BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Hawaii International Film Festival Spring Show case 2008//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T140100 SUMMARY:A Gentle Breeze In The Village DESCRIPTION:A love-hate relationship quickly develops between sweet count ry girl Soyo and city boy Hiromi. What starts out as disdain for one an other turns into sincere affection. Soon Soyo and Hiromi are inseparabl e\, but the time comes when they must decide what high school to attend. Will Hiromi return to Tokyo or stay with Soyo?\n \nAcclaimed director Yamashita Nobuhiro returns with the 2007 youth romance A GENTLE BREEZE I N THE VILLAGE. Yamashita again takes on a subtle coming-of-age tale\, b ut unlike the spunky wannabe rockers of Linda Linda Linda\, the teens in Tennen Kokekko are far removed from the city and ordinary school life. Based on a popular Kuramochi Fusako manga\, the film follows a small gro up of students in a remote rural town\, casting a gentle\, observant eye on their daily lives and growing pains. Embracing the innocence and ins ecurities of youth with simplicity\, clarity\, and sensitivity\, A GENTL E BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE is a small\, genuine\, and gracefully rendered f ilm.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/agentlebreezeinthevillage_ hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68691026-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T121500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T141700 SUMMARY:Honeydripper DESCRIPTION:It's 1950 and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover)\, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt \, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae\, an d announces that he's hired a famous guitar player\, Guitar Sam\, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. \n \nInto town drifts Son ny Blake\, a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the g uitar case in his hand. Rejected by Tyrone when he applies to play at th e Honeydripper\, he is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff\, arrest ed for vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the highest bidder. But when Tyron's ace in the hole fails to materialize at the tr ain station\, his desperation leads him back to Sonny and the strange\, wire-dangling object in his guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its part in rock n' roll history. \n \nHONEYDRIPPER feature s an all-star cast including Danny Glover\, Charles S. Dutton\, Lisa Gay Hamilton\, Stacy Keach\, Mary Steenburgen\, Yaya DaCosta and Sean Patri ck Thomas\; as well as such notable musicians as Keb' Mo' and Dr. Mable John. It also introduces a major new talent\, Gary Clark Jr. who makes h is electrifying film debut as Sonny.\n \n Add this to your blog or m yspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/honeydripper_hawaiishowcas e2008 UID:68692800-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T165600 SUMMARY:The Edge Of Heaven DESCRIPTION:The accidental death of his father's lover leads Nejat\, a co llege professor\, to search for her daughter in Turkey. Ayten\, a young woman\, fleeing the Turkish police finds herself alone and penniless in Germany until she befriends and eventually becomes the lover of Lotte\, a college student. The lives of the characters intertwine and the stor y culminates into a heartwrenching end\, when fate has them converging i n Turkey. Winning the best screenplay awards in Cannes and the European Film Awards\, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN has critics and audiences alike singin g its praises.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/theedgeofheaven_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68692121-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T151500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T171100 SUMMARY:The Sun Also Rises DESCRIPTION:Four vignettes in this romantic drama span from the late 1950 's to the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970's. In "Madnes s\," a 17-year-old pieces together his background. Sexual attraction en sues between a sexy doctor and a teacher in "Love." Tragic results occu r when a man discovers his wife's affair with a brigade leader in the th ird story "Rifle." "Dream" resolves a young man's quest to find out who his father is.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thesunalsorises_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68693843-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T183000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T205600 SUMMARY:Always: Sunset On Third Street 2 DESCRIPTION:The sequel to the smash hit film (the first film also was the Opening Night Film of the 9th HIFF Spring Showcase in 2006)! Spring\, 1959 - four months after the events of the first film. The Olympics in Tokyo has officially been announced\, and Japan is about to take its fir st step into a period of high economic growth. Chagawa still loves Hirom i though she has left\, and he continues living with Junnosuke. Meanwhil e\, Norifumi\, proprietor of the Suzuki Auto shop on Third Street\, drea ms of expanding the family business. Japan's best actors populate this charming\, nostalgic throwback to a more innocent time\, and top-notch p roduction design and special effects recreate post-war Tokyo with verisi militude. Already a hit In Japan\, like its predecessor\, don't miss thi s special North American premiere!\n \n Add this to your blog or mys pace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/alwayssunsetonthirdstreet2 _hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68691510-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T183000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T203200 SUMMARY:Honeydripper DESCRIPTION:It's 1950 and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover)\, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt \, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae\, an d announces that he's hired a famous guitar player\, Guitar Sam\, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. \n \nInto town drifts Son ny Blake\, a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the g uitar case in his hand. Rejected by Tyrone when he applies to play at th e Honeydripper\, he is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff\, arrest ed for vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the highest bidder. But when Tyron's ace in the hole fails to materialize at the tr ain station\, his desperation leads him back to Sonny and the strange\, wire-dangling object in his guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its part in rock n' roll history. \n \nHONEYDRIPPER feature s an all-star cast including Danny Glover\, Charles S. Dutton\, Lisa Gay Hamilton\, Stacy Keach\, Mary Steenburgen\, Yaya DaCosta and Sean Patri ck Thomas\; as well as such notable musicians as Keb' Mo' and Dr. Mable John. It also introduces a major new talent\, Gary Clark Jr. who makes h is electrifying film debut as Sonny.\n \n Add this to your blog or m yspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/honeydripper_hawaiishowcas e2008 UID:68692812-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T213000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T233400 SUMMARY:Forever The Moment DESCRIPTION:The 2004 Athens Olympics are approaching and Korea is looking for a gold medal in every sport. Korean women in particular have done w ell in most areas except for the ignored and looked down upon sport of h andball. It doesn't look good when the players who show up are women in their thirties and teens. Can this oddball group overcome their personal differences and hardships and somehow come together as a team? Based o n true events\, this blockbuster feel good movie is one not to miss.