The Big Island Film Festival is accepting film entry submissions through Feb. 1. The festival is slated from May 22 to 26 at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii.
Film festival
seeks submissions
The Big Island Film Festival is accepting film entry submissions through Feb. 1. The festival is slated from May 22 to 26 at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii.
Specializing in narrative filmmaking, the “talk story film festival” includes screenings, social events and networking opportunities, celebrity receptions and screenwriting workshops.
Narrative short films, 30 minutes or less, and feature-length films, 60 minutes or more, completed after Jan. 1, 2013 will be considered. Friday is the Early Bird entry deadline: $50 feature, $40 short, $30 student. Jan. 1 is the Regular deadline: $60 feature, $50 short, $35 student. The Final deadline is Feb. 1: $70 feature, $60 short, $40 student.
All films shot in Hawaii or created by filmmakers who are Hawaii residents receive a 25 percent entry fee discount.
For submission rules and application visit bigislandfilmfestival.com. For further information call 883-0394.
Aguirre’s work displayed at
several venues
Hawaii Island artist Amber Aguirre recently returned from a monthlong residency at the Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, funded by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
“The work I created (in Tel Aviv) consists of small porcelain sculptures reflecting my time and experiences in Israel which coincided with our country’s near military strike on nearby Syria,” Aguirre said. “It took a while to get used to seeing rifle-toting military personnel everywhere and get comfortable wearing of a gas mask for a short part of my stay.”
A collection of her art, together with the work of 10 additional artists, is on display through Nov. 24, in the Artists of Hawaii exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Aguirre’s work is also on display at the 46th Hawaii Craftsmen Statewide Juried Exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, through Saturday.
Aguirre’s work can also be seen at the Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Expo through Wednesday at Navy Pier, Chicago; Sunday through Dec. 4 at Hawaii’s Modern Masters, Luxury Row, Honolulu; and from Nov. 22 to Jan 5 at Matchbox Plus IX, Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu.