Shorts Block 2: Shifting Tides

LEA TUPU’ANGA / MOTHER TONGUE
Aotearoa | 17 minutes | Vea Mafile’o

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.

MARAHORO
Chile | 17 minutes | Sofía Rodríguez Pizero

A 15-year-old Rapa Nui young boy who has a rough time balancing his father’s wishes for him to become a Rapa Nui folk artist and his own calling from the voices of the sea.

APPA

USA | 13 minutes | Keli’i Grace

A short film set on the North Shore of O’ahu based on the true story of a Korean-American farming family tormented by loss and addiction.

TRADEWINDS
USA | 23 minutes | Mighty Island

Tradewinds in an intimate portrait and examination of the life of CHamoru jazz pianist, Patrick Palomo, whose musical style has combined Chamoru lyrics with the sounds and melodies of contemporary and classic jazz music.

SEARCH FOR HAWAIKI
Aotearoa | 19 minutes | Fredrick Jozef Hoani Teteira Pokai

After years in a psych ward, Fable is released into the care of his estranged whānau only to rediscover his need to find inner peace.

THE ALI’I KINGS
USA | 27 minutes | Christine Kunewa Walker

Set in the 1960s, a road trip from Utah to Tikiland, California, unveils painful revelations for a Hawaiian-German Mormon family.