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PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
Director: Weijun Chen
China, 2007, 52 mins.
Learn more about the film.
An experiment in democracy is taking place in a third grade classroom in China. For the first time, students will be able to elect their own class monitor. Should China ever adopt democracy, this surprising, insightful documentary seeks to determine how it would be received. Traditionally appointed by the teacher, the class monitor holds a powerful position. The teacher has chosen three candidates: current class monitor Luo Lei (a boy); Cheng Cheng (a boy); and Xu Xiaofei (a girl). The candidates must perform in three events: a talent show, a debate, and speech delivery. The campaign takes its toll on the tyro politicians. Viewers are left to decide if the experiment in democracy has been “successful” and what it might mean for democracy in China. Please Vote for Me challenges those committed to China’s democratization to consider the feasibility of, and processes involved in, its implementation. This film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival, and the Sterling Feature Award at the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival.
• Tuesday, June 30; Wednesday, July 1; Thursday, July 2; Friday, July 3; Tuesday, July 7; Wednesday, July 8; Thursday, July 9 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Sunday, July 5 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, July 10 at 1 p.m.
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The 2nd Annual Surf Film Festival
JULY 10—24
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This year’s surf film festival includes four highly anticipated Hawai‘i premieres that have been the buzz in surf media.
We’ve also included two favorite films by acclaimed surf filmmakers Jack McCoy and Taylor Steele.
Each film offers an original perspective on surfing, ranging from a focus on athletic surfers, to a meditation on the connection between surfing and music, and a brand new release about women surfers.
Special thanks to
Eric and Jackie Walden of
Chinatown Boardroom
for their consultation.
CO-SPONSORED BY
CONTRAST MAGAZINE
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OPENING RECEPTION: Friday July 10, 6-7:30pm
Food: Global cuisine by Da Spot for purchase. $7-$10 for a huge plate.
Drink: Free beer from Coors Light and Blue Moon.
VIPS:Icons2 director Lance Arinaga will introduce his film, and expected to attend are Hank Gaskell, Jun Jo, Daniel Jones, Mikala Jones, Jason Shibata (who is also the marketing director of Contrast magazine), and Nick Mita.
JULY 19 SPECIAL GUEST: Pioneering surf film director Jack McCoy will introduce his film The Green Iguana on July 19 at 7:30 p.m.
CLOSING RECEPTION: Friday July 24, 6-7:30pm
Food: Global cuisine by Da Spot for purchase. $7-$10 for a huge plate.
Drink: Free beer from PRIMO
VIPS: You
WIN A WADE TOKORO SURFBOARD:
Everyone who buys a festival ticket will automatically be entered in the raffle for a prized board shaped by Wade Tokoro. But purchase an Academy membership, and you get additional tickets!
The higher the level of membership, the more tickets you get:
Student ($20): 1 ticket; national/neighbor island ($40): 3 tickets; individual ($55): 5 tickets; family ($95): 10 tickets; subscriber ($150): 20 tickets; Society of Academy Fellows ($1,500): 50 tickets.
6' 0 1/2" x 18 3/8" x 2 1/4"
HAWAII PREMIERE
ICONS2
Director: Lance Arinaga
Bali, Philippines, California, Tahiti, Hawaii, 2009, 40 mins.
See the trailer.
Hawaii's own Lance Arinaga created Icons2 with an artistic yet aggressive editing style, and innovatively uses still photography, to captivate audiences. The Hawaii-heavy cast includes Kelly Slater, Kekoa Bacalso, Bruce Irons, Joel Parkinson, Mikala Jones, Mick Fanning, Dusty Payne, Hank Gaskell, Dustin Cuizon, Fred Patacchia, Jason Shibata, Jamie O’brien, Joel Centeio, Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Carissa Moore, Jun Jo, Shane Dorian.
• Friday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m.
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HAWAII PREMIERE
THE PRESENT
Director: Thomas Campbell
West Africa, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand,
California and Hawaii, 2009, 74 mins.
Find out more about the film.
See the trailer.
In the late ‘90s a few young, independent filmmakers used vintage Bolex 16mm film cameras to document modern-day surfing in an old-school style. Director Thomas Campbell is among a small number of purists using film instead of video. According to him, The Present’s basic premise is, “Taking a view into our lives as surfers on this planet, and showing that this moment—in our surfing lives right now—is a gift.” All of this happens to the backdrop of a timeless, down-tempo soundtrack that has been a hallmark of Campbell’s other works.
• Saturday, July 11, Sunday, July 12 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 14 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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HAWAII PREMIERE
MUSICA SURFICA
Director: Mick Sowry
Australia, 2009, 46 mins.
See the trailer.
This stunning documentary follows world-renowned violinist Richard Tognetti as he explores new boundaries in experimental surfing and music. The life-long surfer also happens to be artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and in Musica Surfica, he teams up with influential surfer Derek Hynd, who is also interested in the connection between surfing and art. They are joined by top surfers and musicians on remote King Island in the Southern Ocean, where they ride boards based on 300-year-old Hawaiian designs, or on unconventionally finned surfboards, for one of the first “finless” surfing events since the days of the ancient Hawaiians. At the same time, Richard and surfer members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, along with guest musicians, perform for the people of King Island. It is an unlikely, electrifying combination of music, which has since toured the world to much acclaim.
• Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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SIPPING JETSTREAMS
Director: Taylor Steele
Morocco, Hong Kong, Italy, Indonesia, Egypt, Japan, Cuba, and Barbados, 2007, 40 mins.
Find out more about the movie.
See the trailer.
