually honors filmmakers for outstanding contributions to world cinema and the arts. The '''[[Halekulani (hotel)|Halekulani]] Career Achievement Award''' is given to ''filmmakers with an established body of work for significant contributions to the arts''.<ref name="hiff_prog_guide">{{cite book |title=2018 HIFF Program Guide |date=November 2018 |publisher=Hawai'i International Film Festival |location=Honolulu |page=3}}</ref> The '''[[Halekulani (hotel)|Halekulani]] Maverick Award''' ''is given to accomplished artists and filmmakers with unconventional career trajectories, often to rising stars of the global film industry''.<ref name="hiff_prog_guide" /> The '''Pacific Islanders in Communications Trailblazer Award''' ''honors a cinema artist of [[Pacific Islander]] descent for producing award-winning work in independent and global cinema''.<ref name="hiff_prog_guide" /> In 2020, HIFF introduced the '''[[Halekulani (hotel)|Halekulani]] Golden Maile for Career Achievement'''. The first recipient of the Golden Maile was [[Ann Hui]]. Previous HIFF honourees include [[Taika Waititi]], [[Maggie Cheung]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Sonny Chiba]], [[Ken Watanabe]], [[Wong Kar-Wai]], [[Awkwafina]], [[John Woo]], [[Stan Grant (journalist)|Stan Grant]], [[Steven Yeun]], [[Keala Settle]], [[Destin Daniel Cretton]], [[Sterlin Harjo]], [[Dana Ledoux Miller]] and [[Albert Pyun]].

===Kau Ka Hōkū Award===

The [[Hawaiian Airlines]] Kau Ka Hōkū award is HIFF’s main competitive prize, and is awarded to emerging filmmakers for their first or second feature film by an international jury.

{| class=wikitable
|-
!Year
!Film
!Director
|-
|2018
|''[[PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE]]''
|[[Hao Wu (director)|Hao Wu]]
|-
|2019
|''37 SECONDS''
|[[HIKARI]]
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hiff.org/hiff41-announces-festival-award-winners/ | title=HIFF41 Announces Festival Award Winners | Hawai'i International Film Festival | date=15 November 2021 }}</ref>
|''DARK RED FOREST''
|Jin Huaqing
|}

===Made in Hawai‘i Film Awards===

The Made in Hawai‘i Film Awards is presented by the [[Hawaii Film Office]] for feature and short films produced by local filmmakers.

{| class=wikitable
|-
!Year
!Film
!Director
|-
|1990
|''My Aunt May''
|Roland Tharpe
|-
|1991
|''Hawai'i: Beyond the Feathered Gods''
|[[Paul Atkins (cinematographer)|Paul Atkins]]
|-
|1992
|''Simple Courage''
|Stephanie Castillo
|-
|1993
|''From Hawai'i to the Holocaust''
|Judy Weightman / Ryan Sexton
|-
|1994
|''Ganbare''
|Robert Bates
|-
|1995
|''Words, Earth and Aloha''
|[[Eddie Kamae]]
|-
|1996
|''Lemon Tree Billiards House''
|Tim Savage
|-
|1997
|''E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i''
|Na Maka O Ka 'Aina
|-
|1998
|''[[Kaho'olawe]]''
|David Kalama, Jr
|-
|1999
|''Red Turtle Rising''
|Jay April
|-
|2000
|''Ka'ililauokekoa''
|Kala'iokona Ontai
|-
|2001
|''[[Blood of the Samurai]]''
|Aaron Yamasato
|-
|2002
|
|
|-
|2003
|''The Ride''
|Nathan Kurosawa
|-
|2004
|''Silent Years''
|James Sereno
|-
|2005
|''Fishbowl''
|[[Kayo Hatta]]
|-
|2006
|''Na Kamalei: Men of Hula''
|Lisette Marie Flannery
|-
|2018
|''[[Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable]]''
|Aaron Lieber
|Made in Hawaii Audience Award
|-
|2018
|''The Moon and The Night''
|Erin Lau
|Made in Hawaii Best Short
|-
|2019
|''Moloka‘i Bound''
|Alika Maikau
|Made in Hawaii Best Short
|-
|2019
|''Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki''
|Justyn Ah Chong
|Made in Hawaii Best Short, Second Place
|-
|2020
|''Hawaiian Soul''
|‘Āina Paikai
|Best Short + Audience Award Short
|-
|2020
|''Waikiki''
|Chris Kahunahana
|Best Feature + Best Cinematography
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hiff.org/hiff41-announces-festival-award-winners/ | title=HIFF41 Announces Festival Award Winners | Hawai'i International Film Festival | date=15 November 2021 }}</ref>
|''River of Small Gods''
|Bradley Tangonan
|Best Short
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hiff.org/hiff41-announces-festival-award-winners/ | title=HIFF41 Announces Festival Award Winners | Hawai'i International Film Festival | date=15 November 2021 }}</ref>
|''[[I Was a Simple Man]]''
|Christopher Makoto Yogi
|Best Feature
|}

===NETPAC Award===

Since 2000, HIFF has partnered with the [[Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema]] to deliver the NETPAC Award for outstanding filmmaking in Asia, and is the only film festival in the United States to present the award.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIFF 2019 Awards |url=https://hiff.org/en/festivals-and-events/hiff-2019-awards |publisher=Hawai'i International Film Festival |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Country
|-
|2000
|''Breaking the Silence''
|[[Sun Zhou]]
|China
|-
|2001
|''[[Devils on the Doorstep]]''
|[[Jiang Wen]]
|China
|-
|2002
|''[[Eyes of a Beauty]]''
|[[Guan Hu]]
|China
|-
|2003
|
|
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Peep "TV" Show]]''
|[[Yutaka Tsuchiya]]
|Japan
|-
|2005
|''[[Season of the Horse]]''
|[[Ning Cai (actor)|Ning Cai]]
|China
|-
|2006
|''[[4:30]]''
|[[Royston Tan]]
|Singapore
|-
|2007
|''[[Owl and the Sparrow]]''
|[[Stephane Gauger]]
|Vietnam
|-
|2008
|''[[Brutus - The Adventure]]''
|[[Tara Illenberger]]
|Philippines
|-
|2009
|''[[Castaway on the Moon]]'''
|[[Lee Hae-jun]]
|South Korea
|-
|2010
|''[[Monga (film)|Monga]]''
|[[Doze Niu|Doze Chen-Zer Niu]]
|Taiwan ROC
|-
|2011
|''[[Hanaan]]''
|[[Ruslan Pak]]
|South Korea, Uzbekistan
|-
|2012
|''[[Aparisyon]]'' (''Apparition'')
|[[Isabel Sandoval]] (credited as Vincent Sandoval)
|Philippines
|-
|2013
|''[[Monsoon Shootout]]''
|[[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]
|India
|-
|2014
|''[[Titli (2014 film)|Titli]]''
|[[Kanu Behl]]
|India
|-
|2015
|''[[The Kids (film)|The Kids]]''
|[[Sunny Yu]]
|Taiwan
|-
|2016
|''[[Knife in the Clear Water]]''
|[[Wan Xuebo]]
|China
|-
|2017
|''[[One Thousand Ropes]]''
|[[Tusi Tamasese]]
|New Zealand
|-
|2018
|''[[Still Human]]''
|[[Oliver Siu Kuen Chan]]
|Hong Kong
|-
|2019
|''[[Another Child]]''
|[[Yoon-Seok Kim]]
|South Korea
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hiff.org/hiff41-announces-festival-award-winners/ | title=HIFF41 Announces Festival Award Winners | Hawai'i International Film Festival | date=15 November 2021 }}</ref>
|''[[Anima (2020 film)|Anima]]''
|[[Cao Jinling]]
|China
|}

===New American Perspectives (NAP)===

From 2007 to 2015, HIFF partnered with the [[The Vilcek Foundation|Vilcek Foundation]] to curate the New American Filmmakers (NAF) program to celebrate the work of foreign-born filmmakers and cinema artists currently contributing to American cinema.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Vilcek Foundation - New American Filmmakers - Hawaii International Film Festival|url=http://www.vilcek.org/gallery/past-exhibitions/new-american-filmmakers/index.html|website=Vilcek.org|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, this program was relaunched as the New American Perspectives (NAP).

{| class=wikitable
!Year
!Film
!Delegate
!Country of Birth
|-
|2007
|''[[Owl and the Sparrow]]''
|[[Stephane Gauger]] (Director)
|Vietnam
|-
|2007
|''[[Finishing the Game]]''
|[[Justin Lin]] (Director)
|Taiwan
|-
|2007
|''[[The Rebel (2007 film)|The Rebel]]''
|[[Charlie Nguyen]] (Director)
|Vietnam
|-
|2007
|''The GateKeeper of Enmyoin''
|Reiko Tahara (Director)
|Japan
|-
|2007
|
|Max Uesugi (Director)
|Japan
|-
|2008
|''Chief '(Short Film)
|[[Chief Sielu|Chief Sielu Avea]] (Actor)
|Samoa
|-
|2008
|''Long Story Short''
|[[Christine Choy]] (Director)
|China
|-
|2008
|''Vietnam Overtures''
|[[Stephane Gauger]] (Director)
|Vietnam
|-
|2008
|''[[Prince of the Himalayas]]''
|[[Sherwood Hu]] (Director)
|China
|-
|2008
|''Someplace Else''
|Kai-Duc Luong (Director)
|Cambodia
|-
|2008
|''[[Ocean of Pearls]]''
|Sarab Neelam (Director)
|India
|-
|2009
|''A Village Called Versailles''
|[[S. Leo Chiang]] (Director)
|Taiwan
|-
|2009
|''Prince of Broadway''
|Karren Karagulian (Actor)
|Armenia
|-
|2009
|''[[The People I've Slept With]]''
|[[Quentin Lee]] (Director)
|Hong Kong
|-
|2009
|''Bombay Summer''
|Joseph Mathew-Varghese (Director)
|India
|-
|2009
|''[[White on Rice]]''
|Hiroshi Watanabe (Actor)
|Japan
|-
|2010
|''Dog Sweat''
|Hossein Keshavarz (Director)
|Iran
|-
|2010
|''[[Au Revoir Taipei]]''
|[[In-Ah Lee]] (Producer)
|Germany
|-
|2010
|''[[Apart Together]]''
|Lisa Lu (Actress)
|Chinese-American
|-
|2010
|''Beijing Taxi''
|Miao Wang (Director)
|China
|-
|2011
|''[[The Price of Sex]]''
|[[Mimi Chakarova]] (Director)
|Bulgarian-American
|-
|2011
|''Living in Seduced Circumstances''
|Ian Gamazon (Director)
|Filipino-American
|-
|2011
|''Skateistan: Four Wheels and a Board in Kabul''
|Nadia Hennirch (Screenwriter)
|Germany
|-
|2011
|''Almost Perfect''
|[[Bertha Bay-Sa Pan]] (Director)
|Taiwanese-American
|-
|2011
|''[[My Last Day Without You]]''
|Christopher Silber (Screenwriter)
|Germany
|-
|2012
|''[[Valley of Saints (film)|Valley of Saints]]''
|Nicholas Bruckman (Producer)
|England
|-
|2012
|''Indian Summer (Short Film)''
|Mridu Chandra (Director)
|Indian-American
|-
|2012
|''[[Starlet (film)|Starlet]]''
|Radium Cheung (Cinematographer)
|Hong Kong
|-
|2012
|''Paraiso (Short Film)''
|Ronan Landa (Composer)
|Israeli-American
|-
|2012
|''Daylight Savings''
|[[Goh Nakamura]] (Actor)
|Japanese-American
|-
|2012
|''The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus''
|[[Alexandre O. Philippe]] (Director)
|Switzerland
|-
|2013
|''[[Mr. Pip]]''
|[[Andrew Adamson]] (Director)
|New Zealand
|-
|2013
|
|[[Harry Gregson-Williams]] (Composer)
|England
|-
|2013
|''Escape from Tomorrow''
|Soojin Chung (Producer)
|South Korea
|-
|2013
|''I Learn America''
|Jean-Michel Dissard (Director)
|France
|-
|2013
|''[[This Is Martin Bonner|This is Martin Bonner]]''
|[[Chad Hartigan]] (Director)
|Cyprus
|-
|2013
|''[[Sake-Bomb]]''
|Junya Sakino (Director)
|Japan
|-
|2014
|''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''
|Antoine de Cazotte (Producer)
|France
|-
|2014
|''[[A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night]]''
|[[Ana Lily Amirpour]] (Director)
|Iranian-American
|-
|2014
|''[[Man from Reno (film)|Man from Reno]]''
|[[Ayako Fujitani]] (Actress)
|Japan
|-
|2014
|''[[Difret]]''
| Zeresenay Mehari (Director)
|Ethiopia
|-
|2014
|''[[2030 (film)|Nuoc 2030]]''
|[[Minh Nguyen-Vo|Minh Nguyen-Võ]] (Director)
|Vietnam
|-
|2014
|''[[:ja:太秦ライムライト|Uzumasa Limelight]]''
|Ken Ochiai (Director)
|Japan
|-
|2014
|''Mudbloods''
|Farzad Sangari (Director)
|Iran
|-
|2015
|''Camino''
|[[Zoë Bell]] (Actress)
|New Zealand
|-
|2015
|''[[Margarita with a Straw|Margarita, with a Straw]]''
|[[Shonali Bose]] (Director)
|India
|-
|2015
|''Yosemite''
|[[Gabrielle Demeestere]] (Director)
|France
|-
|2015
|''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]''
|[[Alfred Hitchcock]] (Director)
|England
|-
|2015
|''[[Seoul Searching]]''
|Daniel Katz (Cinematographer)
|Ireland
|-
|2015
|[[Seoul Searching]]
|[[Benson Lee]] (Director)
|Korean-American
|-
|2015
|''People are the Sky''
|Dai Sil Kim-Gibson (Director)
|North Korea
|-
|2019
|''[[The Perfect Candidate]]''
|[[Haifaa al-Mansour]] (Director)
|[[Saudi Arabia]]
|-
|2019
|''Asian in America''
|Jenny Dorsey (Chef)
|[[China]]
|-
|2019
|''Go Back to China''
|[[Emily Ting]] (Director)
|[[Taiwan]]
|-
|2019
|''Lingua Franca''
|Isabel Sandoval (Director and Actor)
|[[Philippines]]
|-
|2019
|[[37 Seconds]]
|Hikari (Director)
|[[Japan]]
|-
|2020
|[[Shadow in the Cloud]]
|[[Roseanne Liang]] (Director)
|[[New Zealand]]
|-
|2020
|''76 Days''
|Hao Wu (Director)
|[[China]]
|-
|2020
|''Death of Nintendo''
|Valarie Castillo-Martinez (Screenwriter, Producer)
|[[Philippines]]
|-
|2020
|''First Vote''
|Yi Chen (Director)
|[[China]]
|-
|2020
|Mogul Mowgli
|[[Bassam Tariq]] (Screenwriter, Director)
|[[Pakistan]]
|-
|2021
|7 DAYS
|[[Roshan Sethi]] (Co-writer, Director)
|[[Canada]]
|-
|2021
|7 DAYS
|[[Karan Soni]] (Co-writer, Actor)
|[[India]]
|-
|2021
|7 DAYS
|[[Geraldine Viswanathan]] (Actor)
|[[Australia]]
|-
|2021
|AMERICANISH
|[[Aizzah Fatima]] (Co-writer, Actor)
|[[Saudi Arabia]]
|-
|2021
|RED ROCKET
|[[Shih-Ching Tsou]] (Producer)
|[[Taiwan]]
|-
|2021
|WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED
|[[Kier-La Janisse]] (Director)
|[[Canada]]
|-
|2021
|USERS
|[[Natalia Almada]] (Director)
|[[Mexico]]
|}

==See also==
*[[East-West Center]]
*[[Film festivals in North and Central America]]
*[[List of film festivals]]
*[[Palace Theater (Hilo, Hawaii)|Palace Theater]]
*[[Political Film Society Awards Special Award]]
*[[Shanghai International Film Festival]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hiff.org/ Hawaii International Film Festival] website

[[Category:Asian-American film festivals]]
[[Category:Film festivals established in 1981]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Hawaii]]
[[Category:Annual events in Hawaii]]
[[Category:Film festivals in Hawaii]]

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