COMMUNITY IMPACT
PERPETUATING CULTURE // SHARING ALOHA
MAKAWALU Film
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF)
IMPACT TYPE
Cultural Program Sponsorship
DETAILS
HNC & DAWSON provided funding to support HIFF’s 5-day MAKAWALU Writer’s Retreat. MAKAWALU is HIFF’s first production project that will bring eight kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) directors together to make one feature length film slated for completion in 2022. In modern Hawaiian terminology, MAKAWALU, references “different perspectives of a situation.” MAKAWALU was developed by HIFF as a sustainable, iterative program for Native Hawaiians to cultivate a community of creatives from Hawai’i to explore cinema from an approach that centers on Indigenous Hawaiian creators. The eight Native Hawaiian filmmakers who have been selected to participate in this anthology are: Kekama Amona, Justyn Ah Chong, Ty Sanga, Aina Paikai, Katherine Wong, Taylour Chang, Erin Lau, and Ciara Lacy.
MAKAWALU Film
LOCATION
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
PARTNER ORGANIZATION
Polynesian Voyaging Society
IMPACT TYPE
Cultural Program Sponsorship
DETAILS
HNC & DAWSON provided funding to support HIFF’s 5-day MAKAWALU Writer’s Retreat. MAKAWALU is HIFF’s first production project that will bring eight kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) directors together to make one feature length film slated for completion in 2022. In modern Hawaiian terminology, MAKAWALU, references “different perspectives of a situation.” MAKAWALU was developed by HIFF as a sustainable, iterative program for Native Hawaiians to cultivate a community of creatives from Hawai’i to explore cinema from an approach that centers on Indigenous Hawaiian creators. The eight Native Hawaiian filmmakers who have been selected to participate in this anthology are: Kekama Amona, Justyn Ah Chong, Ty Sanga, Aina Paikai, Katherine Wong, Taylour Chang, Erin Lau, and Ciara Lacy.