Film

Hawaiʻi issued an estimated $24.5 million in film tax credits in 2024. Entertainment industry professionals are supporting legislative measures to create a film authority to raise the film tax incentives cap, which is currently $50 million for all productions seeking to film in Hawaiʻi.

A new short film at the Maui Ocean Center showcases the first humpback whales to return to Lahaina after the 2023 wildfires. The Conversation talked to photographer and Maui resident Daniel Sullivan.

For Senate Bill 732 to advance, the House Finance Committee needs to hear and pass the bill by this Friday.

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as "king of the miniseries," has died at age 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi, of complications following a stroke. That is according to publicist Harlan Boll.

The Hui Mo‘olelo Film Festival brings together animated films that draw upon a series of oral histories recorded by Lahaina community members after the 2023 Maui wildfires. The nonprofit Maui Public Art Corps is organizing the festival, in partnership with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Waiwai Collective.

HPR talked to Denis Salle of FilmFreude and Hawaiʻi filmmaker Ciara Lacy about the festival and what we can learn from different points of view.

A jury has quickly rejected a man's claim that Disney's "Moana" was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaiʻi. A Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours Monday before deciding that the creators of "Moana" never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall's outlines and script for "Bucky the Surfer Boy."

It’s been five months since we lost Maui resident and musician Kris Kristofferson. While his family and friends are still dealing with the loss of the prolific songwriter and singer, his fans can find comfort in a short documentary about his life and career.

The short documentary “Dear Aloha” tells the story of why Native Hawaiians move away from their homeland. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio spoke with the film’s director, Cris Romento, about being part of the Hawaiian diaspora.

A movie theater is coming soon to the island of Molokaʻi for the first time since 2008. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the community’s excitement for what’s to come.