Dalawang pelikulang Pilipino ang mapalad na napasama sa ‘2019 Hawaii International film festival.’
Ito ay ang pelikula nina Dennis Trillo na ‘Mina-Anud’ at ‘Yellow Rose’ ni Lea Salonga.
Kapwa nominado ang pinagbibidahang pelikula nina Dennis at Lea sa Filmmaker Award, ang ‘Mina-Anud’ na nasa ilalim ng direksyon ni Kerwin Go ay nominado saNETPAC Awards na kumikilala sa mga filmakers sa Asia-Pacific region at sa Kau Ka Hoku Filmmaker Award.
Nominado rin ang ‘Yellow Rose’ sa Kau Ka Hōkū Filmmaker Award na nasa ilalim ng direksyon ni Diane Paragas. Maliban sa ‘Yellow Rose’ at ‘Mina-Anud’ ay kabilang din sa 11 nominees sa Kau Ka Hōkū Filmmaker Award:
* 37 Seconds (Director: Hikari)
* Another Child (Director: Kim Yoon-Seok)
* Bellbird (Director: Hamish Bennett)
* Goodbye Mother (Director: Dinh Le Minh Trinh)
* Hearts & Bones (Director: Ben Lawrence) * Heavy Craving (Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh)
* The Long Walk (Director: Mattie Do)
* They Say Nothing Stays The Same (Director: Joe Odagiri)
* To Live To Sing (Director: Johnny Ma) Kalaban naman ng ‘Mina-Anud’ sa NETPAC Award ay ang mga sumusunod:
* Another Child – South Korea (Director: KIM Yoon-Seok)
* Dark Place – Australia (Director: Kodie Bedford)
* For My Father’s Kingdom – New Zealand (Directors: Vea Mafile’o, Jeremiah Tauamiti)
* Goodbye Mother Vietnam (Director: Dinh Le Minh Trinh)
* Heavy Craving – Taiwan (Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh)
* They Say Nothing Stays The Same – Japan (Director: Joe Odagir)
* Vortex – China (Director: Gan Jianyu) Magaganap ang 39th edition ng Hawaii International Film Festival sa November 7 hanggang 17, 2019 sa Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18.
