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All Films & Events

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


Shorts Programs

Hard to Heart

Program Hard to Heart From reconciling with a sibling to envisioning a parenting plan with a partner, the hardest conversations are with…
Pacific Cinewaves

HAWAIIAN SOUL

Film HAWAIIAN SOUL Directed by ʻĀina Paikai A Hawaiian musician must gain the support of elders to protect the island of Kahoʻolawe from military bombing.
Shorts Programs

HBO APA Visionaries 2020

Program HBO APA Visionaries 2020 FREE PROGRAM | With the theme of “Breaking Barriers,” the 4th HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries short film…
Shorts Programs

HBO APA Visionaries 2021

Program HBO APA Visionaries 2021 In a unique filmmaker support initiative between Visual Communications and HBO, we present the finalist films from the…

HERSELVES

Film HERSELVES Directed by Kristy Choi As the filmmaker imagines her mother’s life before motherhood, questions of freedom, authorship, and filial responsibility emerge.

HIDE AND SEEK

Film HIDE AND SEEK Directed by Ragini Bhasin When an 8-year-old is instructed by her mechanic father to tend to a little boy, she tries various…

HILUM

Film HILUM Directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan After a botched performance as a mourner-for-hire, Mona retreats from her mother’s fury, and seeks out a shaman…

HINGA

Film HINGA Directed by Sammay Dizon During COVID-19, a community grapples with the complexity of grief and the necessary steps towards collective healing.

HOME

Film HOME Directed by King Lu An elderly Chinese grandma wakes up in a motel room in America, with no recollection of how she…

HOMEGOING

Film HOMEGOING Directed by Yeon Park Amidst the pandemic, a couple finds themselves stuck in a place thousands of miles from their homeland.
Narrative Features, Pacific Cinewaves

I WAS A SIMPLE MAN

Film I WAS A SIMPLE MAN Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi A family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest, as the ghosts of the past haunt…
Shorts Programs

I’ll Tell You When You’re Older

Program I’ll Tell You When You’re Older Films of people trying to live together as family, at the risk of perishing together as fools. As…

I’M STILL HERE

Film I’M STILL HERE Directed by George Wada For Vietnamese immigrants, recent events in Afghanistan bring back vivid memories of escaping the fall of Saigon.
Narrative Features

ISLANDS

Film ISLANDS Directed by Martin Edralin FREE PROGRAM | Joshua has lived in the comfort of his parents’ home his entire life and fears…

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL

Film JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL Directed by George Wada Learn about the war memorial that honors all Japanese Americans that have sacrificed their lives in service of…