Lahaina Noon
4th world films
SHORT FILM | 15 mins
Premiered November 02 2014
Hawaii international film festival
[First Assistant director & editor]
Lāhainā Noon
Directed by Christopher Kahunahana
4th World Films
Lāhainā Noon interweaves three separate short stories that occur during the yearly tropical solar phenomenon in which the sun passes directly overhead at noon so that upright objects do not cast a shadow.
Hawaiians believe at that moment one's shadow crawls back into their body it gives an individual extra mana (or spiritual power.) This belief, paired with Psychologist Carl Jung's theories of unconscious desire known as the shadow self, sets the stage for this film where the characters deepest desires are exposed and amplified by the cruel Lāhainā Noon sun.
Credits
Actors
Eriko Okada
Shiro Kawai
Durell Douthit
Cash White
Producer, Writer, Director
Christopher Kahunahana
Producer
Patricia Amaral Buskirk
First Assistant Director, Editor
Joseph Paʻahana
Cinematographer
Ryan Miyamoto
Associate Producer
Torry Tukuafu
Set Design, Wardrobe
Tiare Thomas
Set Design Assistant
Kamalei Grace
Gaffer
David Crans
Visual Effects Producer
Kai Bovaird
Sound Design Composer
Landon Tom
Graphics, Title Design
Ara Feducia
Script Consultant
Nicole Naone
Sound Design
Luke Aguinaldo
Score Composer
AJ Feducia
Aerial Photography
Jonathan Brousseau
& Kila Young
Photographer
Aaron Yoshino
Marketing, PR
Devon DeAngelo
Production Assistant
Gabby Mark
Screenings
2014:
Premiere: Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), Honolulu
ʻŌiwi Film Festival 2014 at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu
2015:
ʻOhina Short Film Showcase Honolulu Museum of Art, Doris Duke Theater, Honolulu
Imagine Native 16th Annual Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto
Center for Asian American Media Festival (CAAM), Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Fransisco
Asian Pacific Film Festival *Nominated for the Golden Reel Award for Excellence in Short Film, Los Angeles
Wairoa Māori Film Festival, Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka
New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF). Shorts Programmes , Auckland
2016:
15th annual Native Film Fest, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs, CA