58 films, 7 from Hawai’i, 3 from Hawai’i Island
| A Mighty Nice Man As You Like It Bernie and Rebecca Between the Miles Beyond Shattered Lenses Blue Borsalino Boomerang Breathe Catfish Blues Cosmopenguin Cuddle Party Danny Boy Diablo (Devil) Dream Land Ellis Fade Frankie (Italian roulette) God Is A Dog Green Lake Hook Man Indigo Instance Jack's Apocalypse Jagon Last Call at Murray's Market St. Monty and the Runaway Furnace New Generation Out of the village | Plan Z Popolo Prick Psychoanalysis Rated Regression Reservations For Three? Ribbons Romantic Rouse Speaking of Fairies Spunkle Stoked Steves Superior The Bad Mother The Bench The Boy The Closer The End aka John Doe The End of Blessings The Kidnapping of a Fish The Light Thief The Schoolboy The Surrender Call Throuple Water Girl West of Her White Lies Blue Dream Wifey Redux Winter’s Dream |
 A Mighty Nice Man 12:00 AS, ST Charlotte, an eight year old girl, excited to get some attention from an older man, naively agrees to go for a ride with him in his car without informing her mother. Producer: Daniella Kahane Levy, Director: Jonathan Dee, Writer: Jonathan Dee, Patricia Highsmith, Country: USA  |  As You Like It 1:30:26 Imagine one of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedies set in Coronado. When Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone are banished to the “island of Arden,” they find an exiled Duke, a lovelorn wanderer, singers, surfers, and a lion. Producer: Stacy Steinkuller, Loretta Mature, Pete Shaner, Director: Pete Shaner, Writer: William Shakespeare, Country: USA |  Bernie and Rebecca 14:55 AL After a blind date, Bernie and Rebecca imagine a future life together. She is looking for a way to leave her career. He wants beautiful children. Does Bernie really wants what he thinks he wants? Producers: Mary Pat Bentel, Melissa Kent; Director: Melissa Kent; Writer: John F. Harris; Country: USA |
 Between the Miles 1:31:00 D, AL After taking three homeless teens off the streets of Los Angeles and into her care, Florence, a hapless musician, must overcome her own reckless tendencies in order to care for them. Producer: Michelle Opitz, Emily Beach, Director/Writer: Michelle Opitz, Country: USA |  Beyond Shattered Lenses 10:25 AL, HI, ST Travis, an office worker with an attitude, is fed up with daily harassment from his demonic boss, Akki. After Akki maliciously destroys Travis’ trusty pair of glasses, Travis’ eyes are opened to new world where the people around him reflect his feelings towards them. Producer: Kristin Briones, Director/Writer: Avree Ito-Fujita, Country: USA |  Blue Borsalino 16:27 AS, V When his first and only client wakes from a coma, a retired private investigator reveals a secret that has cast a shadow over his life for close to fifty years. Producer: Annabel Wigoder, Christopher Smith, Director/Writer: Mark Lobatto, Country: UK |
 Boomerang 5:30 N The workings of nature and the universe are mystically and whimsically illustrated in this fast paced, gorgeously hand drawn film. Great music, a quirky sense of humor define the beauty of it all, and it’s no coincidence when it happens this way. Director: Steven Vander Meer, Country: USA |  Breathe 22:13 AL, ST Dr. Filip Kardel is an ambitious Polish neurosurgeon working in America, struggling to cope with the loss of his wife, Ania. Memories of her untimely death and his neglecting her in favor of his career continue to haunt him. Producer: Christina Dow, Director: Paul Kowalski, Writer: Paul Kowalski, Daniel Gentile, Country: USA |  Catfish Blues 1:25:00 A young reclusive boy stuck spending the summer in a small town with his aunt and uncle begins to open up as he joins a 90 year old woman looking for lost animals. Producer: David Tadman, Director: Junior Bonner, Writer: Michael Worth, Country: USA |
 Cosmopenguin 3:48 ST A long journey of gold-hungry Cosmopenguin ends with the finding of friends but Cosmopenguin is never more lonely. Producer: Ruslana Brndl, Director: Luca Potskhivili, Country: Austria |  Cuddle Party 14:00 AL A couple on the brink of divorce, attend an intimacy workshop to heal their marital issues. Their toxic bond sours the party and leads to an accidental death that ultimately reunites them. Producer: Jill Soloway, Tara Tomicevic, Director/Writer: Matthew Irving Epstein, Country: USA |  Danny Boy AL, ST On the morning of September 11, 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, a young man’s court sentencing is unexpectedly postponed and he’s given one last chance for redemption. Producer: Tim Beers, Director/Writer: Christian Vogeler, Country: USA |
