SEMINARS
J.P. CHAN: DON’T QUIT
YOUR DAY JOB OCTOBER 24 AT 1:30PM
Have you always dreamed about
making movies, but you can’t afford
the time or money to go to film
school? Self-taught filmmaker J.P.
PU‘A FOUNDATION SCREENING
Chan shares his experience in mak-
ing artistically serious, no/low-budg-
AND SEMINAR: THE ROYAL GIFT
et short films that have played for
OCTOBER 24 AT 11AM
throw of the Hawaiian Monarchy.
audiences around the world.
The Pu‘a Foundation will present
The video will help the panel mem-
You’ll learn how to make movies THE ROYAL GIFT, the first video in a
bers convey a deeper and clearer
and get them seen, as J.P. did, with four-part educational series, as well
understanding of the historical,
“no experience, no money, and no as a panel discussion with Board
cultural, spiritual, economic and
connections.” In other words, you’ll President Mark Kawika Patterson,
political environment surrounding
learn how filmmakers learned the Executive Director Toni Bissen, and
the overthrow and reconciliation.
craft and business before going to commissioned staff Dr. David Keanu The Pu‘a Foundation was estab-
film school became the norm: by Sai and Kaui Sai Dudoit. THE ROYAL lished in 1996 as part of the apology,
actually making movies. GIFT examines Hawaiian society in redress, and reconciliation initiatives
a73Advice on all stages of filmmak-
J.P.’s two-hour workshop is suitable ing, including the creative
the years before Kamehameha I up of the United Church of Christ and
for all ages and levels of experience process, equipment, marketing,
through Kamehameha III. It was the Hawaiian people for the Church’s
and includes: film festivals, and funding
developed under the Foundation’s complicity in the overthrow. Pu‘a
Hawaiian Historical Production seeks to reconcile the past to the
a73A screening of his four award- a73Extensive Q&A and participant-led Project, which promotes a contextu-
present so that as a Hawaii commu-
winning short films discussion al understanding of the 1893 over-
nity, a better future can be built.
THE
CHINATOWN
FILMPROJECT:
HONOLULU
DATE: Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities and our imaginations, on our
October 23
television screens and in our memories. Chinatown is a vibrant, sprawling immigrant
community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants; it's the exploited
TIME:
7PM
Hollywood metaphor and yet a dense signifier of American noir.
THE CHINATOWN FILM PROJECT (CFP) tackles Chinatown's elusiveness and its
LOCATION: stereotyped representations by constructing new images for the viewer. The project
Outdoor screening at 1021 started in New York City, where some of the NYC’s most exciting filmmakers were
Smith Street (between asked to present their unique vision of this global icon.
King Street
and Hotel Street)
Now, it’s our turn. HIFF, partnering with Showdown in Chinatown, presents an out-
door screening of CFP shorts from NYC as well as locally made award-winning
COST: shorts from the September edition of Showdown, right in the hustle and bustle of
FREE! Chinatown. So come and watch the films, represent, and share in the pride of
Open to the public. Honolulu’s unique take on Chinatown.
After party at Next Door
USA 2009 | VARIOUS W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 70M
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