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is back! The LOUIS VUITTON HAWAII presents the 23rd annual Hawaii International
Film Festival will feature over 100 film programs from well over 30
countries; films that will excite, entice, anger, and ignite the pulse
of film fans across the Hawaiian Islands. Aside from our perennial
focus on Asia and Pacific Rim cinema, HIFF will also focus on European
cinema, with new films from France, Iceland, Germany and the U.K. HIFF
special programs this year will be a Focus on new Latin American Cinema,
U.S. indie and Asian music video programs, as well as a martial arts
retrospective of classic Shaw Brothers kung-fu flicks. With an expected
attendance of 60,000 and over 400 visiting delegates including celebrities,
actors, directors and the press, HIFF ’03 will be one heck of
a week-long party! Read on for more information on some films that
we’ve highlighted for your viewing pleasure!
October 30–November 9, 2003 at Dole Signature Cannery 18 Theatres,
Hawaii Theatre and Honolulu Academy of Arts. More information can be
found at www.hiff.org. The full Festival
site will be up in mid-October.
JAPANESE
STORY (Australia)
directed by Sue Brooks
Toni Collette stars as a geologist who is lost in the Australian Outback with
a taciturn Japanese businessman. The two diametrically opposed strangers find
themselves thrust into a life and death situation – a compelling and
unique cross-cultural story.
TRACES OF A
DRAGON (Hong Kong)
directed by Mabel Cheung
This film traces the story of world superstar Jackie Chan and his lost family,
and pieces together the extraordinary childhood that he and his siblings experienced.
As we go deeper into the jigsaw puzzle, we discover that Jackie’s father
was a spy for the Nationalist Party in Chiang Kai-shek’s regime, and that
his mother was far from a simple housewife.
SPRINGTIME
IN A SMALLTOWN (China)
directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
China, 1946 - At the Dai family house, a once grand but now dilapidated traditional
courtyard home, life has resumed its slow and leisurely pace. However, with
the arrival of springtime there are stirrings within the walls of the house,
which are soon to test the limits of love, commitment, lust and sacrifice.
MEMORIES
OF MURDER (South Korea)
directed by Bong Joon-ho
From the creative team behind JSA comes a dark police drama based on a true
story - Between the years of 1986 and 1991, a small village in Korea’s
Gyeonggi Province was witness to the rape and murder of 10 women, all in the
same grotesque and brutal manner. Korea had never before experienced serial
murders of this kind, and an intense media frenzy and police investigation
followed.
THE RIDE
(Hawai`i)
directed by Nathan Kurosawa
David is a professional surfer from California, whose first priority is making
money. During a surf contest on Oahu he has an accident and nearly drowns.
David is pulled out of the water by a young Hawaiian surfer and is revived
on the beach. However, he finds himself at a remote, unfamiliar beach, in the
year 1911. His rescuer is a young Duke Kahanamoku.
THE COOLER
(USA)
directed by Wayne Kramer
Bernie (William H. Macy) is the unluckiest man in Las Vegas. Looking to knock
out their highest rollers, the Shangri-La Hotel and Casino downtown, decides
to use Bernie as a “cooler” to defuse their lucky streaks. The
scheme works until Bernie falls in love with a cocktail waitress, Natalie (Maria
Bello), who becomes his “lady luck”, much to the chagrin of the
casino’s crooked director (Alec Baldwin) who aims to break up the romance,
and Bernie’s newfound luck.
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International Film Festival’s (HIFF) exceptional growth could not
have been possible without the support of the people of Hawaii. Your
membership enables HIFF to be a viable and essential resource to filmmakers,
educators, community groups, students and audiences in Hawaii and through
out the Pacific Rim. Become a HIFF member to receive the Program Guide
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