March 13, 2009
Films,Films,Films!!I
Aloha Students, Supporters and Friends of the Academy for Creative Media
Films from home and aroound the world are coming to campus and the HIFF Spring Fling.
TAIWAN FILM SERIES STARTS SATURDAY
Don’t forget to set aside time for the Taiwan Film Series that begins
Saturday and continues through April 8. All films are shown on campus and
are free! ACM is co-sponsoring this special series, presented by the Center
for Chinese Studies. The series kicks off Saturday at 2 pm with:
* THE RHYTHM IN WULU VILLAGE, a documentary by Wang Chung-Shung. Shidler
A-201, followed by welcoming reception in the Shidler Courtyard; and at 4
pm:
* THREE TIMES, a drama by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Official Selection at Cannes,
featuring Shu Qi and Chang Chen. Shidler A-201.
Other films in the series:
* March 18, 4pm, CHOCOLATE RAP, a Taiwanese hip-hop movie by Chi Y. Lee, and
Official Selection at Tokyo International Film Festival, Crawford 105.
* April 3, 4 pm, LET IT BE, a documentary by Yen Lan-chuan & Juang Yi-tseng,
Grand Prize winner at the Taipei Film Festival, Crawford 105.
* April 8, 4 pm, FISHING LUCK by Tseng Wen-Chen, a romantic drama and
Official Selection, Pusan International Film Festival, Crawford 105.
MARLENE BOOTH’S PIDGIN DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES APRIL 2
PIDGIN: THE VOICE OF HAWAI‘I, a documentary by ACM Instructor Marlene Booth,
and the late Prof. Kanalu Young of the Hawai’inuiakea School of Hawaiian
Knowledge, will have its premiere Thursday, April 2, at the Art Auditorium.
There will be a 5:30 pm reception, with the program beginning at 6 pm. It’s
free, and you can expect a large ACM cheering section!
HAWAI‘I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SPRING SHOWCASE
HIFF’s annual Spring Showcase opens April 3 with a spicy and filling menu of
all the important film groups: Drama, Comedy, Anime, Documentary – and Food!
Highlights include 20TH CENTURY BOYS, PART I and PART II, bringing the epic
manga series to life on the screen; FOOD, INC., a documentary that will make
you think twice (and maybe more) about what we eat; GHAJINI, the highest
grossing Hindi film of all time, and a clever spin on Christopher Nolan’s
MEMENTO; GOMORRAH, a GODFATHER look at the Naples underworld; ICHI, a female
ZATOICHI, starring the irrepressible Haruka Ayase; and MARINE BOY, a Korean
noir.
The big draw for ACMophiles is TREELESS MOUNTAIN, shot in Korea by our own
Asst. Prof. Anne Misawa as DP for So Yong Kim’s film that took awards at
Berlin, Dubai, and Pusan International Film Festivals, and was nominated for
an Independent Spirit Award. It screens April 9 at 3:15 pm and again at 6:15
pm in the Regal Dole Cannery Theatres.
For the full listing of films and schedule, and to order tickets, see
<www.hiff.org>.
HITCHCOCK & SPECIAL EFFECTS
ACM will join with the English Department to co-sponsor a colloquium on the
films of Alfred Hitchcock with writer and critic Murray Pomerance on April
21 at 3pm in KUY 410. Pomerance is the editor of the “Techniques of the
Moving Image” series from Rutgers University Press. He’ll focus on the
special effects techniques used in the Mount Rushmore finale of Hitchcock’s
NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
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.
* Boomtown Film and Music Festival, May 15-16, Beaumont, TX
<www.boomtownfestival.com> Deadline: April 1.
* New Orleans Film Festival <www.neworleansfilmfest.com>. Deadline April 3.
* Palm Springs International ShortFest, June 23-29 <www.psfilmfest.org>
Deadline April 24
* Maui Film Festival <www.mauifilmfestival.com>. Deadline May 1.
* Just for Laughs Film Festival (Montreal, July 16-26, 2009). Deadline May
1. <www.hahaha.com/film/en>
* Moondance Festival, “The American Cannes” <www.moondancefilmfestival.com>.
Deadline May 15.
* Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival, Sept. 17-27 <www.wcff.us>.
Deadline May 15.
SHOW OFF ACM PRIDE WITH T-SHIRTS, HATS
The newly formed ACM Student Association is selling spiffy ACM-logo t-shirts
and wicked cool hats Contact ACMSA head Erik Manke <acmsa1@gmail.com>.
T-shirts available in all sizes S-XL. White shirts are $11, black shirts are
$12. Those way cool black hats are $13. Proceeds will help support ACM
student programs.
ALSO WORTH CHECKING OUT
At Sinclair Library’s Wong A/V Center:
* City2City – 10 short films from 9 countries with an urban focus. DVD #8027
* The World According to Shorts. 6 shorts from 6 countries. DVD #7903
POST YOUR CASTING CALL NOTICES ON ACM WEBSITE
Your film casting call can be posted on the ACM website. Send your flyer as
a jpg file to ACM Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius <ambrosiu@hawaii.edu> a
week before the call date, and it will go up for all to see.
Remember, no flyers should be posted on the glass on the front and back
entrance doors to Crawford Hall. They’ll be taken down, pronto.
REMINDER TO NEW MAJORS & INTENDED MAJORS: YOU ARE NOT A MAJOR UNTIL…
Please keep in mind that you must complete your Academic Proposal and have
it approved by both your ACM advisor and Interdisciplinary Studies Advisor
before you can be declared an ACM major. While some students have applied to
ACM and their application has been accepted, they have delayed taking the
next step of preparing the Academic Proposal with their ACM advisor, and
then having it approved by IS. Those students will have difficulty
registering for courses that are restricted to majors, as they won’t have
been officially declared, or recognized, as ACM majors. So get that advising
done pronto. For new applicants to the major – the same advice for you: You
are not a major until your Academic Proposal has been approved by both your
ACM and IS Advisors. Without it, no advanced courses will be open to you.
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.
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