\n \ n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/foreverthemoment_hawaiisho wcase2008 UID:68692408-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T213000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080418T230500 SUMMARY:Mister Foe DESCRIPTION:A 17-year-old misfit\, Hallam Foe spends his days spying on p eople from a tree house on the grounds of his father's house in the Scot tish Highlands. After an ugly confrontation with his step mother\, Halla m runs away to Edinburgh. He finds his tree-top skills well suited for t he rooftops of the city while attempting to avoid the perils of the stre ets below. He soon spies and becomes obsessed with a gorgeous girl named Kate. Will love get Hallam to come down from off of the roof? \n \nFea turing a lively soundtrack with Franz Ferdinand\, Sons and Daughters and Orange Juice among others\, MISTER FOE is a darkly twisted\, entertaini ng work of magical realism from one of the leading lights of the new Sco ttish cinema.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/misterfoe_hawaiishowcase20 08 UID:68693268-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T153000 SUMMARY:Jodhaa Akbar DESCRIPTION:Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik R oshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush\, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal \, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy\, intimidation and brute force\, Akbar won the allegiance o f the Rajputs. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Ai shwarya Rai-Bachchan)\, a fiery Rajput princess\, in order to further st rengthen his relations with the Rajputs\, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey: the journey of true love.\n \nThe daughter of King B harmal of Amer\, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance\, and Akbar's biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles\, but in winning the love of Jodhaa\, a l ove hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. JODHAA AKBAR is their untold love story.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/jodhaaakbar_hawaiishowcase 2008 UID:68692876-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T130000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T150100 SUMMARY:A Gentle Breeze In The Village DESCRIPTION:A love-hate relationship quickly develops between sweet count ry girl Soyo and city boy Hiromi. What starts out as disdain for one an other turns into sincere affection. Soon Soyo and Hiromi are inseparabl e\, but the time comes when they must decide what high school to attend. Will Hiromi return to Tokyo or stay with Soyo?\n \nAcclaimed director Yamashita Nobuhiro returns with the 2007 youth romance A GENTLE BREEZE I N THE VILLAGE. Yamashita again takes on a subtle coming-of-age tale\, b ut unlike the spunky wannabe rockers of Linda Linda Linda\, the teens in Tennen Kokekko are far removed from the city and ordinary school life. Based on a popular Kuramochi Fusako manga\, the film follows a small gro up of students in a remote rural town\, casting a gentle\, observant eye on their daily lives and growing pains. Embracing the innocence and ins ecurities of youth with simplicity\, clarity\, and sensitivity\, A GENTL E BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE is a small\, genuine\, and gracefully rendered f ilm.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/agentlebreezeinthevillage_ hawaiishowcase2008 UID:69001528-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T153000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T170500 SUMMARY:Mister Foe DESCRIPTION:A 17-year-old misfit\, Hallam Foe spends his days spying on p eople from a tree house on the grounds of his father's house in the Scot tish Highlands. After an ugly confrontation with his step mother\, Halla m runs away to Edinburgh. He finds his tree-top skills well suited for t he rooftops of the city while attempting to avoid the perils of the stre ets below. He soon spies and becomes obsessed with a gorgeous girl named Kate. Will love get Hallam to come down from off of the roof? \n \nFea turing a lively soundtrack with Franz Ferdinand\, Sons and Daughters and Orange Juice among others\, MISTER FOE is a darkly twisted\, entertaini ng work of magical realism from one of the leading lights of the new Sco ttish cinema.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/misterfoe_hawaiishowcase20 08 UID:68693326-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T160000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T184200 SUMMARY:Om Shanti Om DESCRIPTION:Generating the biggest worldwide box office opening for a Bol lywood film\, OM SHANTI OM\, or OSO as its legions of fans refer it as\, the film is an homage to Bollywood musicals of the 1970s. Indian supers tar Sha Rukh Khan stars as Om\, a junior artist whose one true love is t he cinematic goddess Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone)\, and they begin a love affair. But\, cosmic forces run against them and fate separates the m forever. \n \nThirty years later\, Om is reincarnated and becomes a su perstar himself. He soon feels pangs of his former life and begins produ ction on a big budget spectacle called OM SHANTI OM\, which may or may n ot be an homage to his one true love. A celebration of Bollywood films o f yore\, dashed in with reincarnation\, and the tethered link of star-cr ossed lovers\, OSO will leave you laughing\, crying and cheering in the theater.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/omshantiom_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68693440-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T200200 SUMMARY:Assembly DESCRIPTION:The Chinese SAVING PRIVATE RYAN! The year 1948 witnessed the launching of the Huaihai Campaign during the Chinese Civil War. In one o f Chinese history's deadliest battles\, thousands from the People's Libe ration Army (PLA) and the Nationalist Army (KMT) fell in the battle that took place between Xuzhou and Bengdu. It was amid this bloody fight tha t Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission . The company is ordered to fight until they hear the assembly call sign alling retreat. Years later\, a survivor of this deadly battle starts se arching for the remains of his fallen comrades and attempt to recognize them as national heroes. The film is inspired by short story "The Law Su it" (literal title)\, which was written by Yang Jinyuan\, based on a tru e story. From director Feng Xiaogang (THE BANQUET\, A WORLD WITHOUT THIE VES).\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/assembly_hawaiishowcase200 8 UID:68691726-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T191500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T210300 SUMMARY:Young@Heart DESCRIPTION:In YOUNG@HEART\, Walker and George take an often hilarious an d poignant look at a New England senior citizens chorus as they prepare for a one night only concert in their hometown. A lineup that includes f ormer schoolteachers\, executives\, doctors and food service workers\, t he chorus is guided by their longtime director Bob Cilman. \n \nWith les s than two months to go until the concert\, the performers struggle with the new lyrics and unfamiliar melodies of seven new songs. During their thrice weekly rehearsals\, they gradually take possession of music rang ing from R&B classics like Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can" to Coldpla y's emotionally powerful ballad "Fix You\," upending assumptions about o ld age\, love\, sex and death. From 92-year-old war bride Eileen Hall's rousing rendition of The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" to Pat Linderme's moving interpretation of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U\," ea ch performance responds to the ravages of age with startling emotional d epth. \n \nWhat ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving t estament to friendship\, creative inspiration\, that reaches beyond expe ctations.