2011 (31st) Hawaii International Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Awards 3 East Asian Films @ 31st HIFF 3.1 Opening Night Film 3.2 Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Narrative Feature Nominees 3.3 Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Documentary Feature Nominees 3.4 Gala Presentations 3.5 Asian Showcase 3.6 Filmmaker in Focus 3.7 Film for Thought 3.8 Hong Kong Cinema 3.9 HIFF Extreme 3.10 New Chinese Cinema 3.11 Spotlight on Japan 3.12 Spotlight on Korea 3.13 Spotlight on the Philippines 3.14 Anime 3.15 Eat. Drink. Film. 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) "Buddha: The Great Departure" - Kozo Morishita (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 Page Discussion View View source History
