Awards and Official Selections
Credits
ACM Production Award
Culture Animation Film Festival 2020
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival 2020
Maui Film Festival 2021
Kalakari Festival 2021
Asians On Film Festival 2021
HIFF Hana Hou Festival Waimea 2021
DisOrient Film Festival 2021
LTUE Film Festival 2021 (Fantasy Award Winner)
The John Hopkins Film Festival 2021 (Animation Category Honorable Mention)
Florida Animation Festival 2021
Wairoa Māori Film Festival 2021
Paris International Film Awards Finalist
GSA BAFTA Student Award nomination
Available online at ʻOhina TV!
Writer and Directer Animators
Kalilinoe Detwiler Shayne Hayama
Molly Tapken
Producers Gavin Arucan
Tiffany Ganti Noah Domingo
Kalilinoe Detwiler Kalilinoe Detwiler
Executive Producer 2D Effects Animator
Lisette Flanary Jared Louis
Cast Sound Design
Kaleihiwahiwaokalani Kaʻapuni as Pele Alexis Nelson
Kaipulaumakaniolono Baker as Kamapuaʻa
kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui as Hina Original Dialogue Recording Engineer
Kalilinoe Detwiler as Hiʻiaka Samuel Spencer, HCC MELE Program
Background Artists Music by
Cori Tsurumaki William Watson
Kalilinoe Detwiler
3D Animation Director
Noah Domingo
UPROOT
2 min 26 sec
Ami stands in front of her mother's grave remembering the trauma she faced when she was alive and learning to accept her mother's mortality while searching for strength to move forward.
Credits
Screenings and Awards
Writer and Directer
Kalilinoe Detwiler HIFF 2019
SIGGRAPH 2019
Executive Producer HIFF@Home 2020
Brittany Biggs Maine Student Film Festival 2020
Background Artist
Kalilinoe Detwiler
Animator
Kalilinoe Detwiler
KAPO MAI LELE
In Progress
Indigenous animated short featuring Kapo as she saves her sister Pele by drawing Kamapuaʻa away to Oʻahu in chase of her flying maʻi.
Credits
Screenings and Awards
Producer
Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Animation Directer
Laura Marguiles
Storyboard Artists and Animators
Kalilinoe Detwiler
Elyse Chai
Pacific Islanders in Community Digital Shorts Award
MIDNIGHT SHOWING
10 min
Credits
Screenings and Awards
Written and Directed by
Gavin Arucan
Produced by
Sophia Whalen
Executive Producer
Brittany Biggs
Cast
Justin Bendo as Angel
Music by
Joshua Namba
Animation Director
Chandelle Oliver
Story Artists
Jared Louis
Kalilinoe Detwiler
Sophia Whalen
Gavin Arucan
Stop Motion Animators
Bobby Renteria
Jayme Sugitaya
Jared Louis
VFX Supervisor
Alexis Nelson
“The Summoning” Cast
Jack Detwiler
Brenda Detwiler
Brandon Bravo
Original Dialogue Recording Engineer
Devon Lafoga
Assistant Dialogue Recording Engineer
Tim Hurley
Sound Editor
Alexis Nelson
Background Artists
Gavin Arucan
Kalilinoe Detwiler
BG Line Artists
Jayme Sugitaya
Alexis Nelson
Bobby Renteria
3D Model Artists
Bobby Renteria
Chandelle Oliver
Alexis Nelson
2D Animators
Chandelle Oliver
Sophia Whalen
Kalilinoe Detwiler
Alexis Nelson
Jared Louis
Gavin Arucan
Bobby Renteria
Jayme Sugitaya
Rotoscope Animator
Kalilinoe Detwiler
3D Animator
Alexis Nelson
VFX Artist
Alexis Nelson
Gavin Arucan
Kalilinoe Detwiler
Jared Louis
Additional Colorists
Tiffany Ganti
Mia Clause
Danae Naone
Molly Tapken
Daniel Oka
Noah Domingo
Nalu McFadden-Rios
Londy Tong-Lee
Blythe Yoshikane
SIGGRAPH 2019
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival 2019
Animation celebration Fest 2020
Florida Animation Festival 2020
Open World animation Festival 2020
ACM Awards 2020:
Best Animated Film
Best Comedy
Best Directing
Best Character Animation
Best Character Design
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Editing
Best Sound
Audience Award
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POTLUCK
24 Hour Animation Contest Submission
A 30-second short film made in 24 hours by a team of 5: Sophia Whalen, Kalilinoe Detwiler, Gavin Arucan, Chandelle Oliver, and Mia Clause.