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/youngheart_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68697071-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T210000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T225200 SUMMARY:Funuke\, Show Some Love You Losers! DESCRIPTION:A one-horse town in central Japan does not look like the kind of place where passions would flare. Nonetheless\, set to the backdrop of the traditional\, rustic scenery\, a drama of love and hate plays out reflecting the surrealistic world of Japanese manga horror comics. The eccentric and selfish Sumika\, who lives in Tokyo and wants to be an act ress\, arrives for the funeral of her parents\, who have tragically died . Her younger sister Kiyomi\, a talented cartoonist\, is overtly afraid of her\, and her stepbrother\, Shinji\, who has married an orphan named Machiko\, is nervous and guarded around her. Each member of this dysfunc tional family tries to find the meaning of life and love in their own wa y - but will they succeed? Shades of black humour mingle in the dialogue s and actions of the individual characters\; the drama of the past and c onflicts of the present come to life in the comic caricatures\, uncoveri ng a bloody family strife and a collision of self-love. --KVIFF\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/funukeshowsomeloveyouloser s_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68692478-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T213000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080419T224700 SUMMARY:The Tracey Fragments DESCRIPTION:15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz (JUNO'S Ellen Page) is naked und er a shower curtain at the back of a bus\, looking for her little brothe r Sonny\, who thinks he's a dog. Tracey's journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city\, her home and the brutality of high school. Tra cey's stories begin to intertwine truth with lies\, and hope with despai r as we move closer to the truth of Sonny's disappearance. Released in C anada during the same time as JUNO\, this experimental look at teen angs t showcases young Ellen Page's talents as the forerunning actor of her g eneration.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thetraceyfragments_hawaiis howcase2008 UID:68696522-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T135600 SUMMARY:The Edge Of Heaven DESCRIPTION:The accidental death of his father's lover leads Nejat\, a co llege professor\, to search for her daughter in Turkey. Ayten\, a young woman\, fleeing the Turkish police finds herself alone and penniless in Germany until she befriends and eventually becomes the lover of Lotte\, a college student. The lives of the characters intertwine and the stor y culminates into a heartwrenching end\, when fate has them converging i n Turkey. Winning the best screenplay awards in Cannes and the European Film Awards\, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN has critics and audiences alike singin g its praises.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/theedgeofheaven_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68692181-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T121500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T141900 SUMMARY:Forever The Moment DESCRIPTION:The 2004 Athens Olympics are approaching and Korea is looking for a gold medal in every sport. Korean women in particular have done w ell in most areas except for the ignored and looked down upon sport of h andball. It doesn't look good when the players who show up are women in their thirties and teens. Can this oddball group overcome their personal differences and hardships and somehow come together as a team? Based o n true events\, this blockbuster feel good movie is one not to miss.\n \ n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/foreverthemoment_hawaiisho wcase2008 UID:68692418-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T163500 SUMMARY:American Teen DESCRIPTION: View AMERICAN TEEN Trailer on Yahoo! Movies \n \nAMERICAN TE EN is the heartbreaking and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the live s of four teenagers\n- a jock\, the popular girl\, the artsy girl and th e geek - in one small town in Indiana through their senior year\nof high school. We see the insecurities\, the cliques\, the jealousies\, the f irst loves and heartbreaks\, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future.\n \nFilming daily for ten months\, filmmaker Nanette Burstein (ON THE ROPES\, THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE) developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people tryi ng to find their way into adulthood. \n \nHannah Bailey is smart and bea utiful\, but a misfit in her high school. She is a liberal\, atheist liv ing in a traditional\, Christian\, conservative town and dreams of movin g to California after graduation. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team - and in Indiana\, basketball is everything. Col in is under enormoovering a new side of himself. \n \nWith extraordinary intimacy and a great deal of humor\, AMERICAN TEEN captures the pressur es of growing up - pressures that come from one's peers\, one's parents\ , and not least\, oneself.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/americanteen_hawaiishowcas e2008 UID:68691690-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T151500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T170700 SUMMARY:Funuke\, Show Some Love You Losers! DESCRIPTION:A one-horse town in central Japan does not look like the kind of place where passions would flare. Nonetheless\, set to the backdrop of the traditional\, rustic scenery\, a drama of love and hate plays out reflecting the surrealistic world of Japanese manga horror comics. The eccentric and selfish Sumika\, who lives in Tokyo and wants to be an act ress\, arrives for the funeral of her parents\, who have tragically died . Her younger sister Kiyomi\, a talented cartoonist\, is overtly afraid of her\, and her stepbrother\, Shinji\, who has married an orphan named Machiko\, is nervous and guarded around her. Each member of this dysfunc tional family tries to find the meaning of life and love in their own wa y - but will they succeed? Shades of black humour mingle in the dialogue s and actions of the individual characters\; the drama of the past and c onflicts of the present come to life in the comic caricatures\, uncoveri ng a bloody family strife and a collision of self-love. --KVIFF\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/funukeshowsomeloveyouloser s_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68692527-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T180000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T193200 SUMMARY:Wonderful Town DESCRIPTION:An elegant combination of slow-burn romance and social realis m set in a Thai village devastated by the 2004 tsunami\, WONDERFUL TOWN reaches deeply into the hearts and minds of people struggling to rebuild theirselves long after the physical shockwaves have subsided. \n \nTon\ , a Bangkok architect sent to oversee the building of a new resort. The only guest at a spartan hotel\, Ton is instantly