The exciting opening press conference for HIFF that went on, October 11th here in Hawaii was a hit! The festival promises many great movies as well as a lot of great events that we should all take advantage of. If you are interested in the movie industry, HIFF is the answer to get your feet wet … [Read…]
The Hawaii International Film Festival kicked off at Thursday, October 11th, and promises a lot of great seminars as well as movies. The film selection is very vast, and offers movies from the entire globe. At the conference, which was held at the beautiful Rumfire at Sheridan Waikiki Hotel, several speakers shared information on different … [Read…]
I knew it was going to be a good day because as I was walking my dog at 7:00 in the morning, I could see the Koʻolau Mountains. It wasn’t plagued by the vog as it had been the past few days. With my trip to Los Angeles for the CAPE New Writers Awards still … [Read…]
Nice food and drinks. Good ambiance. Unfortunately didn’t meet that many people.
During this year’s film festival I chose to see four different movies; Paradise Broken, Almost Perfect, Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend, and SENNA. The reason for why I chose these films were because I wanted a variety of genres to be able to get a little taste of everything. The very first film … [Read…]
Opening and Closing Press Conferences Film
This is a video of a compilation of various opening and closing day conference clips which took place at the Halekulani Hotel. http://youtu.be/K5tELwndLEQ
Part of my coursework this semester is providing coverage for the 31st Hawaii International Film Festival. The festival began Thursday morning with a press conference at the RumFire Waikiki. It was there that I was introduced to the Princess Dialta Alliata di Montereale, who provides powerful (but not single-handed) leadership to the EuroCinema Hawaii, a … [Read…]
While covering the mingle party at the Rumfire I stumbled upon Michael who worked as a sound technician for the movie zing that was featured at HIFF. I asked him if it was ok if he got interviewed. Go to the youtube link to see the interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhfKIj9L6Ig
The Hawaii International Film Festival Press Event – Meet the Filmmakers By Courtney Curran On Sunday, October 17 at the Sheraton Waikiki, the Rum Fire Lounge hosted the Hawaii International Film Festival’s “Meet the Filmmakers” press event. When I first arrived, I was unsure of what to expect. I followed a very confident, older man (who … [Read…]
HPU students given the opportunity to talk story with people involved with HIFF at the Rumfire in the Sheraton Hotel.
Hossein Keshavarz, director of Dog Sweat A film about seven people in Iran that all face problems of their own that are deeply misunderstood by the conservative Islamic Society. Hossein and I spoke for quite a while the other night at the Rumfire event. He was by far one of the most down to earth … [Read…]