2008 Maui Film Festival Archive

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Al Maccuish
Sunday, June 15th 8:00pm
SandDance- Wailea Beach

A stylishly comedic mock training film, illustrating how easy it is for the average person to make a difference.  More...
Alex MacLean
Penguin in a Pickle
[LVEAR]   (4 mins)
Short Films
plays in Live Earth Shorts Showcase
Sunday, June 15th 8:00pm
SandDance- Wailea Beach

A cartoon about a penguin dealing with climate change in the North Pole.  More...
Rod Mann
Entheo:Genesis - Awakening the Divine Within
[LIVYO]   (United States, 70 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
plays with Living Yoga: The Life and Teaching of Swami Satchidananda
Wednesday, June 11th 8:00pm
Castle Theater-Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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 How do we reinvent ourselves in a disenchanted world from which God has long ago withdrawn?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...
Amin Matalqa
Captain Abu Raed
[CPTAB]   (Jordan, 110 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
preceded by:
Chief
Friday, June 13th 5:00pm
Castle Theater-Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Thomas McCarthy
The Visitor
[VISIT]   (USA, 108 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
preceded by:
'Live' Drum Circle
Friday, June 13th 10:00pm
Celestial Cinema- Wailea

$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...
Sean McGinly
The Great Buck Howard
[GREAT]   (USA, 87 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
Saturday, June 14th 8:00pm
Celestial Cinema- Wailea

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...
Mark McLaughlin
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
[HOLLY]   (USA, 111 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
Sunday, June 15th 6:00pm
McCoy Theater- Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Jacob Medjuck
Summerhood
[SUMMR]   (Canada, 88 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
Saturday, June 14th 8:00pm
Castle Theater-Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Michelle Meeker
When I Grow Up
[DIGIT]   (USA, 6 mins)
Short Films
plays in Digital Shorts Showcase
Wednesday, June 11th 4:00pm
McCoy Theater- Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

Sunday, June 15th 1:00pm
McCoy Theater- Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Lisa Merton
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
[TKGRT]   (80 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
Friday, June 13th 2:00pm
McCoy Theater- Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Randall Miller
Bottle Shock
[BOTTL]   (USA, 110 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
Wednesday, June 11th 8:00pm
Celestial Cinema- Wailea

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...
Sarah Miller
Inconvenient Ruth
[LVEAR]   (2 mins)
Short Films
plays in Live Earth Shorts Showcase
Sunday, June 15th 8:00pm
SandDance- Wailea Beach

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...
Celeste Moreno
Inconvenient Ruth
[LVEAR]   (2 mins)
Short Films
plays in Live Earth Shorts Showcase
Sunday, June 15th 8:00pm
SandDance- Wailea Beach

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...
Jesse Moss
Full Battle Rattle
[SECRE]   (USA, 85 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
plays with Secrecy
Thursday, June 12th 3:00pm
Castle Theater-Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
Robb Moss
Secrecy
[SECRE]   (USA, 86 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
plays with Full Battle Rattle
Thursday, June 12th 3:00pm
Castle Theater-Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
John Musker
The Little Mermaid
[LITTL]   (103 mins)
Feature Film Narrative
preceded by:
The Star Show
Thursday, June 12th 8:00pm
SandDance- Wailea Beach

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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Emiko Omori
Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm
[BITHE]   (USA, 74 mins)
Feature Film Documentary
plays with Bi the Way
Saturday, June 14th 6:00pm
McCoy Theater- Maui Arts & Cultural Cntr

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...
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