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Comment by Cyrina Delicia Voges Hadad-Ralya on November 4, 2011 at 12:06am

The Showdown in Chinatown Championship Challenge 2011 Honolulu HI   Filmmakers are GO!!!   Monday October 10th at 5pm, Filmmakers were set loose with this year's Championship Challenge.  They now have less than two weeks to complete their submissions for the 2011 Championship event. Filmmakers were given 40 days to write, shoot and edit a 7 minute or less short film exploring the topic, “A Hawaiian Tale”, using the only prop “The Pacific Ocean”.   Showdown In Chinatown appeals not only to aspiring actors and filmmakers, but to ordinary people who have never thought of visual storytelling as a possible means of expression. Young and old alike… professional and amateur… all are given the opportunity to do something creative and have their work premiered on the big screen. We would like to reach-out to the mass public and ask that you help us spread the word about our mission.  Showdown In Chinatown has successfully been an educational forum for the past 6 Years, and has helped our creative community grow and flourish.  Films that were submitted to Showdown in Chinatown have been traveling and making a splash within local and international film festivals.  Some of our graduates have even been inspired to take on Hollywood and create their own feature films.  We hope that by continuing to provide Hawaii with this creative outlet we will strengthen our resources and unite our talent for a stronger industry in the years to come. The main event and screening will take place on Saturday November 19th at Nextdoor, 43 North Hotel St.  The doors open at 8pm and films begin screening at 8:30pm.  There is a $20 cover charge... the cost goes to sustaining a creative outlet for the local independent & underground film community of Hawaii.   Following the short films, Showdown hosts Honolulu's only monthly entertainment industry mixer with musical performances by The Human Beat Box Jason Tom and DJ Mr. Nick from the popular show JETSET on KTUH radio. Supporting original music, we welcome back one of Hawaii’s up & coming musicians, Matthew McVickar of Clones Of The Queen, creating and performing live original beats from his solo project, LAPWING.     Encouraging all local Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, Editors, Crew Members, and film/tv fans to come out and network with the members of the film Hawaii film community.  Keeping our Island's industry strong and ever fruitful!   So come down and check out the SHOWDOWN IN CHINATOWN  on Saturday November 19th, or better yet... get a team together and show Honolulu a story. Next event is one December 17th and will be a screening of the 2011 BEST OF !!!

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Comment by William Terry on April 10, 2011 at 4:02pm

Hey Filmmakers and Actors, had an idea I wanted to run past everyone to get some feedback.  To my knowledge Han hasn’t got any program going to get independent films financed here in Hawaii.  I was wondering if anyone would be interested in entertaining the idea of “Artist Produced Films.”  Basically films financed by a group effort of a group of artist like we have here at HAN.  The way I figured was we could keep it simple and break the budget of a film into $5 “shares.”  So say a films budget is $15000 then you would need 3000 shares purchased.  You could buy as many shares as you want and when the film is done any gross profit would be distributed equally based on the shares.  So say if the film gets picked up for DVD distribution for $50000 gross profit each share would be worth about $16 bucks.  Not a ton of money but you tripled your money and the more shares you bought the higher the profit to you.  And of course the numbers go up the more profit the film makes like if it makes a million dollar profit (not impossible with a good film) each share would be worth $333 which is 66 times what you put in.

 

In my mind this idea works best if people only buy one or two shares to reduce individual loss.  If you think about it HAN has over 5000 members, if each member bought one share every other month it would cost them 30 bucks a year and we could raise $150000 a year.  A lot of indi films could be made with that money and only one of them has to make a decent profit to get your initial $30 back.   And worse case scenario none of the films makes a dime and each member only lost $30 and we got some films made.    

 

Anyways that’s my idea, I have a bunch of ideas on how to collect and organize the money as well as a forum for the film ideas to be placed on for share buyers to choose where they wish to put there funds, but I wanted to see if anyone liked the general idea before I spent more time developing it. 

 

Please let me know what you think.

