Our popular Second Sunday Catamaran Cruise sets sail on Sunday, August 12th. Ticket purchasers meet at 11:30 a.m. at Bacchus Waikiki, 408 Lewers Street. You’ll check in, meet and greet other passengers and enjoy a cocktail or two. Then we’ll walk over Waikiki to board the the boat as a group. An open bar on board ensures a good time for all. After the sail, you are invited back to Bacchus for lunch (included in the price of the ticket) and a few more cocktails.
We are also collecting all types of school supplies and back packs. Last year we raised over $1700.00, 50 back packs and loads of supplies to help kids study and learn.
Mahalo for supporting the Community!
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Shorts Showcase
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Coming out as millennial queer teens, a young trans woman’s physical transition as the beginning rather than an end point, the pitfalls and swoon of an awkward first crush and a chance reunion after high school, bruised masculinity and comically fumbling (hetero)sexuality, growing old and alone and making peace with the past…
Laugh, cry and immerse yourself in our hilarious, uplifting, intimate, and heartfelt program of must-see, award winning shorts from the world’s leading film festivals, as we celebrate the LGBTQ experience.
Are We Good Parents?
Directed by Bola Ogun. 2017. USA. 9 min.
When Lauren and Bill’s 14-year-old daughter says she’s going to her first dance with her classmate Ryan, they welcome the news with excitement—and hesitation. Lauren and Bill always assumed their daughter was gay in the same way that most parents assume their child is straight (until given notice). Suddenly, they worry they have not provided an open environment that allows their daughter to be herself. So they do some introspection on their own parenting and ask, “Are we good parents?” Premiered at 2018 SXSW.
Lily
Directed by Graham Cantwell. 2017. Ireland. 22 min.
Together, best friends Lily and Simon navigate the treacherous waters of school life. But when a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, Lily is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life. Winner of the Youth Award at the 2017 Iris Prize Festival.
For Nonna Anna
Directed by Luis de Filippis. 2017. Canada. 13 min.
As a young trans woman cares for her Italian grandmother, she discovers a tender bond in their shared vulnerability. Making huge strides for trans filmmakers and trans representation, Canadian transgender and non-binary filmmaker Luis de Filippis won the 2018 Sundance Special Jury Short Film Award with the film For Nonna Anna, which stars transgender actress and YouTube vlogger Maya Henry.
Marguerite
Directed by Marianne Farley. 2017. Canada. 19 min.
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing—and thus help her make peace with her past. Winner of the Best Fiction or Documentary Short Film Award at the 2018 Zinegoak Bilbao Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Men Don’t Whisper
Directed by Jordan Firstman. 2017. USA. 22 min.
After being emasculated at a sales conference, gay couple Reese and Peyton decide the only way to regain their confidence and prove their masculinity is to sleep with some women. When they meet fellow conference attendees and pleasure seekers Beth and Dominique, it seems like a perfect match. Unfortunately, sealing the deal is easier said than done. Played at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and 2018 SXSW.
The Dare Project
Directed by David Brind + Adam Salky. 2005. USA. 32 min.
In the award-winning original DARE (2005), high school teens Ben and Johnny share one slightly dangerous, very sexy, boundary-pushing night in a swimming pool. In the fan-demanded sequel (2018), Ben and Johnny, who are now in their early 30s, fortuitously run into each other at a party in LA after not seeing each other since high school. They find their original magnetic connection is still strong, but what can they do about it?
The original short played at over 50 film festivals and later became a mainstream feature (Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, Rooney Mara) that was selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. However, it was when Adam Salky uploaded the original short film to YouTube that it amassed 12 million views and a massive fan base, becoming one of the most viewed gay short films on YouTube.
Guests in attendance:
David Brind (The Dare Project) wrote the short and feature films Dare, the latter a Grand Jury Prize nominee at Sundance. His work has screened at the most prestigious film festivals around the world including Tribeca, BFI, Hamptons, Frameline, and OUTfest. More recently, David completed the screenplay adaptation of Leverage for Academy-Award winning producer Stanley Jaffe (Kramer vs. Kramer). He has sold TV projects to NBC/Universal and others. David’s play I Want to Be Evil has had readings in New York featuring Alan Cumming, Sandra Bernhard, and Jonathan Groff. David currently teaches screenwriting at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
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DRAG BRUNCH + CATAMARAN = AN EPIC SUNDAY FUNDAY!
Join us at Wang Chung’s for Sunday Drag Brunch at 10 am (Show at 11am) on August 12 and then climb aboard our fun packed catamaran!
Catamaran Check-in is at 12:30 pm following announcements by your cruise director and bartender at Wangs, Tre Rhyne! At 1pm, the group will be escorted to the boat, which will set sail at 1:30 pm, for a 90-minute ride.
It’s a short walk to Rainbow Sailed Catamaran in front of the Duke statue at Kuhio Beach to board the boat. Swimming allowed depending on weather and ocean conditions at the discretion of the Captain for everyone’s safety. Drinks are BYOB. Please drink responsibly before and during the cruise. Anyone that appears too intoxicated can/will be denied without a refund.
By purchasing a ticket you agree to not hold Wang Chungs or Mana Kai Catamaran Companies liable for any injuries to/from/or during this event.
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Directed by Madeleine Olnek. 2018. USA. 84 min.
The persona of poet Emily Dickinson has been that of a reclusive spinster—a delicate wallflower too sensitive for this world. This dramatic comedy by HRFF alum Madeleine Olnek (The Foxy Merkins, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same) explores the rarely seen vivacious, irreverent side of Emily Dickinson (played by Molly Shannon, Saturday Night Live, Other People [HRFF27], Wet Hot American Summer, Superstar) and most notably, her lifelong romantic relationship with her brother’s wife. After Dickinson died, a rivalry emerged when her brother’s mistress along with editor T.W. Higginson published a book of Dickinson’s poems.
Top Prize—2017 Champs-Elysées Film Festival/US in Progress; 2018 SXSW Game Changer Award Nominee; Best International Feature Film Nominee—2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival; New American Cinema Competition Nominee—2018 Seattle International Film Festival; Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature—2018 Kansas City LGBT Film Festival; Opening Night Film— 2018 Provincetown International Film Festival; Centerpiece US Feature—Frameline42
Preceded by:
Nuclear
Directed by Jessika Lawrence. 2018. USA. 15 min.
A pregnancy drama that redefines the prevailing definition of a “nuclear family” through the experiences of a straight, lesbian and gay couple pursuing the dream of parenthood. In each we discover just how more alike than different we are from one another. Filmmakers in attendance.
Guests in Attendance:
Madeleine Olnek is a New York City-based playwright and filmmaker, Olnek graduated from NYU and went on to earn an MFA in playwriting from Brown University as well as an MFA in film from Columbia University. She has had four films at Sundance, including her first two features, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (named Best Feature Film at HRFF22) and The Foxy Merkins, which earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Jackie Monahan is comedian, actor, writer, and producer who is setting comedy stages on fire with her fearless brand of humor. Monahan starred in Olnek’s The Foxy Merkins and Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same. Professionally trained at UCB and Groundlings, she won “Time Out New York Joke of the Year” and was voted “Comic To Watch” by Esquire magazine who said, “Jackie has the looks of your friend’s hot older sister, with the jokes of a deranged serial killer. She will kill you and you will be smiling.”
Jessika Lawrence is a first time film maker writer, director and producer and lead actress of Nuclear. Jessika has appeared in films shot in Hawai’i as well as TV series, including the latest, Hawaii 5-0. Jessika is an accomplished local business woman with a passion for film and the arts. Nuclear is a winner of the Hawaii Film Collective Pitch session, where Jessika is an active member. Jessika actively contributes her time to enhancing the film industry in Hawai’i.
Jeri Lynn Endo discovered her passion for the world of acting, as a background actor and body double in the 1995 feature Picture Bride and has since appeared in local and national television spots and shows. As a proud member of Hawai’i Filmmakers collective, Jeri Lynn is contributing her time and talents, both in front and behind the camera, to advance our professional filmmaking community.
Lara Palafox is an actor, writer, and producer. She has appeared on film and in commercials locally, nationally and internationally. Lara has also performed on stage and film in Australia and Hong Kong in a broad range of roles from Shakespeare’s Juliet to Disney-produced Scaremonies’ Vampira, for which she won Best Performer. Her vision is to use all of her creative skills to entertain, enlighten and bring more love to the world.
Makoto Kuchimura focuses on cinematography for small-budget commercials and short films, but also works in the camera department on medium to big budget film productions.
Danielle Zalopany is an actress born and raised on the island of O’ahu. She began acting in community theater in 2007. She won the Hawaii State Theatre Council’s 2016 Po’okela Award for Leading Female in a Play for Kumu Kahua Theater’s Not One Batu. Danielle made her jump to the big screen by focusing on such local projects as Waikiki, written and directed by Native Sundance Lab Fellow Christopher Kahunahana, and made in Hawai’i shorts, Last Taxi Dance written and directed by Brayden Yoder, and The Hawaiian Flag directed by Ty Sanga. She is also known for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Stoke (2018).
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Hey gang! We’re heading towards campus this August! This indoor/outdoor college town bar is located at the former site of Tropics Tap House, The Varsity, and McGoos (if you remember way back then). Happy hour prices until 7 pm
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Part of Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2018
Presented by: Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center
Directed by Filipe Matzembacher + Marcio Reolon. 2018. Brazil. 120 min. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Pedro earns a living in chat rooms. The image resolution may not be perfect but when Pedro transforms himself into NeonBoy in front of the webcam, he still manages to create the desired impression. Slowly, this young man dips his fingers into pots of colored paint and glides them across his naked body. Glowing in the dark, NeonBoy follows his users’ commands until he agrees to meet one of them in a private chat room for money. Things change when Pedro’s sister Luiza moves out of their shared apartment and he notices that somebody is imitating his performances. He agrees to go on a date with his mysterious rival. This rendezvous will have far-reaching consequences.
Best Film—32nd Berlin Teddy Awards; Confederation Internationale des Cinemas d’Arte et d’Essai (CICAE) Award Panorama Film—2018 Berlin International Film Festival; Best Narrative Film—2018 Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival; Jury Award Best Feature Film Runner Up—2018 OUTshine Film Festival Miami; 2018 BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival; 2018 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival; Frameline42
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Part of Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival 2018
Presented by: The Contingency
Directed by Leilah Weinraub. 2018. USA. 82 min.
The story of Los Angeles’ black lesbian strip club scene and its genesis. Owned and operated by women, Shakedown was a series of parties founded by and for African American women in Los Angeles that featured go-go dancing and strip shows for the city’s underground lesbian scene. This intimate film chronicles the explicit performances and personal relationships of the party’s dancers and organizers including Ronnie-Ron, Shakedown Productions’ creator and emcee; Mahogany, the legendary “mother” of the community; Egypt, their star performer; and Jazmine, the “Queen” of Shakedown. More than just a strip club, Shakedown was one of the few spaces for lesbian subculture that brought together and galvanized a community of freaks and queers of color.
Preceded by:
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Directed by Lala Openi. 2017. Hawai’i. 4 min.
Through spoken word, we follow Openi—an introverted, introspective, Chinese-diasporic queer—as they reflect on the nuances and intricacies of the relationship between their lover and themself. This autobiographical self-portrait explores themes of lust, idealism, non-attachment, and the notion of soul-mates. Written and shot entirely in Honolulu’s Chinatown. Filmmaker and cast in attendance.
Juck (Thrust)
Directed by Ulrika Bandeira, Julia Gumpert, + Olivia Kastebring. 2017. Sweden. 18 min.
This hybrid documentary-dance-fiction short film depicts the all-female Swedish dance group JUCK that made its breakthrough in a 2013 viral video that pushed the boundaries of how we are used to seeing the female body. Awarded the Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Short Film at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.
2018 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Dokumente; 2018 OutFest Fusion; 2018 Wicked Queer LGBT Film Festival, 2018 QDoc Film Festival; Frameline42; 2018 Seattle International Film Festival; 2018 True/False Film Fest, Missouri; 2018 Maryland Film Festival; 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival; 2018 Sheffield Doc Fest; 2018 Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
Guests in Attendance:
Lala Openi is a mixed-media artist, designer and filmmaker exploring narratives of identity in an introspective conversation on the ever-shifting cultures of both self and space. Through identity and visual design, documentary filmmaking, spoken word, and digital illustration, Lala strives to do right by the stories that need to be told, heard, and shared.
Alejandra Alexander identifies as a queer member of the Afro-Latinx diaspora. Born in San Diego, CA raised in Anchorage Alaska and living on O’ahu for the past twelve years. Storytelling, screenwriting in particular, has always been an art form that resonates with her. In her free time she writes revolutionary stories about QTIPOC (queer/ trans/ instersex/ people of color) characters saving themselves and the world.
Kaleipumehana Cabral identifies as a queer kanaka and child of the diaspora. She was born in Hawaiʻi and raised between the islands and the continent, with family in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu, California and Washington state. She has always found refuge in words, movement, film and the ocean—and has recently been reconnecting with her Native Hawaiian roots. A recent MSW (Master of Social Work), she strives to learn and work with community in order to help sustain indigenous practices and populations. She is currently working as a project manager with a local foundation implementing a year-long capacity building series for ʻāina-based educational programs in the Koʻolau region. In her free time, she enjoys working on creative projects with the QTIPOC community and believes that this type of work is pivotal to social change.
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For Your Inspiration (FYI) is a Monday Morning talk series.
We all have our versions of Monday Morning. Where the wind is knocked out of us. When we’re more anxious than excited for the day ahead. Join us for a candid conversation about how thought-leaders in our community build resilience and stay motivated through setbacks, frustrations, and failures.
THIS MONDAY we talk about “Community Building”.
Community building is the hardest. It’s the work that takes the most up-front investment, it doesn’t have tangible measurements and ROI immediately… but it is the most important work because it also creates meaning.
About our featured guest–
Kevin Sweeney is co-founder and curator of Imagine—an urban church in Honolulu that is truly welcoming of all people, sees imagination as the key to the future, chooses authenticity over performance, substance over hype, and quality over quantity.
After receiving Masters Degrees in Theology and Intercultural Studies, Kevin is fascinated with and committed to creating environments for creativity, cultural innovation, social healing, communal cohesiveness, and personal transformation.
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Sing along with us, 2nd and 4th Mondays, 6pm-10pm
Musical numbers from TV, Broadway and Cinema.