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Posted at 1:59 p.m., Friday, October 27, 2006

HIFF Announces Award Winners, special screenings

Advertiser Staff

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The Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival Awards Ceremony honored the works of over 250 filmmakers and sponsors from across the globe at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel last night, Thursday, October 26. Here are the winning films.

HALEKULANI GOLDEN ORCHID FOR BEST FEATURE FILM

"Love for Share" (director Nia Dinata, Indonesia)

HALEKULANI GOLDEN ORCHID FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Time and Tide" (directors Julie Bayer and Josh Salzman, Tuvalu, USA)

* Special jury award for "Sharkwater" (director Rob Stewart, Canada)

FILM IN HAWAII AWARD

"Lost," ABC

NETWORK FOR PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA AWARD

"4:30" (director Royston Tan, Singapore)

EASTMANN KODAK AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matthew Libatique, ASC

MAVERICK AWARD

Kevin Smith

ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING

Ken Watanabe

VISION IN FILM AWARD

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association

HAWAII FILM AND VIDEOMAKER AWARD

"Na Kamalei: Men of Hula" (directed by Lisette Marie Flanary)

Special jury award for DAO (directed by Jay Hubert)

HONOLULU MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

"Majidee" (Malaysia)

CAUSE AND F(X) DREAM DIGITAL AWARD

"Sunday Wind" (directed by Michael Wurth, Hawai'i)

DHL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE

"The Host" (directed by Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)

DHL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Na Kamalei: Men of Hula" (directed by Lisette Marie Flanary)

DHL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

"Ruckus!" (directed by Dean Ishida, Hawai'i)

For more information about films and the schedule for added Saturday and Sunday HIFF screenings, go to www.hiff.org.