 Diablo (Devil) 20:56 AL, V, ST A construction worker finds a large sum of money while excavating a job site. When he learns that it is ‘blood money’ from a drug lord, he decides to take justice into his own hands. Producer: AJ Ghosh, Director/Writer: Paula Saslow, Country: USA |  Dream Land 1:30:00 A young career woman sells modern real estate developments to the growing Cambodian middle class. Her relationship with her boyfriend is deteriorating so she escapes to the beach, but finds there that the specters from the past haunt in sublime and beautiful ways. Producer/ Director/Writer: Steve Chen, Country: Cambodia |  Ellis 14:33 AL, AS, V A young father is forced to share custody of his daughters with his ex-wife, whose new boyfriend has a history of sexual assault. Director/Writer: Nolan Cubero, Country: USA |
 Fade 17:41 ST Matthew is struggling with Alzheimer’s. One day in winter, Matthew gets lost on his way to visit his wife’s grave. Facing the inevitable end of the disease, the film explores a man’s mental state. Producer: Frank Horton, Director/Writer: Ruoyu Guo, Country: USA |  Frankie (Italian roulette) 19:20 AL, ST The life and struggles of Frankie Tramonto, an Italian immigrant who comes to New York City to pursue the American dream. He soon finds out that the stars & stripes world he dreamed of couldn’t be further from reality. Producer/Director: Francesco Mazza, Writer: Francesco Mazza, Amos Poe, Country: USA |  God is a Dog 17:52 HI God Is A Dog is a story about the love and connectedness between a man and a dog. This short explores the questions, ‘how will you spend your last day’, and ‘just who is the master’? Producer/Director/Writer: Diq Diamond, Country: USA |
 Green Lake 35:00 HI Industry hasn’t destroyed all of the sacred spaces in the world. In Hawai’i pockets of magic still exist. And so do those that protect them. Producer/Director: Derek Frey, Writer: Leah Gallo, Derek Frey, Country: USA |  Hookman 14:59 AL A struggling music producer sells his soul to a drum machine. Producer: Bridger Nielson, Nick Psinakis, Kevin Ignatius, Director/Writer: Kevin Ignatius, Country: USA |  Indigo 21:36 AL, V After years of waiting for a signal from home, Takumi and his toy robot companion receive a message that they will be returning to their home planet. He’s faced with a choice to follow his cosmic destiny or pursue the love of his life on earth. Producer: Marc Petey, Jody Wilson, Dave Maharaj, Zach Steele, Ryan Petey, Stephen Robertson, Director/Writer: Jody Wilson, Country: Canada |
 Instance 14:28 AL, V A police officer going through proper PTSD protocol after a school shooting gets thrust back into a similar situation and has her own questions. Producer: Panta Mosleh, Director: Michael Ian Farrell, Writer: Michael Giampa, Country: Canada |  Jack's Apocalypse 1:20:00 D, AL, AS, V After losing his family Jack Coleman settles into addiction and his life quickly spirals out of control. When Jack’s brother appears tasking Jack with keeping his wife and daughter alive during the impending apocalypse, Jack’s forced to reckon with his addiction. Producer: John Michael Mesealls, Director: Will James Moore, Writer: Jonathan Ray Case, Will James Moore, Bradley Montesi, Country: USA |  Jagon 20:00 V, ST An old hunter finds the lost rosary of a mysterious saracen princess, which keeps an old secret power. Producer: Hannes Höhn, Johannes Kunkel Director: Murat Eyüp Gönültas, Writer: Mustafa A. Kuzu, Country: Germany |
 Last Call at Murray's 1:45:00 AL, AS, Brief N A blizzard traps 13 dysfunctional people in a mountain karaoke bar and their lives are forever changed by the time the snowplows arrive in the morning. Producer: Linda Palmer, Colleen Keane, Marvin Glover, Director: Linda Palmer, Writer: Brian Beatty & Betsy Morris, Country: USA |  Market St. 7:30 V On a seemingly ordinary commute in San Francisco, a woman finds herself on a journey of terror aboard a mysterious streetcar. Producer: Sasha Korellis, Director: Carlos Baena, Country: USA |  Monty and the Runaway Furnace 33:00 ST A kind, old maintenance man is in love with the furnace that powers the factory he works at because he thinks it’s his deceased wife. Producer: Vinnie Taranto, Director: Joe Taranto, Writer: Joe Taranto, Amanda Steinhoff, Country: USA |
 New Generation 12:00 ST After playing a new video game, teens start to change in some unsettling ways. Producer: Helaine Grant, Heather Manley, Steven Lesser, Director/Writer: Nasya Kastelik, Country: USA |  Out of the Village 16:37 AS Shot in West Africa, this film explores the social and cultural impact of the Ebola epidemic from the perspective of an orphaned brother and his sister. Producer/Director: Jonathan Stein, Writer: Luke A. Renner, Jonathan Stein, Country: Ghana |  Plan Z 1:27:20 AL, V Craig has a plan for a zombie apocalypse and when one threatens he acts on it. A taught, tense thriller, this is 28 Days Later meets The Walking Dead. Producer: Stuart Brennan, David Izatt, Mark Paul Wake, Director/Writer: Stuart Brennan, Country: Italy, UK, USA |
 Popolo 1:43:00 AL, V, D, HI No matter how fast you run, you always catch up to yourself. Producer: Quantae Love, Edo Natasha, Valerie Jospeh, Bianca Tubolino, Tyler J. Bishoff, Kristen Lal, Director: Edo Natasha, Writer: Edo Natasha, Quantae Love, James Harber, Richard Braunskill Sr., Country: USA |  Prick 8:00 AS A burglar stuck in a closet during a robbery finds out more about himself than he ever wanted to know and more about the couple he’s robbing than even they know themselves. Producer: Xiaolin Yu, Lisanne Sartor, Michael Weinstein, Director/Writer: Lisanne Sartor, Country: USA |  Psychoanalysis 1:18:49 AL Paul Symmonds, the country’s top suicide prevention specialist, has just lost five of his clients to suicide within a week period. He arranges for a documentary crew to follow him as he attempts to prove his clients were actually murdered by a rival. Producer: James Raue, Julia Kelly, Adam Wise, Neil Peplow, Nathalie Peter-Contesse, Tony Prescott, Director/ Writer: James Raue, Country: Australia |
 Rated 19:00 Maggie, a wife and mother, must find the courage to own up to her own behavior when she wakes up to a world where every adult has received a YELP-like rating floating above their head. Producer: John Fortson, Lindsay Lanzillotta, Heath Ryan, Andrew Troy, Christie Lynn Smith, BD Gunnell, Director: John Fortson, Writer: John Fortson, Christie Lynn Smith, Country: USA |  Regression 19:47 AL, D, V The lines of reality are blurred, forever changing the lives of a psychotherapist and his patient. Producer: Leanne Melissa Bishop, Michael P. Mason, Milan Andrijasevic, Director/Writer: Milan Andrijasevic, Country: Canada |  Reservations for Three? 13:30 AL A romantic dinner for two is upended when a high-strung woman serves up a discussion of personal reservations and doubts. Producer: Leanne Melissa Bishop, Michael P. Mason, David Wetzel, Hank White, Director: Steven Bennett, Writer: Leanne Melissa Bishop, Country: USA |
 Ribbons 8:34 One boy’s journey to find his tribe. In 1997 a mother brings her 8 year old son to a public AIDS memorial on a beach in Provincetown, MA. Producer: Brandon Cordeiro, Matthew Principe, Director/Writer: Brandon Cordeiro, Country: USA |  Romantic Rouse 6:08 A bad morning leads to an unexpected adventure. Producer: Kyle Kitagawa, Andrew Chiu, Director/ Writer: Andrew Chiu, Country: Canada |  Speaking of Fairies 14:52 A young girl’s love is challenged when her brother is stolen by fairies. Director: Deborah Hiestand, Producer/Writer: Deborah Hiestand, Laura Graves, Heather Domko, Country: USA |
 Spunkle 10:59 AS A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited wife ask him to be their sperm donor. Producer: Steven Hudosh, Fawzia Mirza, Lisa Donato, Director: Lisa Donato, Writer: Fawzia Mirza, Lisa Donato, Ryan Logan, Country: USA |  Stoked Steves 3:18 ST Two unlikely surfing buddies, one gigantic problem… no waves. The solution? A quick trip to the moon. Producer/Director/Writer: Stephen Emery, Country: USA |  Superior 1:24:00 Before two best friends go their separate ways, they leave their small hometown in the UP of Michigan on one final adventure: a1,300 mile bike ride around the massive Lake Superior. Producer: Edd Benda, Alex Bell, Stephen Helstad, Director/Writer: Edd Benda, Country: USA |
