Film & Cinema · Sunday, November 15, 2026

Protecting Kahoʻolawe: 50 Years of Aloha ʻāina W/ Sacred Island: Living the Dream

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Protecting Kahoʻolawe: 50 Years of Aloha ʻĀina with Sacred Island: Living the Dream is a pairing of two Hawaiʻi short films about Kahoʻolawe, the island near Maui at the center of a long Native Hawaiian effort to protect the land. HIFF's Made in Hawaiʻi page lists the pair as one short-film entry credited to Mark Carpenter and Corbin Gregory; synopsis, runtime, language details and rating are not printed, so check boxoffice.hiff.org before you go. This screening is part of the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF46) neighbor island encore and is not on Oʻahu. It plays at The Palace Theater, 38 Haili Street, Hilo, on Hawaiʻi Island, on November 15 at noon. HIFF says tickets for most neighbor island screenings are sold through the venue's own site, hilopalace.com, and its page prints no price. The program plays three times on the calendar: November 8 at 3:00 PM at Kahilu Theater in Waimea, November 14 at 1:00 PM at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, and this Hilo showing. Later on November 15 at The Palace Theater, the calendar lists Chura Vita at 2:00 PM, Dear You at 4:30 PM and Drifter at 7:00 PM. It suits viewers interested in Hawaiian history, environmental stewardship and local filmmaking.

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