FINAL RECIPE UNITED STATES PREMIERE Opening Night Film
SOuTh KOREA, ThAILANd 2013 | ENGLISh, MANdARIN WITh ENGLISh SuBTITLES | 120M | $20/$15 MEMBERS DIRECTOR: Gina Kim 10/10 8:30 PM dOL
Shanghai, China. One of the most prestigious culinary competitions is under way. Julia (Michelle Yeoh) hopes that her husband David (a former chef) enters the contest and rediscovers his love for cooking. But, he'll have to compete against a young prodigy named Mark who wins round after round against some of the toughest competitors in Asia. Julia notices something peculiar about Mark, slowly realizing that the young prodigy and her husband resemble each other.
FINAL RECIPE, from acclaimed director Gina Kim (NEVER FOREVER), lushly photographs the brilliantly mouthwatering culinary concoctions. The performances, especially the luminous Michelle Yeoh and K-pop star Henry Lau (Mark), truly shine in this delectable Pan-Asian melodrama.
The protagonist of Hayao Miyazaki’s THE WIND RISES is inspired by two characters that existed in real life: Jiro Horikoshi, visionary designer of the famed Zero fighter; and Tatsuo Hori, author of the novel bearing the film's title. Jiro lives a simple, rural life. In his fantasy world, he regularly meets Caproni, an Italian aeronautical engineer who designs the most amazing flying machines. With Caproni's spirited guidance, Jiro studies hard and manages to enter Tokyo's university. His intelligence and dedication will lead him to become an elite engineer, and creator of the
state-of-the-art fighter bomber put into service just as Japan was contemplating war with the US.
TV veteran John Wells (ER, THE WEST WING, SHAMELESS, SOUTHLAND) has adapted Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the big screen in his feature directorial debut. It is a look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house in which they grew up, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. With an all-star cast that includes Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and Chris Cooper, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a dark, hilarious and deeply
touching story of these strong-willed women, who fight, scream, connive, insult and exorcise their demons on each other, because in the end, what’s family for?
Jonny Kealoha is the charismatic host of a struggling Polynesian lu`au show in Waikiki. To everyone's surprise, including his own, he is appointed the successor to a high school boy's hula class when his former Kumu Hula (master hula teacher) passes away. He becomes as much a student as a teacher through the demands of leading the boys to a significant cultural event, and rediscovers the sanctity of the culture he had previously abandoned.
debut that captures the everyday life of pursuing their dreams and their legacy. HIFF is honored to close the festival with this homecoming screening.
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ThE WINd RISES HAwAII PREMIERE Opening Night Film
JAPAN 2013 | JAPANESE WITh ENGLISh SuBTITLES | 126M | $20/$15 MEMBERS DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki 10/10 6:00 PM dOL
A work of ethereal complexity and immense beauty, THE WIND RISES is rumored to be maestro Hayao Miyazaki's swan song.
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AuGuST: OSAGE COuNTY HAwAII PREMIERE Centerpiece Presentation
uNITEd STATES 2013 | ENGLISh | 130M DIRECTOR: John Wells 10/16 8:30 PM dOL
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ThE hAuMANA woRlD PREMIERE Closing Night Film
uNITEd STATES 2013 | ENGLISh, hAWAIIAN WITh ENGLISh SuBTITLES | 90M | $20/$15 MEMBERS DIRECTOR: Keo Woolford 10/20 5:00 PM hTC 10/20 7:30 PM KKM
This feature debut from multihyphenate Keo Woolford, THE HAUMĀNA, is a heartfelt
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