Titles to Watch For From the 44th Hawai’i International Film Festival
A content, unmotivated 29-year-old ignites a toxic relationship. The origin story of shaka. A glimpse at the life of the
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The Riveting Sci-Fi Short Film ‘Ensouled’ is Highly Recommended
I’ve recently come across a rather intriguing sci-fi short film called Ensouled last year at FilmQuest as an awards judge
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Michaela Ternasky-Holland on Combining Grief and Philippine Mythology in ‘Mahal’
Michaela Ternasky-Holland is named for her father, Michael Anthony Ternasky. It’s one of many connection they share, a connections that
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Hard NOC Life 297: Every Oscar Nom Reaction All at Once
Hard NOC Life is back! Keith is joined by guest co-host Lauran Lola to break down the 95th Annual Oscar
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Highlights from the 42nd Hawai’i International Film Festival’s Virtual Program
For the third consecutive year of its 42-year run, the Hawai’i International Film Festival has a large selection of films
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Mixed Asian Media Fest Returns with Virtual and In-Person Programming
New York City/San Francisco/Los Angeles: Mixed Asian Media proudly presents their second annual Mixed Asian Media Fest (MAM Fest) September
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See the Haunting Trailer for Kogonada’s New Film, ‘After Yang’
After making a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last summer, After Yang is finally being released to mass audiences
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Sundance Highlights Speculative Storytelling From Southeast Asia
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival has come to a close, following 11 days of presenting in-depth films and conversations from
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Mixed Asian Media Presents First Annual Mixed Asian Media Fest!
Mixed Asian Media (MAM), formerly known as Hapa Mag, have announced their inaugural festival to celebrate mixed Asian and Pacific
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Paolo Montalban on Memories of ‘Cinderella’ and the Making of a Filipino American Musical
The 1997 version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella has been available to stream on Disney+ for two weeks already, and
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A Conversation with Toronto Black Film Festival Creator Fabienne Colas
On January 19, the ninth annual Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF), presented by TD Bank in collaboration with Global News,
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‘They Call Me Babu’ Visualizes an Untold Story
The archival documentary filmmaking style is able to take us to times long past that can’t necessarily be recreated with
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NOC Sundance Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
While the details of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus Christ are debated, Judas goes down in history as one of
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‘Waikiki’ Doesn’t Pull Any Punches about the Realities of Tourist Hot Spot
The Hawai’i International Film Festival is capping off its 40th rendition with Christopher Kahunahana’s feature film debut, Waikiki. The story
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‘Water Like Fire’ Explores Life and Loss in Contradictory, Unexpected Ways
Water Like Fire is another film part of the lineup for the 40th Hawai’i International Film Festival. Directed by Mitchel
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‘Story Game’ Navigates Celebration of Storytelling Through Odd Plot Choices
The Hawai’i International Film Festival is marking their 40th year with a 25-day virtual program. Of the wide variety of
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The Middle Geeks Episode 18: DC’s Arabian Sights Festival and DC’s MENA Heroes
This month we’re discussing films we watched as part of Washington DC’s Arabian Sights Film festival. With films from Palestine,
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Lumpia Brings Everyone Together: A Review of ‘Lumpia With A Vengeance: Prelude #1’
Lumpia brings everyone together.
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Fantasia Film Fest 2020 Review: ‘The Columnist’
I’ve had my many run-ins with cyberbullying. The thought has, and will probably continue to cross my mind, that if
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A Howlin’ Virtual Time at the 2020 HorrorHound Festival
We’re back with another horror film festival that’s coming to a monitor near you (which shouldn’t be pretty far as
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Fantasia Film Fest 2020 Review: ‘Come True’
I participated in a sleep study six years ago. It was a claustrophobic experience. All sorts of tubes and wires
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Fantasia Fest 2020 Film Review: ‘Undergods’
Capitalism kills in the new Chino Moya apocalyptic film Undergods. In Moya’s universe, men and women are equally terrible because
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A Bloody Virtual Good Time at the 2020 Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
With the pandemic still very much interwoven into our lives, so has it affected film festivals around the world as
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