attracted to its Thai- Chinese owner Na. A reserved woman with a city education\, Na appears un responsive to Ton's polite overtures at first\, but over time she is abl e to externalize her true feelings. \n \nThe couple's flowering romance gets local tongues wagging. Leading the voices of disapproval is Na's br other Wit\, who heads a gang of motorbike-riding no-goods and calmly tel ls his sister he's a hopeless case for reform. A touching film with pow erful cathartic qualities\, WONDERFUL TOWN has won over critics and audi ences worldwide. -- Variety\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/wonderfultown_hawaiishowca se2008 UID:68697011-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T181500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T201700 SUMMARY:Assembly DESCRIPTION:The Chinese SAVING PRIVATE RYAN! The year 1948 witnessed the launching of the Huaihai Campaign during the Chinese Civil War. In one o f Chinese history's deadliest battles\, thousands from the People's Libe ration Army (PLA) and the Nationalist Army (KMT) fell in the battle that took place between Xuzhou and Bengdu. It was amid this bloody fight tha t Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission . The company is ordered to fight until they hear the assembly call sign alling retreat. Years later\, a survivor of this deadly battle starts se arching for the remains of his fallen comrades and attempt to recognize them as national heroes. The film is inspired by short story "The Law Su it" (literal title)\, which was written by Yang Jinyuan\, based on a tru e story. From director Feng Xiaogang (THE BANQUET\, A WORLD WITHOUT THIE VES).\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/assembly_hawaiishowcase200 8 UID:68691918-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T210000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T223600 SUMMARY:The Machine Girl DESCRIPTION:You may have seen this film's trailer online in the past 6 m onths. Rivaling Internet sensations like "Chocolate Rain" the gore-tasti c trailer was all over YouTube and the viral video was distributed acros s the Internet to millions of views (the embedded trailer was also featu red in Entertainment Weekly). It all started with Todd Brown and his gre at genre film site\, Twitchfilm.net\, where the trailer was originally h osted and ready for the internet invasion! Well\, the wait is over. HIFF is proud to finally present an exclusive screening of The MACHINE GIRL! \n \nAmi is a young\, cute high school student\, who is trying to escap e her dark past. She is gregarious\, looks after her younger brother alo ne (their parents are both deceased) and after school\, practices her ju mp shot in the school gym. Unbeknownst to Ami\, her brother is fodder fo r the the local school gang\, led by the young punk heir to a Yakuza fam ily. He is killed by the bullies\, right in front of Ami. Something snap s... Ami becomes a killing "machine"\, seeking revenge on the class bull ies. Unfortunately\, she loses her arm during the fight\, and the Yakuza punk leader narrowly escapes. However\, Ami is soon retrofitted with a high powered machine gun for an arm and continues on her bloody path of vengeance! She soon encounters more violent and insane villains\, some e quipped with zanier devices (the drill bra is my personal fave)\, as she takes on the entire Yakuza clan!\n \nThe young actress Minase Yashiro ( Ami)\, with vengeful eyes\, a glocked machine gun for an arm\, a blood s plattered sailor school uniform\, and loose socks\, is the epitome of th e exploitation babe heroine\, joining the ranks of "go-go dancer turned bad" Varla (FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL!)\, the Bride (KILL BILL) and of course\, the Japanese cult actress Meiko Kaji in films like STRAY CAT RO CK\, FEMALE SCORPION and the iconic LADY SNOWBLOOD. \n \nThis film can o nly be experienced with a rollicking audience in a dark theater\, hootin g and hollering at the cinematic orgy of violence on the big screen. Nee d more convincing? What about the special make-up supervisor of MEATBALL MACHINE and SUICIDE CLUB and the action director of VERSUS\, who are bo th involved in this movie? Did I not mention there's a drill bra in this movie? Deux ex... MACHINE GIRL!\n \n- Anderson Le CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/themachinegirl_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:86746337-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T211500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080420T231100 SUMMARY:The Sun Also Rises DESCRIPTION:Four vignettes in this romantic drama span from the late 1950 's to the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970's. In "Madnes s\," a 17-year-old pieces together his background. Sexual attraction en sues between a sexy doctor and a teacher in "Love." Tragic results occu r when a man discovers his wife's affair with a brigade leader in the th ird story "Rifle." "Dream" resolves a young man's quest to find out who his father is.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thesunalsorises_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68693894-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T164800 SUMMARY:Young@Heart DESCRIPTION:In YOUNG@HEART\, Walker and George take an often hilarious an d poignant look at a New England senior citizens chorus as they prepare for a one night only concert in their hometown. A lineup that includes f ormer schoolteachers\, executives\, doctors and food service workers\, t he chorus is guided by their longtime director Bob Cilman. \n \nWith les s than two months to go until the concert\, the performers struggle with the new lyrics and unfamiliar melodies of seven new songs. During their thrice weekly rehearsals\, they gradually take possession of music rang ing from R&B classics like Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can" to Coldpla y's emotionally powerful ballad "Fix You\," upending assumptions about o ld age\, love\, sex and death. From 92-year-old war bride Eileen Hall's rousing rendition of The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" to Pat Linderme's moving interpretation of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U\," ea ch performance responds to the ravages of age with startling emotional d epth. \n \nWhat ultimately emerges is a funny and unexpectedly moving t estament to friendship\, creative inspiration\, that reaches beyond expe ctations.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/youngheart_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68697519-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T151500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T164700 SUMMARY:Wonderful Town DESCRIPTION:An elegant combination of slow-burn romance and social realis m set in a Thai village devastated by the 2004 tsunami\, WONDERFUL TOWN reaches deeply into the hearts and minds of people struggling to rebuild theirselves long after the physical shockwaves have subsided. \n \nTon\ , a Bangkok architect sent to oversee the building of a new resort. The only guest at a spartan hotel\, Ton is instantly attracted to its Thai- Chinese owner Na. A reserved woman with a city education\, Na appears un responsive to Ton's polite overtures at first\, but over time she is abl e to externalize her true feelings. \n \nThe couple's flowering romance gets local tongues wagging. Leading the voices of disapproval is Na's br other Wit\, who heads a gang of motorbike-riding no-goods and calmly tel ls his sister he's a hopeless case for reform. A touching film with pow erful cathartic qualities\, WONDERFUL TOWN has won over critics and audi ences