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PUA KA UAHI

6 min 32 sec

Indigenous animated short following Pele, a hot-tempered fire goddess, as she races her rival Kamapuaʻa, the shapeshifting trickster, across the island from Puna to Hilo.

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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MIDNIGHT SHOWING

10 min

Midnight Showing is a wacky animated horror film following Angel, an utterly exhausted movie theatre usher, on the most frightening closing shift of his life. When nobody arrives for a midnight movie premiere, Angel eagerly closes up early, angering a menacing phantom that haunts the theatre.

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Credits

Screenings and Awards

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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

For more information please contact

gavinarucan98@gmail.com

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.

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