2014 HIFF Program Guide

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2014 FILM PROGRAM

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WHERE I AM KING

WINNING GIRL

WOOD JOB!

UNITED STATES PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

HAWAII PREMIERE

SPOTLIGHT ON THE PHILIPPINES

PACIFIC SHOWCASE

SPOTLIGHT ON JAPAN

PHILIPPINES 2014 | TAGALOG W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 90M Director: Carlos Siguion-Reyna

UNITED STATES 2014 | ENGLISH | 69M Director: Kimberlee Bassford

JAPAN 2014 | JAPANESE W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 116M Director: Shinobu Yaguchi

8-NOV 5:00PM DOL • 9-NOV 11:30 AM DOL

2-NOV 5:15PM DOL • 8-NOV 12:30PM KKM

Ricardo (Robert Arevalo) is an arrogant self-made tycoon who has well and truly forgotten his humble beginnings. But years of high living and a series of poor financial decisions have caused his fortune to dwindle to practically nothing. One of the few properties he still owns is Tondo, the tenement he grew up in — and so, he moves back into the crumbling apartment block he left behind. Vibrant, funny, and doggedly optimistic, WHERE I AM KING mixes fish-out-of-water comedy with serious questions about what we owe to the society we live in.

Teshya Alo is 16-years-old and 125 pounds. But on the judo and wrestling mats, she throws women twice her age and pounds heavier. And she beats boys. Now, she has her sights set on taking gold at both the 2013 judo and wrestling world championships. If she does, she’d be the first and youngest person ever to win world championships in two different sports in the same year. But it won’t be easy.

2-NOV 12:00PM DOL • 4-NOV 6:00PM DOL 7-NOV 5:30PM KKM

Screens With:

AIN’T NO HO IN ME

After failing his university entrance exams, Yuki Hirano decides to enter a one-year forestry program, prompted by a brochure with a cute girl on the cover. He winds up in Kamusari, a backwater village nestled deep in the mountains, far beyond civilization and mobile phone coverage. There, he meets Iida, a combination of mountain boy scout, dreamboat, and wildman. Alongside Iida, Yuki finds himself embracing the dream of forging a fresh green life--and finding the girl from the brochure.

Director: Jay Hubert

DOC

THE WORLD OF KANAKO

YASMINE

A YEAR IN CHAMPAGNE

UNITED STATES PREMIERE

UNITED STATES PREMIERE

HAWAII PREMIERE

SPOTLIGHT ON JAPAN

NEW FRONTIERS PROGRAM

EUROCINEMA HAWAII

JAPAN 2014 | JAPANESE W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 118M Director: Tetsuya Nakashima

BRUNEI 2013 | MALAY W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 105M Director: Siti Kamaluddin

FRANCE 2013 | FRENCH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 84M

8-NOV 7:15PM DOL • 9-NOV 4:30PM DOL

1-NOV 8:30PM DOL • 2-NOV 2:15PM DOL 8-NOV 3:00PM KKM

Japanese screen icon Koji Yakusho gives a ferocious performance as Akikazu Fujishima, a hot-tempered brute who was kicked off the force after assaulting his wife's lover. Years later, his downward spiral is interrupted when his ex informs him that their seventeen-year-old daughter Kanako has gone missing. Based on the best-selling novel by Akio Fukamachi, Tetsuya Nakashima’s (KAMIKAZE GIRLS, CONFESSIONS) dark icy revenge thriller will truly have you on the edge of your seat!

Yasmine is tired of being in an underdog Silat club, and the boy of her dreams, Adi has hooked up with her longtime rival. She decides to take matters into her own hands and start leading the team. At first, her secret activities are well hidden. However, when her father eventually finds out, he decides once and for all to save Yasmine from what he believes to be her downfall. YASMINE is Brunei’s first film in over 50 years. Director Siti Kamaluddin will be in attendance for the first screening.

30-OCT 8:30PM DOL • 4-NOV 1:00PM DOL Wine importer Martine Saunier tours six Champagne makers to see how they make their product, from small independent producers to the illustrious houses of Gosset and Bollinger. 2012 threatened to be ‘the year of all our fears.’ But Champagne is not just the product of a specific year and its weather. Pull back the curtain and see how the people of a cold, tough land with a grim history triumph in producing the drink of joy, seduction and celebration.

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