Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

THE BRACELET – After the grandmother she has been taking care of dies, 'thirtysomething' Karen needs to look for a new job and pick up the pieces of her life.
Director: Daniel Hui, Singapore, 2007, 18 min.

COFFEE AND ALLAH - When Oromo Ethiopian Abeba Mohammed moves to suburban Mt Albert, From behind her purdah, and no knowledge of English, she must struggle to make a connection with the people of her new homeland.
Director: Sima Urale, New Zealand, 2007, 14 min.

FIRST HAWAIIAN SNOWBALL FIGHT - On the day Hawaii discovers it will become the 50th state, a father gives his son a gift of snowballs from Mauna Kea - and both discover that history is unforgiving.
Director: Michael Wurth, USA, 2008, 17 min.

LEGEND OF CHANG APANA – Honolulu, 1920s: One man was feared more than any other in Honolulu's Chinatown: HPD Officer, Chang Apana!
Director: Michael Wurth, USA, 2008, 7 min.

RIDE THE WAKE – From the director of HIFF favorite KAMEA comes a story about Jessica, a wakeboarding star-on-the rise who discovers her skills with the boys aren't quite what they are on the water.
Director: Jennifer Akana Sturla, USA, 2008, 23 min.

RUN – A Samoan brother and sister, who live in fear of their over-protective widowed father, learn that only together can they show him that he is their biggest obstacle.
Director: Mark Albiston, New Zealand, 2007, 15 min.

TEXAS GIRL - Mi-sook, a Korean girl with a questionable past, and her husband Charlie, a former American serviceman, have a new start in rural Texas, but as Charlie adjusts back into civilian life, the newlyweds begin to drift apart.
Director: Hyung Hyup Kim, USA, 2008, 19 min.