Film & Cinema · Friday, October 23, 2026

Gamaland

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Gamaland is a Japanese found-footage mockumentary shown virtually at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF46) as a Hawaiʻi premiere. Directed by Hiroki Nishii, it is presented as raw footage from a 1990s TV program following a VHS enthusiast who persuades his girlfriend to join a documentary trip to Gamaland, an abandoned amusement park whose elderly owner calls it lonely. As deleted footage surfaces, the line between documentary and fiction blurs. HIFF classes it as a thriller and horror film. The film runs 60 minutes and is in Japanese. Subtitle details and a rating are not printed, so it is best suited to adults and older teens who like horror. HIFF lists this showing as virtual, with a start of 12:00 AM on October 23. The page does not say what platform is used, how long it stays available or what it costs, so check boxoffice.hiff.org for access and pricing; the festival's printed in-person Kahala prices should not be assumed to apply. If you would rather see it on a big screen on Oʻahu, Gamaland plays as part of the You Are the Film + Gamaland double bill at Consolidated Theatres Kahala, 4211 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, on October 23 at 8:45 PM and October 24 at 8:30 PM. The opening weekend celebration at Capitol Modern is the same evening, October 23, at 5:30 PM.

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