HIFF Talks: The Official Podcast of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival
Recorded by and for the HIFF community, we go a little beyond the normal Q&A with filmmakers on their works and interests. Starting with intention, our talks inevitably go into unexpected, spontaneous directions. Such is the life of building community with creatives with a touch of aloha.About HIFF (hiff.org)As the vanguard forum of international cinematic achievement in the Asia-Pacific region, Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) endeavors to recognize new and emerging talent, promote career development and original collaborations through innovative education programs, and facilitate dynamic cultural exchange through the cinema arts.
HIFF Talks: The Official Podcast of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival
SUNDANCE 2022: Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver, co-directors of COLOR CONGRESS
Receiving a $1.35M grant and supported by the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and the Perspective Fund, Color Congress (colorcongress.org) is poised to make a major impact on the documentary filmmaking community, especially for historically underrepresented filmmakers from the BIPOC community. We chat openly with co-founders Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver about their journey to this moment and their strategies for encouraging and supporting real change for organizations aligned with their mission.
Guests - Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver
Interviewer - Lee Ngo
Producer - Lee Ngo
Executive Producers - Anderson Le and Beckie Stocchetti
Special Thanks to:
AfterBruce
Halekulani
Sundance Film Festival
Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) is the premiere cinematic event in the Pacific and annually attracts more than 50,000 film enthusiasts from around the state, the nation and throughout the world. Heralded as “one of the Top 50 Film Festivals around the world,” according to Variety, HIFF is an Academy AwardsⓇ qualifying film festival that is mission driven to entertain, enlighten and inspire through the medium of film and creative content from around the world with a special focus on Hawai‘i made and Pacific Islander films and filmmaking. For more info, visit www.hiff.org.