 

 

Mahalo for your time,

 

 

William Terry

Comment by Mark Harmon on February 9, 2011 at 1:38pm

When is the next showdown? I would love to participate. Anyone who needs help let me know!!!! Thanks.

Comment by Tom Curtis on February 9, 2011 at 10:25am

Unauthorized Productions is Now casting for a low budget short to be shot on Oahu for local film competition. Approx. 2 days of shooting dates of Feb 12th and 13th. Food and credits and copies of dvd provided.

One Male Late 20s business type person who can drive a boat  and has valid drivers license. Very little diologue.

Approximately (10) Young 20s to 30s female and male extras for restaurant and or bar scene at the Kaneohe Yacht club Feb. 13th

Please contact Tom Curtis; tikitom9@yahoo.com

Comment by Gregory Hines on June 27, 2010 at 6:08pm

CASTING EXTRAS FOR:
UNDER THE SKIN's
"SARGE"

Casting for enemy Vietcong:
Asian Males/Females with portrayable ages from 18-25.

Please send bio with head shot, 3/4 and full body shot. Please, no one else in shot, no glasses, hats or anything distracting.

Include all sizes for costumes in both inches and (XS, S, M, L, XL ect)

Lastly, please include a contact number.
The cut-off date is Friday July 2nd and both SAG and non-union talent are encouraged to apply.

undertheskin.doc@gmail.com

Comment by Gregory Hines on June 27, 2010 at 6:07pm

CASTING EXTRAS FOR:
UNDER THE SKIN's
"SARGE"

Casting for enemy Vietcong:
Asian Males/Females with portrayable ages from 18-25.

Please send bio with head shot, 3/4 and full body shot. Please, no one else in shot, no glasses, hats or anything distracting.

Include all sizes for costumes in both inches and (XS, S, M, L, XL ect)

Lastly, please include a contact number.
The cut-off date is Friday July 2nd and both SAG and non-union talent are encouraged to apply.

Comment by Gregory Hines on June 23, 2010 at 5:29pm

We are happy to report that we are now able to have SAG talent in our production. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at: undertheskin.doc@gmail.com

Remember: Auditions this Saturday 12pm - 4pm
We'll see you there!


Maholo,

Greg & Shawn
RMS Productions
Oahu,HI

Comment by Actor Michael Snoopy Wells on May 25, 2010 at 8:34am

Comment by Cheri Isabella on May 19, 2010 at 6:59pm

Call for Entries - Submit Your Film

Welcome filmmakers! This year’s festival will take place in Mid-Late October 2010. The Hawaii International Film Festival is always looking for new and exciting films to present to our audiences.

The call for entries for film submissions for the 2010 Hawaii International Film Festival is now OPEN.

We have outlined the categories, deadlines and fees for this year. Before you begin to enter your film, download the 2010 Rules and Regulations for exact requirements by clicking on the link below. We are only accepting entries online this year.

» 2010 Rules & Regulations


SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Features (41 minutes or more in length) Shorts (1 - 40 minutes in length)
- Narrative Feature - Narrative Short
- Documentary Feature - Documentary Short
- Pacific Panorama Feature - Pacific Panorama Short
- Made in Hawaii * - Made in Hawaii *
- Student Under 18 * - Student Under 18 *
- Music Videos

* There is no submission fee for films submitted in MADE IN HAWAII and STUDENT UNDER 18 categories if submitted through HIFF submission site. Please see the Rules and Regulations guide for more information.


SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND FEES
2010 Deadline Features Fee Shorts Fee Music Videos Fee
Nov 20, 2009 - March 1



All entries (except for STUDENT UNDER 18) must be physically present at the HIFF office by July 8, 2010 to qualify for this year’s festival.

STUDENT UNDER 18 deadline is August 1, 2010 and submissions must be in the HIFF office by that date.


APPLY ONLINE DIRECTLY ON HIFF.ORG

We have designed our own free film submission form. Options to pay submission fees with a check or a credit card through Google Checkout. Filmmakers considering submitting films for the MADE IN HAWAII and STUDENT UNDER 18 category are required to submit directly through HIFF. Click on the link below to enter your film.

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