2019 FALL FESTIVAL
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW FILM
RIDE YOUR WAVE
RUTH: JUSTICE GINSBURG IN HER OWN WORDS
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
SPOTLIGHT ON JAPAN
DOCUMENTARIES
JAPAN 2019 | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 95M
UNITED STATES 2019 | ENGLISH | 90M
DIRECTOR: MASAAKI YUASA
DIRECTOR: FREIDA-LEE MOCK
10-NOV 3:00 PM DOL • 13-NOV 6:30 PM DOL
09-NOV 1:00 PM DOL
24-NOV 3:00 PM WAI
By relying on Ginsburg’s own words and actions, as illuminated by carefully culled archival footage and interviews, Academy Award®winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock covers the full breadth of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, views and career. Furthermore, Mock succeeds in creating a compelling portrait as authentic, poignant and powerful as the Justice herself. Discussion with Freida Lee Mock hosted by Honolulu Civil Beat to follow film.
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Devastated, Hinako cannot look at the sea, until one day, she randomly sings their favorite song and Minato magically appears in the water.
SEBERG
SIGNAL 100
HAWAI‘I PREMIERE
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
PREMIERES
HIFF EXTREME
UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM 2019 | ENGLISH, FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 96M
JAPAN 2019 | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 88M
DIRECTOR: BENEDICT ANDREWS
12-NOV 6:15 PM DOL • 16-NOV 4:45 PM DOL Kristen Stewart stars as the titular French New Wave icon and BREATHLESS star Jean Seberg, specifically in the late ‘60s during her affiliation with the Black Panthers. When the FBI’s surveillance program COINTELPRO begins to target her due to her associations with Hakim Jamal. As she is targeted as a subversive, SEBERG chronicles a woman whose life becomes undone over her desire to make a difference. Stewart turns in a bravura performance that captures the spirit of a martyred icon.
42 HIFF
DIRECTOR: LISA TAKEBA
15-NOV 9:00 PM DOL • 16-NOV 9:00 PM DOL It’s the last day of the school year when one class’ homeroom teacher calls them in to watch a strange video. Moments after, for no reason at all several students jump out the window to their deaths. It turns out their teacher has deadly motives. The video has hypnotized the entire class, and when they are triggered by unique ‘signals’ they will commit suicide. After their teacher makes a grand exit, the 30 students must figure out the 100 deadly triggers….or die trying.