worldwide. -- Variety\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/wonderfultown_hawaiishowca se2008 UID:68697022-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T181500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T195100 SUMMARY:Son Of Rambow DESCRIPTION:SON OF RAMBOW is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive t ake on friendship\, family\, film heroes and the death-defying adventure s of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britai n\, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren \, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbi dden. When Will encounters his first movie\, a pirated copy of RAMBO: F IRST BLOOD his imagination is blown wide open. Now\, Will sets out to j oin forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully\, Lee Carter\, to make their own action epic\, devising wildly creative\, on-the-fly stunt s\, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of tot al commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. \ n \nWhen school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of\, oui\, the super-cool French exchange student\, Didier Revol\, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed\, quite literall y\, to the breaking point.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/sonoframbow_hawaiishowcase 2008 UID:68693786-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T183000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T200000 SUMMARY:Hollywood Chinese DESCRIPTION:In rich detail that spans continents and generations\, HOLLYW OOD CHINESE traces the representation of Asians in American cinema and t he history of Chinese Americans in the Hollywood film industry. The doc umentary offers an important moment of validation for the many Americans of Asian descent who have made major contributions to American entertai nment over the past 100 years\, but often go unacknowledged or are quick ly forgotten. HOLLYWOOD CHINESE brings this rarely told history to life using extraordinary footage from the silent film era to Academy Award-w inning films from the present. The film clips are accompanied by commen tary from key pioneers and visionaries in Asian American cinema includin g Joan Chen\, Tsai Chin\, Nancy Kwan\, Lisa Lu\, Amy Tan\, James Hong\, Ang Lee\, Justin Lin\, Wayne Wang and B.D. Wong.\n \nAcclaimed documenta rian\, Arthur Dong\, treats the surprisingly vast material with wit and fascination\, revealing the existence of rare cinematic treats and conte xtualizing achievements and imagery. He elicits candor and reflection f rom his interviewees\, allowing the audience to ponder the differences\, however large or small\, between exploitation and empowerment\, between stereotype and real life. HOLLYWOOD CHINESE is essential viewing in th e history of Asian American cinema. -- Konrad Ng\n \n Add this to yo ur blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/hollywoodchinese_hawaiisho wcase2008 UID:69001408-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T204500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T223300 SUMMARY:Miss Gold Digger DESCRIPTION:Mi-Su Shin (Ye-seul Han) is beautiful and intelligent. She wo rks as an advertising executive and also has a unique theory on dating t hat she uses to pick out her perfect man. Her secret is to have an open mind and meet as many different candidates as possible: an extremely wea lthy man\, nerdish grad student who may pass the ultra difficult Korean bar exam\, an up-and-coming rapper\, and a neighbor who can help her wit h a huge advertising project. She has each of these men wrapped around h er finger\, as she uses a chameleon like personas to fit in with each gu y. She then tries to gage the potential of each of her suitors\, but unf ortunately for Mi-Su\, her plan goes horribly awry as her web of indiscr etion comes out into the open. Will there be a guy left for Mi-Su?\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/missgolddigger_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:68693062-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T210000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080421T223300 SUMMARY:Up The Yangtze DESCRIPTION:UP THE YANGTZE offers a respectful supplement to a plethora o f investigative explorations of the devastating ecological and socioecon omic impacts China's Three Gorges Dam. Taking a more meditative approach \, director Yung Chang's documentary chronicles the Yangtze's formidable rising waters as they absorb the lives of a subsistence farming family and float a new luxury cruise ship.\n \nBuilt under Mao Zedong's adminis tration\, the dam is an almost one and a half mile-long and over 600 fee t-high hydroelectric project. Of the 1.5 million people displaced by the rising waters and the countless others affected by the project\, UP THE YANGTZE telescopes the lives of two teenagers\, Yu Shui and Chen Bo Yu. Both are employed on the Victoria Queen\, which caters to Western touri sts on who have come on ""Farewell Cruises"" to see the flooding of Chin a's countryside. On the Victoria\, Yu Shui and Chen Bo Yu learn skills c ommon to workers in a tourist-driven economy\; kowtowing for tips\, Engl ish-language greetings and ""Don't ever call anyone old\, pale or fat!"" \n \nBut equally starring roles go to the gorgeous portraits of the loch 's operations\, time-lapsed footage of the River's foreboding waters\, a nd sensitive explorations of the ways that people along the Yangtze ""sa crifice the little family for the big family."" Along with the ship's to urists and service workers\, we witness the Dam's stunning manipulation of nature. --Bianca Isaki\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/uptheyangtze_hawaiishowcas e2008 UID:68696709-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T134500 SUMMARY:Lucky Miles DESCRIPTION:Have you heard the one about the Iraqi\, the Cambodian\, and the Indonesian who get lost in the Australian desert? This isn't a dirt y joke (though you will be laughing) -- it's LUCKY MILES\, the feel-good refugee comedy of the season! This is the story of three lost souls wh o get waylaid in the middle of nowhere during their respective quests: A run\, a half-white Cambodian youth looking for the man who might be his father\, Yousif\, an Iraqi refugee looking for political asylum and demo cracy\, and Ramelan\, an goofy Indonesian smuggler looking for a clue. Dropped off in the middle of nowhere by Ramelan's disreputable uncle\, Y ousif and Arun are soon separated from their respective groups. When R amelan accidentally sinks his uncle's boat and gets lost and stranded as well\, the gang is complete. The three men must overcome their distrus t of each other and work together in order to survive. Each contributes something\, whether it's the forethought to bring a (useless) map and w ater\, the innate ability to find the coast\, or the skills of a "fully qualified engineer." Following not-so-hot on their trail is a trio of g ood-natured trackers trying to piece together the increasingly confusing clues the lost men leave in their optimistic search for a better life i n total desolation. --Sat K. Freedman\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/luckymiles_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68692953-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T121500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T134800 SUMMARY:Up The Yangtze DESCRIPTION:UP THE YANGTZE offers a respectful supplement to a plethora o f investigative explorations of the devastating ecological and socioecon omic impacts China's Three Gorges Dam. Taking a more meditative approach \, director Yung Chang's documentary chronicles the Yangtze's formidable rising waters as they absorb the lives of a subsistence farming family and float a new luxury cruise ship.