2008 Maui Film Festival Archive

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

A cartoon about a penguin dealing with climate change in the North Pole.  More...

How can a renewal of ancient initiation rites of passage alleviate our ecological crisis? What do trance dancing and festivals celebrating unbridled artistic expression speak to in our collective psyche? How do we reinvent ourselves in a disenchanted world from which God has long ago withdrawn? Welcome to the world of Entheo:Genesis.  More...

This winner of the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival reveals the wisdom and bravery of an aging airport janitor who is mistaken for an airline pilot by a group of poor neighborhood children, in Amman, Jordan, whose imaginations soar thanks to the stories he tells.  More...

$10 IN ADVANCE. $12 AT THE DOOR, DAY OF SHOW ONLY
This ticket only includes 10pm showing of The Visitor.  This film is included on the double feature ticket for The Fall.

In a world of six billion people, it takes only one to change your life in this poignant and often funny drama about rediscovering joy in most unexpected places - in this case a chance meeting and heartfelt friendship with two illegal immigrants - all against the heartbeat and drumbeat of the streets of New York City.  More...

This film is ticketed as a double feature program.  It also includes the 10pm screening of Before the Rains.

Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Tom Hanks and Emily Blunt star in this dramedy about a law school dropout who becomes a personal assistant to a formerly nationally known mentalist and along the way finds romance with a whip-smart publicist and the path to his future.  More...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date anthology yet of the Hollywood musical, with plenty of dazzling excerpts and interviews with producers, directors, composers, and of course beloved musical stars.  More...

Spent a summer at camp? If so, it wasn't this one! Jacob Medjuck abandons all polite expectations writing for and directing his child actors, as if the characters of South Park and Charlie Brown staged a school play. Unrated, but 'Be Forewarned' - this tuneful, nostalgic joyride 'featuring' your children is in no way 'for' your children!  More...

When I Grow Up juxtaposes the boundless ambition of youthful expectations with the unpredictable, and sometimes tragic realities we end up living. An international team of 12 artists each brings their unique visions to a series of interviews with children and elders.  More...

The compelling story of the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize presents an awe-inspiring profile of Maathai's thirty-year journey of courage to protect the environment, defend human rights, and promote democracy, all growing from the achievable act of planting trees.  More...

This film is ticketed as a double feature program.  It includes the 10pm screening of Young at Heart.

Bill Pullman, Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Eliza Dushku and Dennis Farina co-star in this smart, funny, based-on-a-true story and easy-on-the-eyes dramedy that recreates the early days of California wine industry and the now infamous 1976 Judgment of Paris, a 'blind' wine tasting at which California wines trumped the French and shocked the world.  More...

In this animation, a feisty nine-year-old who seriously loves the planet and isn't afraid to show it. She teaches us how we can all pitch in to help the environment, all the while crushing on a hunky Al Gore and talking shop with a banjo-playing refugee penguin.  More...

In this animation, a feisty nine-year-old who seriously loves the planet and isn't afraid to show it. She teaches us how we can all pitch in to help the environment, all the while crushing on a hunky Al Gore and talking shop with a banjo-playing refugee penguin.  More...

This one-of-a-kind war documentary is set in an ersatz Iraqi village where soldiers train in simulated battles, and villagers are refugees whose war memories are all too real.  More...

We live in a world where the production of secret knowledge dwarfs the production of open knowledge. By focusing on classified secrets, this riveting documentary reveals how a shadow government is eroding both our defense and our democracy.  More...

Ariel, a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid, is off on the adventure of a lifetime with her best friend, the adorable Flounder, and the reggae-singing Caribbean crab Sebastian at her side. But it will take all of her courage and determination to make her dreams come true—and save her father's beloved kingdom from the sneaky sea witch Ursula!

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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...