When Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund gathered filmmakers, producers, investors and entrepreneurs at its Film Future reception during the Red Sea Film Festival, the goal was not simply to celebrate recent progress. Instead, the event was positioned as a working forum, reflecting how the Kingdom’s film industry is being built through collective effort, structured financing […]
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THE GOLDEN SPURTLE – Who Said Porridge is Bland? THE GOLDEN SPURTLE premiered at the 45th Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Where do I begin? Ah, the title! I must admit, before watching I had no idea what a spurtle was. An adorable creature came to mind. A quick Google search and seconds later I found out that a spurtle is a
Reflecting on Relationships and Legacy with CLIMBING FOR LIFE CLIMBING FOR LIFE premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. CLIMBING FOR LIFE is a stunning Japanese film that dives into the life of Junko Tabei: the first woman to summit Mt. Everest. Directed by Junji Sakamoto, the film is based on the autobiography, Life with its Ups and Downs, written by
Are All Ghosts Useful? A USEFUL GHOST REVIEW | Video A USEFUL GHOST premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival. In this short form video review, HOCCI mentee Curtis Wilmington III talks about the absurd, yet multifaceted feature film, A USEFUL GHOST. This film was one of several film screenings for the HOCCI cohort this year, which featured extended discussions with guest film...
PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK Review PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK premiered at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Over the past two years, during Israel’s most recent genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military, and 170,000 have been wounded, with 40,000 of those
24 FLAVORS | Video Essay Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. In this video essay, HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee D’Elle Martin sits down and reviews 24 FLAVORS, the directorial debut of Chinese filmmaker Elaine Huang. 24 FLAVORS was inspired by Huang’s own family history,
DEPEYIZÉ Review | Video DEPEYIZÉ is a short film that screened as part of ON THE OTHER ISLAND: New Films and New Visions from the Dominican Republic at the 45th Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. In this short form video review, HOCCI mentee Curtis Wilmington III talks about the short film, DEPEYIZÉ, one of the shorts in the
Egyptian director Omar Hilal, who made a splash with breakout hit “Voy! Voy! Voy!,” is back behind the camera with “His Weakest Creatures.” The Cairo-set feature marks the first pairing between Hend Sabri and Ahmed Helmy, who are two of the Arab world’s most bankable stars. In “His Weakest Creatures,” Helmy — known locally for […]
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