Several years ago, fed up with traveling to the same old places to document surfing, photographer Dustin Humphrey and filmmaker Taylor Steele had an epiphany. Though they’d spent much of their lives in airplanes, hotels, rental cars, and aboard boats, had they really seen the world? What was beyond Hawaii, Australia, and Tahiti? The pair scrapped the old surf-travel strategy of “fly in, surf, fly out” in favor of true cultural exploration in places like Cuba and Egypt. They were “sipping jetstreams.”
• Friday, July 17 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
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THE GREEN IGUANA
Director: Jack McCoy
Australia, Hawaii, and Indonesia, 1991, 60 mins. with extra material
The Green Iguana is the second film director Jack McCoy made for Gordon Merchant, the owner and founder of Billabong (the first film was Bunyip Dreaming). The film stars Michael “Munga” Barry, Luke Egan, Sunny Garcia, Mark “Occy” Occhilupo, and introduces Brendan “Margo” Margieson and Peter King. All of the action takes place on the back of an iguana who lies in the water and creates little islands from the spikes along his tail. Creating a fun-filled, action-packed surf adventure was McCoy’s objective, and from all reports, he succeeded on location in Australia, Hawaii and Indonesia. McCoy writes, “I filmed every shot on 16mm film and it’s all rockin’ and no talkin’!”
Pioneering surf film director Jack McCoy will introduce his film at the July 19 7:30 screening.
• Sunday, July 19 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 21 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 22 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets online.
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HAWAII PREMIERE
DEAR & YONDER: DARING STORIES OF LADIES UNITED BY THE SEA
Directors: Tiffany Campbell and Andria Lessler
Australia, French Polynesia, California, Indonesia, Mexico and Arizona, 2009, 70 mins.
See the trailer.
Take a ride with a dynamic cast of famed female surfers such as Coco Ho, Sofia Mulanovich, Kassia Meador and Silvana Lima, along with lesser-known ocean-goers like surfer/sailor Liz Clark and surfer/shaper Ashley Lloyd. The film uncovers the history of women's surfing, from pre-missionary koa boarders to 20th-century pioneers such as Linda Benson, Rell Sunn and Margo Oberg. The film includes original art by Nat Russell and animation by artist Lori D., and was shot by cinematographers Thomas Campbell (The Present), Oahu-based Dave Homcy (Surfwise, Sliding Liberia), Scott Soens and Bali Strickland. The soundtrack includes field recordings from French Polynesia and original compositions by leading indie musicians. According to directors Tiffany Cambell and Andria Lessler, "Our hope is for the depth and beauty of the film to traverse perceived boundaries...Dear & Yonder is our way of giving something back to the thing we love."
• Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets online.
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HAWAII PREMIERE
HARVARD BEATS YALE, 29-29
Director: Kevin Rafferty
USA, 2009, 105 mins.
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The Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman raves that this film is “the best football movie I’ve ever seen.” The acclaimed documentary recounts the fabled 11/23/68 football game between longtime arch rivals Yale and Harvard—both undefeated that season. Yale’s quarterback was the legendary Brian Dowling, the inspiration for the Doonesbury character B.D. Players interviewed in the film include Tommy Lee Jones (whose college roommate was Al Gore). New Yorker film critic Richard Brody writes, “sports may not always be a metaphor for life, but in Kevin Rafferty’s refreshingly austere documentary, about a legendary 1968 college football game, it comes off as a surprisingly meaningful part of it.”
• Sunday, July 26 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday, July 29, Thursday, July 30, and Friday, July 31 at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets online.
HAWAII PREMIERE
THE WINDOW
Director: Carlos Sorín
Argentina, 2008, 85 mins.
In Spanish with English subtitles
In remote Patagonia, it is a significant day for 80-year-old Antonio—his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a champagne toast; an embrace; warm words that may finally bridge the gap between them, but the bedridden Antonio must wait. He looks out his window and sees light and life, the past and the present, while sensing the future. He leaves the house, unseen by his caretakers, to take what might be a last walk in his fields, inhaling the scent of the land that had been his life. Distinguished Argentine filmmaker Carlos Sorín (Bombón, El Perro) once again trains his camera on the small stories written by life, on the humanity behind human beings. By casting the great Uruguayan writer Antonio Larreta in the lead role, Sorín establishes a link between fiction and reality that makes the protagonist’s fears, hopes and wishes even more palpable.
• Saturday, August 1, Sunday, August 2 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 4, Wednesday, August 5, Thursday, August 6, Tuesday, August 11, Wednesday, August 12 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, August 7 at 1 p.m.
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NOTE: Price increase
To ensure that the Honolulu Academy of Arts can continue its high-quality film programming,
on July 10 the museum will increase its film ticket prices by one dollar.
The price for Academy members remains the same.
We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your continued support of our program.
NEW PRICES:
$8 for non-museum members
$7 for students, seniors, military
$5 museum members
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General information: The Doris Duke Theatre opens its doors on Kinau Street one half-hour before each showing.
Tickets for films may be purchased at the theater door on the day of screening, beginning one half-hour before each showing.
Admission: $8 adults; $7 seniors, students and military; $5 Academy members.
Parking: For weekday matinees, theater patrons may park in the lot behind the Academy Art Center at Linekona (entrance on makai side of Beretania) for $3 with theater validation. For evening screenings, you can park free at the Academy's lot at 1035 Kinau St., Diamond Head of Victoria Street. Handicapped parking is available in the small Luce Pavilion lot on Victoria Street. Patrons using handicapped stalls should proceed to the main entrance on Kinau Street.
For the hearing impaired: The Doris Duke Theatre is equipped with the Easy Listener Hearing Assistance System. You can pick up a receiver at the ticket counter.
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