\n \nBuilt under Mao Zedong's adminis tration\, the dam is an almost one and a half mile-long and over 600 fee t-high hydroelectric project. Of the 1.5 million people displaced by the rising waters and the countless others affected by the project\, UP THE YANGTZE telescopes the lives of two teenagers\, Yu Shui and Chen Bo Yu. Both are employed on the Victoria Queen\, which caters to Western touri sts on who have come on ""Farewell Cruises"" to see the flooding of Chin a's countryside. On the Victoria\, Yu Shui and Chen Bo Yu learn skills c ommon to workers in a tourist-driven economy\; kowtowing for tips\, Engl ish-language greetings and ""Don't ever call anyone old\, pale or fat!"" \n \nBut equally starring roles go to the gorgeous portraits of the loch 's operations\, time-lapsed footage of the River's foreboding waters\, a nd sensitive explorations of the ways that people along the Yangtze ""sa crifice the little family for the big family."" Along with the ship's to urists and service workers\, we witness the Dam's stunning manipulation of nature. --Bianca Isaki\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/uptheyangtze_hawaiishowcas e2008 UID:68696717-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T164800 SUMMARY:Miss Gold Digger DESCRIPTION:Mi-Su Shin (Ye-seul Han) is beautiful and intelligent. She wo rks as an advertising executive and also has a unique theory on dating t hat she uses to pick out her perfect man. Her secret is to have an open mind and meet as many different candidates as possible: an extremely wea lthy man\, nerdish grad student who may pass the ultra difficult Korean bar exam\, an up-and-coming rapper\, and a neighbor who can help her wit h a huge advertising project. She has each of these men wrapped around h er finger\, as she uses a chameleon like personas to fit in with each gu y. She then tries to gage the potential of each of her suitors\, but unf ortunately for Mi-Su\, her plan goes horribly awry as her web of indiscr etion comes out into the open. Will there be a guy left for Mi-Su?\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/missgolddigger_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:68693198-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T151500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T171700 SUMMARY:Assembly DESCRIPTION:The Chinese SAVING PRIVATE RYAN! The year 1948 witnessed the launching of the Huaihai Campaign during the Chinese Civil War. In one o f Chinese history's deadliest battles\, thousands from the People's Libe ration Army (PLA) and the Nationalist Army (KMT) fell in the battle that took place between Xuzhou and Bengdu. It was amid this bloody fight tha t Captain Guzidi led the Ninth Company infantry unit on a sniper mission . The company is ordered to fight until they hear the assembly call sign alling retreat. Years later\, a survivor of this deadly battle starts se arching for the remains of his fallen comrades and attempt to recognize them as national heroes. The film is inspired by short story "The Law Su it" (literal title)\, which was written by Yang Jinyuan\, based on a tru e story. From director Feng Xiaogang (THE BANQUET\, A WORLD WITHOUT THIE VES).\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/assembly_hawaiishowcase200 8 UID:68691943-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T181500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T185000 SUMMARY:Closed Note DESCRIPTION:A college student Kae\, who dreams of becoming a teacher\, di scovers a notebook in the house she has just moved in. The notebook turn s out to be the diary of a woman\, Mano Ibuki\, who had just started tea ching in primary school. Kae becomes absorbed by the woman's pure heart\ , reading about her life and love. She falls for a painter\, Ishitobi\, while working at her part time job. As time passes\, she finds out an un expected sad truth. As expected of a melodrama with a dazzling cast and crew list\, the film brings the traditional element of pure love and une xpected fate along with the surprise of tragic reversal and desperate mo ments blended in nicely. An autumn love story that reconstructs the meri ts of previous Japanese melodramas. --PIFF\n \n Add this to your blo g or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/closednote_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68692002-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T183000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T201000 SUMMARY:Then She Found Me DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name\, Helen H unt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME\, a touchin g story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path t owards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband ( Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother\, April is contac ted by her apparent birth month (Bette Midler)\, who turns out to be a l ocal talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mothe r to April that she was never able to be\, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth)\, only to f ind that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple re velation.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thenshefoundme_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:68695949-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T204500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T223600 SUMMARY:Radio Dayz DESCRIPTION:In 1933\, while Korea is under Japan's colonial rule\, a care free and lazy young man by the name of Lloyd is hired as a producer for the country's first radio station\, JDOK.\n \nWhile at work he meets an attractive Jazz singer named Mary\, but Mary takes no interest in him at all. Then\, with a stroke of luck or divine intervention\, Lloyd comes up with a master plan to produce the first radio drama in Chosun that wi ll be titled "The Flame of Love."\n \nEven before the first episode airs \, the program seems plagued with a comedy of errors and miscues. The bi ggest problem seems to be with the (mis)cast of characters. Jazz singer Mary makes mistake after mistake\, Gisaeng Mang Wol seems to have no tal ent for radio\, anchor man Chol is woefully inept to handle any type of crisis\, writer Bong-al No can't come up with an ending\, while errand b oy Soon-duk seems to have talent for ad-libbing lines.\n \nWith these mo tley cast of characters can they make the first radio drama in Chosun un der Japan's observation?\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/radiodayz_hawaiishowcase20 08 UID:68693550-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T210000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080422T221700 SUMMARY:The Tracey Fragments DESCRIPTION:15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz (JUNO'S Ellen Page) is naked und er a shower curtain at the back of a bus\, looking for her little brothe r Sonny\, who thinks he's a dog. Tracey's journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city\, her home and the brutality of high school. Tra cey's stories begin to intertwine truth with lies\, and hope with despai r as we move closer to the truth of Sonny's disappearance. Released in C anada during the same time as JUNO\, this experimental look at teen angs t showcases young Ellen Page's talents as the forerunning actor of her g eneration.