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CAFF: The Cultural Animation Film Festival May 18th-20th, 2018
CAFF is brought to you by Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre in association with Twiddle Productions Inc, The Center for Pacific Islands Studies UH Mānoa, and The Cultural Animators Network
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
ORGANIZING PARTNERS
Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre
The 280-seat Doris Duke Theatre screens independent, documentary, and international film, and hosts lectures, performances and concerts by visiting and local performers.The Honolulu Museum of Art has had a film program since the 1930s, when it showed classic films in Central Courtyard. Screenings moved to what is now the Doris Duke Theatre in 1977. The theater was named in honor of Doris Duke, who was a generous philanthropist and supporter of Islamic art and culture, jazz and other music and performing arts. The Center for Pacific Islands Studies
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, is the only Pacific-focused National Resource Center for the United States. It brings together people and resources to promote an understanding of Oceania and issues of concern to Pacific islanders. Our academic programs promote active, student-centered approaches to learning and encourages creativity in research and representation of island issues. Our extensive educational outreach program promotes greater awareness and understanding of the Pacific region in the wider community. Taylour Chang, Director of the Doris Duke Theatre, curates and oversees the Honolulu Museum of Art's film and music program. Previously, she served as the Doris Duke Theatre Manager. She received her B.A. from Yale University in Film Studies and Theatre Studies with concentrations on World Cinema and Sound Design. As President of the Yale Film Society, she organized film screenings, lectures, and symposia with the Whitney Humanities Center. Taylour has also written and directed documentaries and short films.
Mary Therese Perez Hattori
A native Chamoru of Guahan(Guam), Dr. Hattori holds a B.Ed. and Professional Diploma in Secondary Social Studies with a concentration in Pacific Islands History, an M.Ed. in Educational Technology, and an Ed.D. in Professional Educational Practice from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Dr. Hattori is Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Her academic interests include educational technology, culturally sustaining education and leadership, leadership development, and indigenous research methodologies. Read more about her work at https://maryhattori.wordpress.com/ James Perez Viernes is a Chamorro scholar from Guam, Mariana Islands. He is the latest addition to the core faculty at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He joined the center in January 2018 to serve as Outreach Director, with responsibility for all aspects of local and regional Pacific Islands outreach. He holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Literature from the University of Guam (UOG), as well as an MA in Pacific Islands Studies and PhD in History from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His research interests are in Pacific Islands ethnographic history, gender, masculinities, and militarism in the Pacific. His classroom experience includes university teaching of a variety of Pacific-focused courses in History, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, and Literature.Prior to joining the center, Dr. Viernes served as one of several founding faculty members of the University of Guam’s undergraduate Chamorro Studies Program. He went on serve as coordinator of the program, contributing to the development of many of its courses, advisement and recruitment strategies, community partnerships, and expansion of the core faculty to include members from across the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Work fields.
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Twiddle Productions Inc.
Located in beautiful Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, Twiddle Productions is a unique animation, production, and multimedia studio whose work have been featured on television, in schools, and screened at film festivals around the world. The Twiddle teams across the board experience in production, animation, and game design allows a fresh and innovative approach to each project created. Cultural Animators Network
The Cultural Animators Network is a Facebook group designed to connect and support cultural animation practitioners, enthusiasts and professionals from around the world who work in or are interested in the emerging field of cultural animation. Michael Q. Ceballos,
Producer/Director/Animator Michael is a veteran of the animation and game industries, with over 20 years of experience under his belt. Among his many diverse projects, there are a few notable highlights. At Nickelodeon, he honed his skills on the cult hit, The Angry Beavers, as lead character designer and supervisor. He also worked with legendary film producer Robert Evans, who produced, The Godfather and Chinatown, on his animated biographic show for Comedy Central, Kid Notorious. In 2005, Mr. Ceballos relocated to Honolulu, Hawai‘i where he art directed and cowrote two RPG educational games titled Cosmos Chaos! for struggling 4th grade readers for the Nintendo DS system. He also created and produced the award winning E Hoʻomau! animated series of films and educational books. In 2011 his film Why Māui Snared the Sun won Best Animation at the first Guam International Film Festival. In 2013, Mr. Ceballos formed Twiddle Productions Inc. and directed and produced the Ola Na Iwi: Hāloa an animated short film telling the origins of the Hawaiian people and the companion children's storybook Ola Na Iwi: I am Hawai’i, and Ola Na Iwi: He Hawai’i Au. Most recently, Mr. Ceballos short film Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan which was produced with with the Guam Department of Education won Best Short Film at the 2017 Pasifika Film Festival. He also produced a pilot titled Asockalypse! which follows the end of the world shenanigans of sock puppet survivors and a holiday coloring book for grownups titled How the Booze Fairy Saved Christmas. Most recently he launched the Keiki Coding program which teaches children how to make cultural based video games. Keiki Coding is currently being taught in multiple locations throughout Honolulu. Allen Carmichael was raised in Hawaii for most of his childhood, and has always had a loved various types of contemporary art. He is an aspiring writer and artist, and has a passion for storytelling and cultural awareness. Allen is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Business Marketing degree at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and is also a member and show host at KTUH 90.1FM, UH Manoa’s alternative college radio station. Allen is currently working as a Festival Coordinator for the 2018 Cultural Animation Film Festival.
George Siosi Samuels is the founder of the Cultural Animators Network and creator of the Tales From Nanumea series. His passion for cultural animation stems from his past work with Polynesian, indigenous, and First Nations communities. His work has been featured by Adobe, Toon Boom, and the World Indigenous Network (to name a few). When he's not supporting the cultural animation community, he's a Community Manager for a global financial tech company by day, and a podcast host for the It Will Come Show by night.
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