Rick W / Wednesday, September 30, 2026 / Categories: Film Score News In Rememberance of Wimal Dissanayake In Rememberance of Wimal Dissanayake Wimal Dissanayake with Hong Kong film icon Cheng Pei Pei (COME DRINK WITH ME) during HIFF 2016 The Hawai‘i International Film Festival mourns the passing of Dr. Wimal Dissanayake (September 6, 1939–August 7, 2026), a pioneering scholar of Asian cinema and communication whose intellectual legacy is deeply connected to the origins of HIFF—and to Hawai‘i’s Previous Article Remembering Dick Oshima: A true patron of the arts Print 1 Tags: Film Festival