2008 Maui Film Festival Archive

An uplifting look a group of children living in the slums who create a cleaner, more beautiful world to play in with their imaginations.  More...

A stylishly comedic mock training film, illustrating how easy it is for the average person to make a difference.  More...

The fiery, theatrical, muscular art of glassblowing found one of its greatest practitioners ever in the person of William Morris. This documentary looks with intense interest both at the art form itself and at Morris's peculiar accomplishments.  More...

Complimentary screening presented by Luis Vuitton, preceded by Nova Award Tribute to Felicity Huffman.  Elle Fanning shines as a girl starring in a school production of ALICE AND WONDERLAND, finding in its surreal visions both freedom and danger for her fragile state of mind.

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Four films follow the last two polar bears, Harry and Bob, in search of love, a home, and food. Stars Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap) and Rip Torn(Larry Sanders Show) with Lucy Davis (The Office Ugly Betty) as the Panda.  More...

A documentary about Shishmaref, Alaska. A village at the eastern tip of Alaska, 150 air miles from Nome, is sinking as a result of the melting permafrost.  More...

A man struggles to survive as his house becomes taken over by water against the backdrop of a wildlife documentary commentary about polar bears.  More...

PLEASE NOTE. No one under the age of 18 years of age will be admitted to this screening.

In this provocative, enlightening, and often wickedly funny documentary, the history of the use and sale of the vibrator becomes a window on the evolution of female sexuality in America.  More...

SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING ON SUNDAY JUNE 15TH AT 11:30PM AT THE CELESTIAL CINEMA! $10 IN ADVANCE INCLUDES 10PM SCREENING OF ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD. $12 AT THE DOOR, DAY OF SHOW. PLEASE CALL NOW TO RESERVE TICKETS.

Comedians Sarah Silverman, Bob Odenkirk and Patton Oswalt are featured in this uniquely conceived documentary featuring comic Doug Benson, who - after thirty sober days - smokes, eats and vaporizes medical marijuana for thirty more in an effort to find out what marijuana does and how it really affects people.  More...

A tribute to one of the last American traveling circuses, its colorful clan, and the animal acts that cause controversy but that the Rosaires treat as part of their family.  More...

PLEASE NOTE. No one under the age of 18 years of age will be admitted to this screening.

The iron curtain between gay and straight is crumbling. Recent studies suggest that bisexuality is drastically more widespread than we ever thought. And for young people, dating a girl one week and a guy the next is no big deal. Is the whatever generation ushering in a whole new sexual revolution?  More...