 The Bad Mother 1:37:04 AL Tara struggles with her role as a stay at home mom after leaving a rewarding career. Her son accidentally shares a scathing diatribe she writes about her husband’s workplace. Producer: Byron Wong, Director: Sarah Kapoor, David Fernandes, Writer: Sarah Kapoor, Country: Canada |  The Bench 5:40 ST There is more than meets the eye, in this random encounter on a park bench. Producer: Alonso Alvarez, Tomas Cordoba, Director: Cameron Burnett, Writer: Alonso Alvarez, Cameron Burnett, Country: USA |  The Boy 8:55 V When immigrant parents start to notice disturbing behavior in their only son, they call on a local tribal healer to rid him of the evil demon. Producer: Cayman Grant, James Peoples, Paula Gregg, Carol Ann Shine, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Director: Cayman Grant, Writer: Cayman Grant , James Peoples, Country: USA |
 The Closer 1:35:00 AL, V A tale of betrayal and greed between 3 friends set against the backdrop of the boom and bust brooklyn real estate market. Producer/Director/Writer: Eli Hershko, Country: USA |  The End aka John Doe 11:52 A Homeless man with no background or identity, wakes up in a different part of downtown Los Angeles each day, helping to save lives by unconventional means. In an ongoing troubled society filled with addiction, hate, and injustice, he becomes an unlikely hero. Producer: Jeff Rector, The Garabedian Brothers, Director: The Garabedian Brothers, Writer: Jeff Rector, Country: USA |  The End of Blessings Count Your Blessings? We often don’t know we’re being blessed until the blessings stop. Jim Daniels. Country USA. |
 The Kidnapping of a Fish 25:00 V A mild-mannered man is kidnapped and forced to figure out if his girlfriend is the cause of his situation. Producer: John D. Hay, Director/Writer: Philip A Ramos, Country: USA |  The Light Thief 19:00 AL, AS When the essence of Love is snatched and locked away in a vessel with no name, what happens to those persons and how do they change? Can the broken hearted souls break that curse and recover from their pain? Director/Writer: Eva Daoud, Country: Spain |  The Schoolboy 19:24 V, ST Claire, a former teacher is haunted by her memories of a mysterious event that happened a year ago. In order to come to terms with her past, she decides to return to the place where her sense of guilt originates from: School. Producer: Raluca Ionescu, Katelyn Connerty, Director/ Writer: Paloma Lommel, Country: UK |
 The Surrender Call 15:00 HI Based on the true story of Herbert Yanamura, a Japanese-American soldier and linguist with the Military Intelligence Service, who saved the lives of over 1500 people during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Producer: Stacey Hayashi, Director/Writer: Alexander Bocchieri, Country: USA |  Throuple 1:27:30 N, V, HI A conflicted young couple, a polyamorous trio trying to dig a hole, and a mysterious recluse spin a tale of love, murder and madness. Producer: Paul Valdes Jr., Director: Phillips Payson, Writer: Zoe Eisenberg, Country: USA |  Water Girl 13:03 AS A young girl is left at a Mexican orphanage by her father who is involved in human trafficking. Producer: Richard Gonzalez, Karen Rose, Director: Richard Gonzalez, Writer: Karen Rose, Country: USA |
 West of Her 1:27:12 AL Two young strangers travel the country, participating in a guerrilla art project, but when their contentious relationship deepens into romance, they must choose between their commitment to their work and the possibility of a future together. Producer: Ethan Warren, Cameron Bryson, David Brustlin, Director/Writer: Ethan Warren, Country: USA |  White Lies Blue Dream 26:00 V Lieutenant Henry Recklin travels to “Quiet Haven,” an institution for mentally troubled girls, to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Henry is shocked to find Caroline’s body riddled with bruises and suspicious marks. Producer: Shannon P. Delaney, Director: Christopher I. Ivanyi, Writer: Tabetha Xavier, Country: USA |  Wifey Redux 22:30 AL Jonathan Prendergast’s sanity is put to the test when he becomes maniacally obsessed with warding off his teenage daughter’s hunky new boyfriend. Producer: Michael Donnelly V, Robert McKeon, Director/Writer: Robert McKeon, Country: Ireland |
 2307 Winter's Dream 1:46 AL, V Mankind has caused a new ice age. This nuclear winter forces surviving humans underground. Humanoids, genetically designed to withstand the extreme cold, serve as a labor force on the planet's surface. When rogue Humanoids incite a violent rebellion, elite soldiers venture into the frozen wastelands to terminate the threat. Director/Writer: Joey Curtis, Producer: Robert Beaumont, Executive Producer: Kenneth K Martinez Burgmaier, Country: USA |
