The First Annual Pacific Islands Film Festival this weekend will feature ACM student films and
ACM Assistant Professor Merata Mita as keynote speaker. The festival will be held Friday through Sunday
(July 11-31) at the Cupola Theatre in the Honolulu Design Center on Kapiolani Blvd.

The schedule kicks off Friday at 6 pm with music and dance. Prof. Mita’s address opens the festival at 7 pm,
followed by screenings of 1930s Hawaiian footage from the Pacific Basin Institute archive, and the New Zealand
feature NAMING NO. 2.

Saturday is a day of screenings and discussions starting at 9 a.m. For the complete schedule, see www.pomona.edu/pbi/filmfest;.
The schedule includes the hilarious feature SAMOAN WEDDING at 6 pm and wraps up with an appearance
by Maori actor Cliff Curtis (ONCE WERE WARRIORS, WHALE RIDER) at 8:15 p.m.

ACM student films will be screened Sunday at 4:45 pm, featuring the ACM 2007 HIFF selections
HONG KONG LAYOVER (Henry Mochida), MONKEYBOY FEVER (Dane Neves), MATALASI (Dana Ledoux Miller),
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER (Russell Blanchard), HOME AGAIN (Joelle-Lyn Sarte), ATONEMENT (Seong Kyu Whang),
FIRST IMPRESSIONS (Jeremiah Tayao), and SHIN (Jennifer Tokunaga), and a filmmaker q&a.

The student screenings are preceded and followed by some excellent documentaries, starting at 12:30 p.m.
Eddie Kamae will perform before the screening of his celebrated documentary done with wife Myrna,
KEEPERS OF THE FLAME. The festival is presented by the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College in association
with the UHM Center for Pacific Island Studies and Pacific Islanders in Communication.


INTERNSHIPS

* LOST Still some openings. Requires 150 working hours over the course of the semester
(preferably one full 10 hour day per week),
Please contact Asst. Prof. Joel Moffett <moffett@hawaii.edu> or 956-3353 if you are interested.

* Documentary producer Tom Coffman seeks an intern to work as an assistant editor. Contact Ryan Krickow
with resume and references, 699-3725 or <productionformula@gmail.com>

*Animation internship with Hawai‘i Film Partners. Contact Cameron Nitta at 447-7529 or
<cameron@hawaiifilmpartners.com>.

*HIFF – Louis Vuitton Hawai‘i International Film Festival – Contact Michael
Doyle <michael@hiff.org>

* GiRL FeST Hawai‘i could use a volunteer or two. It’s a great festival (Nov
7-15) of film, performance and art. Contact <info@girlfesthawaii.org>.

20 SEC PSA = $1500

If you can work fast and produce a 20-sec PSA on the theme: Aloha State Stories: The Promise of Justice for All,”
you just might win the Hawai‘i Bar Association’s $1500 grand prize, and see your spot shown on the lawn of the
HI State Art Museum July 19 at the bar association fundraiser dinner.
Deadline? July 15. Info at <www.hsba.org>.



FESTIVALS, CONTESTS, Etc.

REMINDER: ALL ACM films submitted for festivals and contests must first be cleared by Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius.
No exceptions. See him BEFORE you send anything off.

* “Reel in the Vote” 30-sec PSA contest. $1,000 plus HD camera prize. For the San Diego Asian Film Foundation.
Deadline July 31. <www.sdaff.org>.

* Tiburon International Film Festival (March 19-27). Deadline Nov. 17. <www.tiburonfilmfestival.com>.

* Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program has grants to support docs on
contemporary social issues. Deadline July 7. <www.sundance.org>. Next round deadline: Feb. 5.

* 11/22 International Comedy Short Film Festival in Vienna. Deadline March 2, 2009 (that’s right, but you can submit now). <www.11-22.at>

MAKE A GIFT TO ACM

ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students. You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.