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thetraceyfragments_hawaiis howcase2008 UID:68696576-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T153000 SUMMARY:Jodhaa Akbar DESCRIPTION:Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik R oshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush\, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal \, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy\, intimidation and brute force\, Akbar won the allegiance o f the Rajputs. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Ai shwarya Rai-Bachchan)\, a fiery Rajput princess\, in order to further st rengthen his relations with the Rajputs\, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey: the journey of true love.\n \nThe daughter of King B harmal of Amer\, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance\, and Akbar's biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles\, but in winning the love of Jodhaa\, a l ove hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. JODHAA AKBAR is their untold love story.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/jodhaaakbar_hawaiishowcase 2008 UID:68692913-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T153000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T171000 SUMMARY:Then She Found Me DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name\, Helen H unt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME\, a touchin g story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path t owards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband ( Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother\, April is contac ted by her apparent birth month (Bette Midler)\, who turns out to be a l ocal talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mothe r to April that she was never able to be\, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth)\, only to f ind that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple re velation.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thenshefoundme_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:68695961-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T160000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T163500 SUMMARY:Closed Note DESCRIPTION:A college student Kae\, who dreams of becoming a teacher\, di scovers a notebook in the house she has just moved in. The notebook turn s out to be the diary of a woman\, Mano Ibuki\, who had just started tea ching in primary school. Kae becomes absorbed by the woman's pure heart\ , reading about her life and love. She falls for a painter\, Ishitobi\, while working at her part time job. As time passes\, she finds out an un expected sad truth. As expected of a melodrama with a dazzling cast and crew list\, the film brings the traditional element of pure love and une xpected fate along with the surprise of tragic reversal and desperate mo ments blended in nicely. An autumn love story that reconstructs the meri ts of previous Japanese melodramas. --PIFF\n \n Add this to your blo g or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/closednote_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68692019-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T181500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T200400 SUMMARY:Romulus\, My Father DESCRIPTION:Romulus Gaita (Eric Bana) has immigrated to Victoria\, Austra lia from his native Yugoslavia with his beautiful German wife\, Christin a (Franka Potente)\, and their young son\, Raimond in search of a better life. Here\, on a lonely and harsh rural homestead\, Romulus cares for his wife and son\, making a living as a blacksmith and farm laborer. Bu t the glamorous Christina feels increasingly out of place and depressed in this desolate and foreign land\, and struggling with her role as a mo ther and wife\, eventually deserts the family\, running off with Romulus 's best friend. \n \nLeft alone to raise his young son\, Romulus struggl es against great adversity\, doing his best to give Raimond a childhood\ , while trying to keep Christina in the boy's life. Based on Raimond Gai ta's critically acclaimed memoir of the same title\, ROMULUS\, MY FATHER is ultimately a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakabl e bond between father and son.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/romulusmyfather_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68693656-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T184500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T203600 SUMMARY:Radio Dayz DESCRIPTION:In 1933\, while Korea is under Japan's colonial rule\, a care free and lazy young man by the name of Lloyd is hired as a producer for the country's first radio station\, JDOK.\n \nWhile at work he meets an attractive Jazz singer named Mary\, but Mary takes no interest in him at all. Then\, with a stroke of luck or divine intervention\, Lloyd comes up with a master plan to produce the first radio drama in Chosun that wi ll be titled "The Flame of Love."\n \nEven before the first episode airs \, the program seems plagued with a comedy of errors and miscues. The bi ggest problem seems to be with the (mis)cast of characters. Jazz singer Mary makes mistake after mistake\, Gisaeng Mang Wol seems to have no tal ent for radio\, anchor man Chol is woefully inept to handle any type of crisis\, writer Bong-al No can't come up with an ending\, while errand b oy Soon-duk seems to have talent for ad-libbing lines.\n \nWith these mo tley cast of characters can they make the first radio drama in Chosun un der Japan's observation?\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/radiodayz_hawaiishowcase20 08 UID:68693585-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T204500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T223400 SUMMARY:Vexille DESCRIPTION:From the creators of APPLESEED (HIFF 2007)\, comes a Full CG animation Sci-Fi Action film. 2077 - Ten years has passed since Japan h ad decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have c ompletely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field called RACE t hat prevents anyone to see what is going inside\, nor for people to trav el in/out of the country. This was a result to opposing a treaty the Uni ted Nations had passed\, preventing the development of all bio and robot technology that has evolved drastically and has become a threat to the human beings. When Japan finally begins to move\, the US government send s in a special force team SWORD\, lead by a female commander Vexille\, t o investigate what is really happening inside the closed country within a seventy-two hour time frame.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/vexille_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68696774-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T211500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080423T230000 SUMMARY:Lucky Miles DESCRIPTION:Have you heard the one about the Iraqi\, the Cambodian\, and the Indonesian who get lost in the Australian desert? This isn't a dirt y joke (though you will be laughing) -- it's LUCKY MILES\, the feel-good refugee comedy of the season! This is the story of three lost souls wh o get waylaid in the middle of nowhere during their respective quests: A run\, a half-white Cambodian youth looking for the man who might be his father\, Yousif\, an Iraqi refugee looking for political asylum and demo cracy\, and Ramelan\, an goofy Indonesian smuggler looking for a clue. Dropped off in the middle of nowhere by Ramelan's disreputable uncle\, Y ousif and Arun are soon separated from their respective groups. When R amelan accidentally sinks his uncle's boat and gets lost and stranded as well\, the gang is complete. The three men must overcome their distrus t of each other and work together in order to survive. Each contributes something\, whether it's the forethought to bring a (useless) map