TRINI: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
NOW, THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ITS
36TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE LEADING
FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORTING FILM
AND FILMMAKERS FROM ASIA, THE
PACIFIC AND NORTHAMERICA.
THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL STARTS ON
NOVEMBER 3RD.
WE'RE LEARNING ALL ABOUT IT
TODAY.
WE WELCOME IN EXECUTIVE DIRECT
OCTOBER
DIRECTOR, ROBERT.
BROOKE: GOOD MORNING.
TRINI: SHE LOOKS FAMILIAR.
SHE'S ON THE POSTED FROM 1988
BEHIND MY DESK.
BROOKE: HE SAID THE YEAR.
TRINI: I THINK WE HAVE A
PICTURE.
HERE IT IS.
BROOKE: WOW.
ONE OF THE RARE OPPORTUNITIES TO
SEE ME IN A SWIMSUIT.
TRINI: LOOK AT THOSE LEGS.
YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED AT ALL.
BROOKE: THE LEGS HAVE.
BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER SHOW.
TRINI: SO TELL US ABOUT HIF
AND WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE.
IT'S OUR 36TH ANNIVERSARY.
OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS SIMPLE, WE
ARE OUT TO REACH A POPULATION WE
NEVER REACHED BEFORE.
THAT MEANS ALL OF US WITH --
WILL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WE KNOW
TO COME OUT AND SEE THE FILMS.
TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL IN THE STATE OF
HAWAI'I, WHICH NOT EVERY STATE
HAS.
BROOKE: THAT'S TRUE.
TICKETS GOING ON SALE TODAY.
AT 11:00 THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE IT ONLINE
AT HIF DORK.
TRINI: HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE
FILMS?
WE HAVE A VETTING COMMITTEE
THAT REACHES ABOUT 25 PEOPLE.
THEY VET FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THERE'S A PROCESS.
AND AFTER TIER THREE, TIER ONE
AND TWO --
BROOKE: IS THERE A DIFFERENT
THEME EVERY YEAR.
THERE ARE THEMES BUT
TRADITIONALLY WE STICK TO TRYING
TO FIND THOSE THAT WILL ENGAGE
OUR COMMUNITY IN TOPICS WE'RE
INTERESTED IN.
ALSO TOPICS THAT WE MAY NOT
KNOW.
BROOKE: AND YOU HAVE A
SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART FOR
HAWAI'I FILMMAKERS.
I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE
LOCAL FILM MAKERS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A STRONG REPRESENTATION
INCLUDING THREE DOCUMENTARIES
THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED.
FROM CANNES AND MELE --
TRINI: SPEAKING OF THAT WHAT
ARE THE AWARD CATEGORIES?
WE HAVE THE HALEKULANI FOR
BEST FEATURE.
BEST DOCUMENTARY, AND WE ALSO
HAVE BEST SHORT.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCAL
FILMMAKERS, TOBIAS, HE'S A
PUNAHOU GRAD.
HIS FILM, HAND OF A THOUSAND
GURU IS A BEAUTIFUL FILM.
TRINI: FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THIS EVENT, CAN
YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN OVERVIEW?
HOW CAN IS IT?
ARE ALL OF THE FILMS SHOWN AT
ONE PARTICULAR THEATER?
MOST OF OUR FILMS ARE AT THE
REGAL DOLE CANNERY.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO REACH
OUT TO KAPOLEI.
BROOKE: NICE.
AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A FEW AT
THE HONOLULU MUSEUM OF PART.
TRINI: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING
AT?
THIS IS OUR CLOSING NIGHT
FILM.
THIS IS A TEEN FANTASY FROM
JAPAN.
BOX OFFICE HISTORY IS BEING MADE
IN JAPAN NOW.
THIS IS OUR CLOSING NIGHT FILM.
WE HAVE OUR OPENING FILM, "THE
LAST PRINCESS" ABOUT THE LAST
PRINCESS ABOUT KOREA THAT WAS
EXILED TO JAPAN.
TRINI: YOU HONOR CERTAINLY
FILMMAKERS.
WHO ARE YOU HONORING THIS YEAR?
NICOLE ROCKLAND.
SHE WON THE ACADEMY AWARD LAST
YEAR FOR BEST PRODUCER OF THE
BEST FILM SPOTLIGHT.
SHE'LL BE HERE.
SHE'S BEING GOING TO GO VISITS
WITH US.
AND SHE'LL BE HONORED THE 11TH
OF NOVEMBER.
BROOKE: AND THE STARS THAT
ARE COMING?
THAT'S THE BEST KEPT SECRET.
YES.
BEST KEPT SECRET.