2011 (31st) Hawaii International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Hawaii International Film Festival
• Edition: 31st
• Period: October 13-23, 2011
• Location: Hawaii

Awards

• Netpac Award - "Hanaan" - Ruslan Pak (South Korea/Uzbekistan)

East Asian Films @ 31st HIFF

Opening Night Film

• "The Front Line" - Jang Hun (South Korea)

Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Narrative Feature Nominees

• "The Dance of Two Left Feet" - Alvin Yapan (Philippines) *International Premiere
• "Folk Songs Singing" - Zhang Ming (China) *International Premiere
• "Hanaan" - Ruslan Pak (South Korea/Uzbekistan)
• "A Letter to Momo" - Hiroyuki Okiura (Japan)

Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Documentary Feature Nominees

• "Arirang" - Kim Ki-Duk (South Korea)
• "Together" - Zhao Liang (China)

Gala Presentations

• "Hello Ghost" - Kim Young-Tak (South Korea)
• "The Last Ronin" - Shigemichi Sugita (Japan)
• "Osamu Tezuka's Buddha" - Yasuomi Ishito (Japan)
• "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" - Te-Sheng Wei (Taiwan)

Asian Showcase

• "Eternity" - Sivaroj Kongsakul (Thailand)
• "Great Wall My Love" - Emily Yi-Ming Liu (Taiwan)
• "Jump Ashin!" - Yu-Hsien Lin (Taiwan) *North American Premiere
• "Love Is Sin" - Chao-Liang Huang (Taiwan) *North American Premiere

Filmmaker in Focus

• "Let the Bullets Fly" - Wen Jiang (China)
• "The Sun Also Rises" - Wen Jiang (China)

Film for Thought

• "The Drunkard" - Freddie Wong (Hong Kong/China)
• "The Journals of Musan" - Park Jung-Bum (South Korea)

Hong Kong Cinema

• "Life Without Principle" - Johnnie To (Hong Kong)
• "Pedicab Driver" - Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Hong Kong)
• "Punished" - Wing-cheong Law (Hong Kong)

HIFF Extreme

• "Deadball" - Yudai Yamaguchi (Japan)
• "Smuggler" - Katsuhito Ishii (Japan)
• "Yoyochu In The Land Of The Rising Sex" - Masato Ishioka (Japan) *North American Premiere

New Chinese Cinema

• "Buddha Mountain" - Yu Li (China)
• "A Disappearing Village - Lisheng Lin (China) *North American Premiere
• "Rest On Your Shoulder" - Jacob Cheung (China) *North American Premiere
• "Return Ticket" - Yung-Shing Teng (Taiwan) *North American Premiere
• "Sacrifice - Kaige Chen (China)
• "Wind Blast" - Qunshu Gao (China)

Spotlight on Japan

• "Cannonball Wedlock" - Koji Maeda (Japan) *North American Premiere
• "Chronicle Of My Mother" - Masato Harada (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
• "Eclair: Okashi Hourouki" - Akio Kondo (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Into the White Night" - Yoshihiro Fukagawa (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Kaasan Mom's Life" - Shotaro Kobayashi (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
• "MILOCRORZE - A Love Story" - Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Ninja Kids!!!" - Takashi Miike (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Ringing in Their Ears" - Yu Irie (Japan) *Hawaii Premiere
• "Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie Nanatsu no Mabui" - Tomoki Sano (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
• "Quirky Guys and Gals" - various (Japan) *U.S. Premiere
• "The Warped Forest" - Shunichiro Miki (Japan) *World Premiere
• "The Wife of Gegege" - Takuji Suzuki (Japan) *U.S. Premiere

Spotlight on Korea

• "The Day He Arrives" - Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea)
• "Night Fishing" - Park Chan-Wook, Park Chan-Kyong (South Korea)
• "Unstoppable Family" - Jung Tae-Won (South Korea) *International Premiere

Spotlight on the Philippines

• "Palawan Fate" (Busong) - Auraeus Solito (Philippines)
• "Rakenrol" - Quark Henares (Philippines)
• "Star-Crossed Love" - Erick C. Salud (Philippines)
• "Thelma" - Paul Soriano (Philippines) *International Premiere
• "The Woman in the Septic Tank" - Marlon Rivera (Philippines)

Anime

• "Fullmetal Alchemist The Sacred Star Of Milos" - Kazuya Murata (Japan)
• "Legend of The Millennium Dragon" - Hirotsugu Kawasaki (Japan)

Eat. Drink. Film.

• "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner" - Wang Jing, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Kaz Cai (Singapore) *North American Premiere
• "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" - David Gelb (Japan)
• "Night Market Hero" - Tien-Lun Yeh (Taiwan) **North American Premiere