Hawaiʻi International Film Festival

HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on the cuts the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival faces due to the Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the NEA.

Can you believe it's been 20 years since the first season of the hit ABC show "Lost" premiered on television? A new documentary showing at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival takes viewers down memory lane and features interviews with the cast and crew.

A new film "Chaperone" set on the east side of Hawai'i Island will be screened on Oct. 10 during the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. The Conversation talked to writer and director Zoë Eisenberg about the film.

The Conversation sat down with HIFF Education Director Jen May Pastores to talk about highlighting the talents of our next generation.

The documentary film “26.2 to Life” is set to screen at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival Spring Showcase on Tuesday. The story highlights three inmates at San Quentin prison in California facing life sentences who took up marathon running while behind bars.

We are going to the movies for today's hana hou! We shine the spotlight on Ryan Kawamoto, whose documentary highlights the overlooked history of Japanese Americans who were removed by force from their homes and businesses during World War II; Filmmaker Jean Shim talks about what went into making her feature film that screened at the 43rd Hawaiʻi International Film Festival; local resident Henk Rogers, who secured worldwide distribution rights to the Tetris game, shares the backstory as depicted in the new film "Tetris"; and Elliot Lucas talks about the Kauaʻi Film Academy producing its first feature film

Among the comedies, documentaries, dramas and even zombie flicks screening at the 43rd Hawaiʻi International Film Festival this month, one feature gaining critical buzz is "A Great Divide" by filmmaker Jean Shim.

Small Business Administration recovery centers on Maui; Filmmaker Jean Shim's feature debut plays at the 43rd Hawaiʻi International Film Festival; Sudden Rush Hawaiʻi's pioneering rap group reflects on the art form

The Hawaiʻi International Film Festival Spring Showcase kicks off Friday with a screening of a new film by Oʻahu-based director Justin Chon. "Jamojaya" was shot on Oʻahu and focuses on the relationship between a father named Joyo and his son James.

Student filmmakers from Hawaiʻi and Alaska were recently honored as part of a local youth initiative. The future filmmakers program seeks to empower students and introduces them to the film industry. HPR's Jayna Omaye reports.