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All Films & Events

Listed here are all the Festival film and events, in alphabetical order.


MASKS

Film MASKS Directed by Mahaliyah Ayla O A closeted medical student risks being outed to her family when she is targeted in a mass shooting…

MASTER OF DIVINITY

Film MASTER OF DIVINITY Directed by Eugene Suen An ex-seminarian and now-struggling filmmaker begins to panic after his wife tells him that God is calling her…

MAUKA TO MAKAI

Film MAUKA TO MAKAI Directed by Alika Maikau, Jonah Okano Set in Kāneʻohe on the island of Oahu, two cousins grapple with their own internal struggles while trying…

MEET MR. TOILET

Film MEET MR. TOILET Directed by Jessica Yu For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison. Businessman-turned-sanitation-superhero Jack Sim fights this oft-neglected…

MEN HELPING WOMEN

Film MEN HELPING WOMEN Directed by Isue Shin An conversation on gender politics through the way objects open and break, voiced by you and me.
International Documentary Feature Competition

MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN

Film MERATA: HOW MUM DECOLONISED THE SCREEN Directed by Heperi Mita Filmmakers in attendance. Contributing to a greater breadth of media representation in indigenous cinema and recouping suppressed histories...

MERRY-GO-ROUND

Film MERRY-GO-ROUND Directed by Ray Wu A despondent security guard of an aging amusement park must grasp the last redemption as he reunites with…

“Mkmehl” by similarobjects

Film “Mkmehl” by similarobjects Directed by Raymond Teraoka Dacones Music video for "Mkmehl" by similarobjects
Special Presentations

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ MOANA in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Film Walt Disney Animation Studios’ MOANA in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi FREE PROGRAM | Join us for the North American Premiere of the Hawaiian language version of MOANA +…
Documentary Feature Competition

MOANANUIĀKEA: ONE OCEAN. ONE PEOPLE. ONE CANOE.

Film MOANANUIĀKEA: ONE OCEAN. ONE PEOPLE. ONE CANOE. Directed by Na'alehu Anthony MOANANUIĀKEA: ONE OCEAN. ONE PEOPLE. ONE CANOE celebrates the historic Worldwide Voyage of the canoe Hokuleʻa that reconnected…

MOONWALK WITH ME

Film MOONWALK WITH ME Directed by So Young Shelly Yo A Korean American girl named Juno is haunted by her drifting father's disappearances.

MY FRIEND MICHAEL JONES

Film MY FRIEND MICHAEL JONES Directed by Ian Leaupepe, Samson Rambo A high school misfit with severe OCD forms an unlikely bond with a popular classmate through a shared…

MY MOON

Film MY MOON Directed by Eusong Lee A relationship between three celestial bodies; a romance between Earth, Moon, and Sun.

MY RESILIENT 102 YR-OLD NISEI MOM

Film MY RESILIENT 102 YR-OLD NISEI MOM Directed by George Takaki A 102 yr-old Nisei woman overcomes two major obstacles in her life.
Documentary Feature Competition

NO DATA PLAN

Film NO DATA PLAN Directed by Miko Revereza An experimental travelogue capturing the boredom, precarity and fantasies of an undocumented immigrant crossing America by train.