Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: August 24–30, 2023
Watch ballet performances to support Maui, adopt a dog, dance at Megabon and peruse an online auction for Bishop Museum.
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Watch ballet performances to support Maui, adopt a dog, dance at Megabon and peruse an online auction for Bishop Museum.
José Andrés’ fame for feeding the destitute may have overtaken his renown as a celebrity chef.
See the hotly anticipated Michelle Yeoh sci-fi drama and catch up with local breakout director Alika Tengan at HIFF’s Spring Showcase.
How to binge on 13 movies you won’t find anywhere else, work and still sleep.
Gather up your favorite kimbap, lumpia and pastries to eat while watching these international foodie films.
From June 10 to 20, watch and rewatch food-focused feature films, documentaries and shorts at home.
Watch hard-to-find features, cinema star panels, a lumpia superhero, a pidgin “Breakfast Club” and more than 170 streaming films through November 29.
Grab takeout from these 7 favorite restaurants and eateries at Ala Moana Center for movie meals and snacks.
Hit the drive-in for a hard-to-find crime film, listen to new Hawaiian music from an award-winning ensemble, take a hike on a Tuesday (we won’t tell) and shop safe.
Go for a walk, binge watch international films, flirt with Falstaff or get nostalgic with our dining editor’s recipe for turning local chocolate into a small-kid-time dessert treat.
(Sponsored) Hawai‘i International Film Festival’s new virtual initiative features a specially curated program of previously screened short films, all viewable online for free.
A single screening November 9 at 11:30 a.m., followed by a Q&A with Noll, should be a highlight of the festival—for surfers and also those who can’t get enough of vintage Hawai‘i in the early 1950s.
Choose from 205 films from 31 countries across 11 days, November 7 to 17 in Honolulu.
Get off the sofa. Spice up your tired life. Check these breakouts from Sundance, Japan, China, Vietnam and more at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival April 5—14.
Showing more than 180 films from 35 countries, this year’s HIFF, from Nov. 8–18, has something for everyone.
Hired in 2017 as the new executive director of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival, Beckie Stocchetti oversees a year-round three-ring celluloid circus, with co-directors of programming Anderson Le and Anna Page.
With its translation into Hawaiian, the Disney hit makes history—as Aulii Cravalho sings “How Far I’ll Go” at the Grammy Awards.