Da Kine: HIFF Highlights, Also In Theaters

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PICKS

Here are some choice picks from among today’s HIFF events. For a full schedule and ticket information, visit www.hiff.org.

"Broadband Accelerator: A Conversation with Bing Chen": As YouTube Global Creator Development & Management Lead at Google, Chen is responsible for initiatives that identify, develop and distribute the next generation of premier channels and creators, from musicians to filmmakers, chefs and beauty gurus. He oversees company projects that engage more than 100 million content creators worldwide and leads several initiatives at YouTube, such as the expansion of the talent incubation program and the YouTube Creator Institute. 6 p.m. The Modern Honolulu, Waikiki; free

"Something Good: Luca Will Be in Town": Luca Barbareschi directed, co-wrote and stars in this thriller about an amoral business man, Matteo, who makes his riches exporting often-tainted food from China. As he begins a new enterprise to sell low-cost milk in Africa, three of associates are murdered and he turns to local chef Jiazhen (Jingchu Zhang) to help protect him. In Italian and Mandarin with English subtitles. World premiere, 6:15 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Monday at Dole Cannery Stadium 18

"American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs": Korean-American filmmaker Grace Lee pays tribute to fiesty 97-year-old activitist Grace Lee Boggs, known for her advocacy on behalf of African-Americans during the civil-rights era and her involvement in the labor, Black Power, feminist, Asian-American and environmental movements. Boggs says revolution is not an act of aggression or merely a protest, but something deeper within the human experience: the ability to transform oneself to transform the world. Hawaii premiere, 6:45 p.m. today and 11 a.m. Sunday, Dole Cannery Stadium 18

"The Rocket": A heartwarming coming-of-age tale set in Laos, about 10-year-old Ahlo, the surviving twin of a difficult birth who is believed a source of bad luck. When his family relocates to a new village, Ahlo is ostracized by the superstitious community. He decides his only hope of redemption is to enter the Rocket Festival, an annual competition when huge bamboo rockets are set off to provoke the rain gods. Named best first feature award at Berlinale and best narrative feature at Tribeca Film Festival. In Lao with English subtitles. Hawaii premiere, 6:30 p.m. today at Koko Marina 8, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and 11 a.m. Oct. 20 at Dole Cannery Stadium 18