2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Hawaii International Film Festival
• Edition: 30th
• Period: October 14-24, 2010
• Location: Hawaii

Awards

• The Vision in Film Award - Roger & Chaz Ebert
• The Maverick Award - Nancy Kwan
• The Award for Career Achievement - Qiankuan Li, Guiyun Xiao
• The Outstanding Industry Leadership Award - Ren Zhonglun
• The Local Short Film Award - Malaga & The Green Tie Affair
• The NETPAC Award - "Monga" - Doze Niu (Taiwan)
• The Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Documentary - "I Wish I Knew" - Jia Zhangke (China, The Netherland)
• The Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for Best Narrative Feature - "Son of Babyon" - Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq)

Audience Award Winners

• Narrative Feature - "ONE KINE DAY" (Chuck Mitsui)
• Documentary - "ONE VOICE" (Lisette Marie Flanary)
• Short Film - "MANA I KA LEO: POWER OF THE VOICE" (Ruben Carillo)

East Asian Films @ 30th HIFF

American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile

• "Apart Together" - Quanan Wang (China) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Au Revoir Taipei" - Arvin Chen (Taiwan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Beijing Taxi" - Miao Wang (China) *Hawaii Premiere

Asian Showcase

• "Baby Arabia" various (Thailand) *United States Premiere
• "Bi, Don't Be Afraid" - Dang Di Phan (Vietnam/France/Germany) *United States Premiere
• "The Blue Mansion" - Glen Goei (Singapore) *North American Premiere
• "Cin(T)a" - Sammaria Simanjuntak (Indonesia) *United States Premiere
• "Red Dragonflies" - Jiekai Liao (Singapore) *United States Premiere
• "The Tiger Factory" - Ming Jin Woo (Japan/Malaysia) *United States Premiere
• "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" - Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) *Hawaii Premiere

Closing Film

• "71: Into the Fire" - John H. Lee (South Korea) *Hawaii Premiere

Eat, Drink, Film

• "Rinco's Restaurant" - Mai Tominaga (Japan)

Extreme Asia

• "Alien vs. Ninja" - Seiji Chiba (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Clash" - Le Thanh Son (Vietnam) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Fire of Conscience" - Dante Lam (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Gallants" - Chi-kin Kwok, Clement Sze-Kit Cheng (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen" - Wai-keung Lau (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Mutant Girls Squad" - Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Redline" - Takeshi Koike (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere

Film for Thought

• "Dooman River" - Lu Zhang (China/South Korea) *United States Premiere
• "Leonie" - Hisako Matsui (Japan) *World Premiere

Gala Presentations

• "The Actresses" - Lee Je-Yong (South Korea) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Monga" - Doze Niu (Taiwan) *North American Premiere
• "The Star and the Sea" - Qiankuan Li, Guiyun Xiao (China) *World Premiere

Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Documentary Feature Nominees

• "I Wish I Knew" - Jia Zhangke (China, The Netherland) *United States Premiere

Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Narrative Feature Nominees

• "Deep in the Clouds" - Liu Jie, Cai Ni (China) *International Premiere
• "Pinoy Sunday" - Wi Ding Ho (Taiwan/Philippines) *United States Premiere
• "Seesaw" - Keihiro Kanyama (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Thomas Mao" - Wen Zhu (China) *United States Premiere

Hong Kong Cinema

• "Amphetamine" - Scud (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Echoes of the Rainbow" - Alex Law (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Hot Summer Day" - Tony Chan, Wing Shya (Hong Kong/USA) *North American Premiere
• "Ip Man 2" - Wilson Yip (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere

New Chinese Cinema

• "Bodyguards and Assassins" - Teddy Chan (China/Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordman" - Er Shan Wu (China/Hong Kong/U.S.) *Hawaii Premiere
• "The Fourth Portrait" - Mong-Hong Chung (Taiwan) *United States Premiere
• "Love in a Puff" - Ho-Cheung Pang (Hong Kong) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Ma Wen's Battle" - Zheng Chang (China) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Ocean Heaven" - Xiao-Lu Xue (China) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Taipei Exchanges" - Ya-chuan Hsiao (Taiwan) *North American Premiere

Opening Film

• "Under the Hawthorn Tree" - Yimou Zhang (China) *North American Premiere

Sound x Vision

• "Love Noise" - Feng Liu (China) *World Premiere

Spotlight on Japan

• "Abacus and Sword" - Yoshimitsu Morita (Japan) *United States Premiere
• "About Her Brother" - Yoji Yamada (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Beck" - Yukihiko Tsutsumi (Japan) *North American Premiere
• "Confessions" - Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Hanamizuki -May your love bloom a hundred years-" - Nobuhiro Doi (Japan) *United States Premiere
• "Kyoto Story" - Yoji Yamada, Tsutomu Abe (Japan) *North American Premiere
• "Permanent Nobara" - Daihachi Yoshida (Japan) *United States Premiere
• "Railways" - Yoshinori Nishikiori (Japan) *United States Premiere
• "Sawako Decides" - Yuya Ishii (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Shodo Girls!! Watashitachi no koshien" - Ryuichi Inomata (Japan) *United States Premiere
• "Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" - Masaaki Taniguchi (Japan) *North American Premiere
• "Welcome to the Space Show" - Koji Masunari (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere

Spotlight on Korea

• "The Housemaid - Im Sang-Soo (South Korea) *United States Premiere
• "The Man From Nowhere" - Lee Jeong-Beom (South Korea) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Poetry" - Lee Chang-Dong (South Korea) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Woochi" - Choi Dong-Hun (South Korea) *Hawaii Premiere

Spotlight on the Philippines

• "The Arrival" - Erik Matti (Philippines) *United States Premiere
• "Donor - Mark Meily (Philippines) *United States Premiere
• "Manila Skies" - Raymond Red (Philipiines) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Sigwa" - Joel Lamangan (Philippines) *United States Premiere

Surprise Screening

• "Midnight F.M." - Kim Sang-Man (South Korea) *International Premiere

Tribute to Jia Zhangke

• Cry Me a River - Jia Zhangke (China)
• Pickpocket - Jia Zhangke (China)