Cinema fans gathered at Washington Place Tuesday night for the Hawaii International Film Festival awards ceremony. Voting for the audience choice awards for best narrative, documentary and short film will continue through the rest of the festival. Results will be announced Oct. 24.
2011 Winners
NetPAC Award presented by the Network for Promoting Asian Cinema — “Hanaan” directed by Ruslan Pak
Mahalo Nui Loa Award for promoting film in Hawaii presented by Halekulani — “Hawaii Five-0″
Vision Film Award presented by City & County of Honolulu — Alexander Payne, director of “The Decendants”
Golden Orchid Award for Best Narrative presented by Halekulani — “Patang” directed by Prashant Bhargava
Golden Orchid Award for Best Documentary presented by Halekulani — “Splinters” directed by Adam Pesce
Scenes from the ceremony
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[...] On Tuesday I was at Dole Theatres for an afternoon screening of the dialogue driven “18 Meals.” I then headed over to Washington Place for the HIFF Awards. [...]