and w ater\, the innate ability to find the coast\, or the skills of a "fully qualified engineer." Following not-so-hot on their trail is a trio of g ood-natured trackers trying to piece together the increasingly confusing clues the lost men leave in their optimistic search for a better life i n total desolation. --Sat K. Freedman\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/luckymiles_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68692977-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T144200 SUMMARY:Om Shanti Om DESCRIPTION:Generating the biggest worldwide box office opening for a Bol lywood film\, OM SHANTI OM\, or OSO as its legions of fans refer it as\, the film is an homage to Bollywood musicals of the 1970s. Indian supers tar Sha Rukh Khan stars as Om\, a junior artist whose one true love is t he cinematic goddess Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone)\, and they begin a love affair. But\, cosmic forces run against them and fate separates the m forever. \n \nThirty years later\, Om is reincarnated and becomes a su perstar himself. He soon feels pangs of his former life and begins produ ction on a big budget spectacle called OM SHANTI OM\, which may or may n ot be an homage to his one true love. A celebration of Bollywood films o f yore\, dashed in with reincarnation\, and the tethered link of star-cr ossed lovers\, OSO will leave you laughing\, crying and cheering in the theater.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/omshantiom_hawaiishowcase2 008 UID:68693466-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T164900 SUMMARY:Romulus\, My Father DESCRIPTION:Romulus Gaita (Eric Bana) has immigrated to Victoria\, Austra lia from his native Yugoslavia with his beautiful German wife\, Christin a (Franka Potente)\, and their young son\, Raimond in search of a better life. Here\, on a lonely and harsh rural homestead\, Romulus cares for his wife and son\, making a living as a blacksmith and farm laborer. Bu t the glamorous Christina feels increasingly out of place and depressed in this desolate and foreign land\, and struggling with her role as a mo ther and wife\, eventually deserts the family\, running off with Romulus 's best friend. \n \nLeft alone to raise his young son\, Romulus struggl es against great adversity\, doing his best to give Raimond a childhood\ , while trying to keep Christina in the boy's life. Based on Raimond Gai ta's critically acclaimed memoir of the same title\, ROMULUS\, MY FATHER is ultimately a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakabl e bond between father and son.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/romulusmyfather_hawaiishow case2008 UID:68693712-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T153000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T171000 SUMMARY:Then She Found Me DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name\, Helen H unt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME\, a touchin g story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path t owards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband ( Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother\, April is contac ted by her apparent birth month (Bette Midler)\, who turns out to be a l ocal talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mothe r to April that she was never able to be\, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth)\, only to f ind that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple re velation.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/thenshefoundme_hawaiishowc ase2008 UID:68696011-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T183000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T203100 SUMMARY:Mongol DESCRIPTION:The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a s lave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Based on leading scholarly accounts\, MONGOL delves into the dramatic a nd harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that s ealed his destiny\, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the f uture conqueror\, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotyp e\, but as an inspiring\, fearless and visionary leader. \n \nStarring Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano (ICHI THE KILLER\, A TASTE OF TEA) as the titular and iconic Khan\, and directed by Sergei Bodrov (NOMAD\, BEAR'S KISS)\, this epic adventure should only be seen on the big screen. Nomin ated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Academy Awards.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/mongol_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68693341-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T210000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T224900 SUMMARY:Vexille DESCRIPTION:From the creators of APPLESEED (HIFF 2007)\, comes a Full CG animation Sci-Fi Action film. 2077 - Ten years has passed since Japan h ad decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have c ompletely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field called RACE t hat prevents anyone to see what is going inside\, nor for people to trav el in/out of the country. This was a result to opposing a treaty the Uni ted Nations had passed\, preventing the development of all bio and robot technology that has evolved drastically and has become a threat to the human beings. When Japan finally begins to move\, the US government send s in a special force team SWORD\, lead by a female commander Vexille\, t o investigate what is really happening inside the closed country within a seventy-two hour time frame.\n \n Add this to your blog or myspace CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/vexille_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:68696953-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091124T001554Z DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T211500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20080424T225100 SUMMARY:Caramel DESCRIPTION:Actress and first-time feature director Nadine Labaki has fas hioned a good-hearted film addressing issues rarely seen on Western scre ens -- the daily concerns and frustrations\, the triumphs and failures\, and the familial and amorous problems faced by a group of Lebanese woma n who gather to swap tales at a Beirut beauty shop.\n \nLabaki stars as Layale\, mistress of a married man\, who now accepts that his promises a bout leaving his wife are as empty as her heart has become. She seeks so lace in shop conversation with Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) and Rima (Joan na Moukarzel)\, the latter coming to the realization that maybe heterose xuality is not for her\, and the former preoccupied with a surgical proc edure that will make it appear to her fiance that she is still a virgin. Jamale (Gisele Aouad) is having a crisis about aging while seamstress R ose (Sihame Haddad) is finding that caring for her older\, disturbed sis ter is preventing her from fulfilling her on life.\n \nLest this audienc e favorite at the Cannes Film Festival seem like a soap opera\, Labaki a lso deals with issues related to both the Christian and Muslim religions and how women are viewed by both. In the end\, her aim is to create a c ollective humanist portrait of Lebanese women today and put to rest some of the myths and stereotypes that seem so prevalent in the media these days.\n \n-- Vancouver Film Festival CATEGORIES:Featured, Spring Showcase LOCATION:Regal Dole Cannery URL:http://hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008/films/caramel_hawaiishowcase2008 UID:86746221-hawaiishowcase.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR