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shareMoananuiākea – the ocean, not only connects millions of miles between the islands of the Pacific, but connects the people who inhabit it. The Anthology of Us are the stories that tie people together across time and space. It aims to celebrate the diversity of human experiences from the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander point of view, while also reflecting on the universal emotions and connections that define “us” as a community or society.
Curated by PAAFF and the Pacific Island Film Festival
In this program
Ngau Kahua
Directed by Catalina Baltazar and Damián Hernández, Loreto Gómez, Macarena Mathias
After feeling homesick for Rapa Nui, Tai immerses himself in virtual reality to relive his childhood on the Island. After remembering that nothing is actually real, he decides to leave the simulation and focus on the present.
Sina Ma Tinirau
Directed by Vilsoni Hereniko
When a prince is cursed to become an eel and has to win the love of a beautiful woman to be human again, he gifts her with his body in the form of a coconut tree in a seductive display.
Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le
Directed by Julie Zhu
When a young boy is left home alone with his increasingly unwell grandmother, he is forced to come to terms with her deterioration.
Marahoro
Directed by Sofía Rodríguez Pizero
A 15-year-old Rapa-Nui boy finds in an ancient holler the strength to confront his father’s harshness and pursue his calling from the voices of the sea.
Hafekasi
Directed by Annelise Hickey
A young girl, raised by her single white mum and disconnected from her Tongan heritage, must find her place in a world quick to remind her she doesn’t belong.
Kūkini
Directed by Mitchell Merrick
In 1790 Hawaiʻi, an elite warrior must leave his family behind when sent on a deadly mission to report on the bloody war waged by Kamehameha against Maui. When captured by the enemy, he is miraculously saved by someone who has a message for him of their own.
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