The Hawaii International Film Festival continues at Dole Cannery, with 187 films from 35 countries screening through Nov. 18.
The festival will also screen films on Kauai from Thursday through Nov. 18 and on Hawaii Island and Maui from Nov. 29-Dec. 2.
Tickets for films are $10-$14; festival passes are $350-$1000. Tickets for the HIFF Awards Gala, 6-10 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Halekulani, are $500.
Tickets and information: hiff.org, 447-0577.
Some highlights this week:
>> Reel Wahine of Hawaii: Six short films showcase local filmmakers Connie M. Florez, Heather Haunani Giugni, Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, Victoria Keith, Ciara Leina‘ala Lacy and Anne Misawa. Local filmmakers and television contributors, along with cast and crew, are expected to attend. 1:15 Saturday.
>> “Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable”: Documentary about the Kauai surfer who lost her arm to a shark and has gone on to become a champion and an inspiration. 3:15 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
>> “Ma‘ohi Nui, in the Heart of the Ocean My Country Lies”: Tanaoa, a young Tahitian man, speaks to poet Flora Devatine as he goes in search of his people’s identity, generations after they suffered the indignities of colonization and having their islands used as a nuclear test site. 5:45 p.m. Monday and 3 p.m. Wednesday.
>> “August at Akiko’s”: This locally made film tells the story of an island-born, now city-slicker musician (Alex Zhang Hungtai) who returns to the islands in search of his missing grandmater and forges a friendship with the elderly owner of a Buddhist bed-and-breakfast. 8 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Nov. 16.
>> “Green Book”: already an Oscars favorite, stars Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings”) as the driver for a black classical pianist played by Mahershala Ali (Oscar winner from “Moonlight”) touring the Deep South in the early 1960s. 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Nov. 17.
