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Posted on: Saturday, October 18, 2008

Watch several of HIFF's award-winners tomorrow

Awards have been announced for the 28th Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival, now under way. Screenings of many winning films will take place tomorrow, the last day of the festival.

"Cape No. 7," a feature film from Taiwan by Wei Te-Sheng, has been awarded the Halekulani Golden Orchid Award. It screens at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

The Halekulani Golden Award for Documentary was presented to "Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i," directed by Hawaiian filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly. A free screening is 6:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Jurors said the feature and documentary best expressed artistic and technical excellence while promoting cross-cultural understanding, furthering the aims of the Honolulu-based film festival, now in its 28th season.

Other honorees:

• Netpac Award: "Brutus — The Adventure," by Tara Illenberger. The fictionalized retelling of facts about the environmental degradation of Mindoro, Philippines, was part of the festival's Green Screen showcase. Honorable mention: "The Little Heart," directed by Than Van Nguyen. The Netpac salutes works that promote Asian cinema and uncovers new talent.

• Film in Hawai'i Award: Big Island-based filmmakers Joan Lander and Puhipau, for their significant contributions to the local film industry.

• Honolulu Magazine Award for best short film: New Zealand film "Coffee and Allah," directed by Sima Urale (playing with full-length film "Heart of Fire" at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.) Honorable mention: the U.S.-filmed "Texas Girl," directed by Hyung Hyup Kim (playing with full-length film "Absurdistan" at 5 p.m. tomorrow).

• Video-on-Demand Viewers Choice Award, sponsored by Oceanic Time Warner Cable: "The Hollow" (11 a.m. tomorrow), a University of Hawai'i Academy for Creative Media submission from director Dana Ledoux Miller.

Three more awards will be handed out at 10 a.m. today at HIFF's closing-day press conference at the Halekulani Hotel:

• Achievement in Acting Award: Jung Woo-sung, in "The Good, the Bad, the Weird," a film from South Korea. An additional screening has been added at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.

• Maverick Award: Kim Jee-woon, director of "The Good, the Bad, the Weird."

• City and County of Honolulu Vision in Film Award: Yang Qixiang, vice president of Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group.

HIFF screenings continue until tomorrow at the Regal Stadium 18 Cinemas at Dole Cannery. Screening schedules and tickets are available at www.hiff.org.