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Today’s HIFF highlights

All showings at Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theaters in Iwilei:

» "11/4/08" (11 a.m., Real Life): Director Jeff Deutchman collected footage of the 2008 presidential election from friends who voted and people around the world who waited, watched and talked about the possibility of Barack Obama’s historical win.

» "First Love" (4 p.m., Surf Cinema): Three teenage girls who live on Philip Island near Melbourne, Australia, train and hope to carve careers in professional surfing in hopes of competing in Hawaii and on the world circuit.

» "Holding Fast the Dream" (5 p.m., Made in Hawaii): A documentary on the history of African-Americans in Hawaii. Along with the short "Out of Infamy: Michi Nishiura Weglyn."

» "Blue Valentine" (6 p.m., Gala Presentation): Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in this Sundance Film Festival favorite that is a portrait of a disintegrating marriage.

» "I Wish I Knew" (6 p.m., Halekulani Golden Orchid Documentary Award winner): A documentary/fiction hybrid that examines the history of Shanghai as viewed from the present.

» "Welcome to the Space Show" (7:15 p.m., Asian Showcase: Spotlight on Japan): This feature-length, family-friendly anime movie is about five schoolchildren at a village summer camp who, while searching for a lost rabbit, end up saving the life of a doglike alien named Pochi. The alien rewards them with an interstellar journey.

» "To Live & Ride in L.A." (8:15 p.m., Green Screen): A documentary about fixed-gear bike enthusiasts who travel down the busy streets and back alleys of the sprawling city.

» "A Somewhat Gentle Man" (10 p.m., EuroCinema Hawaii): Stellan Skarsgard stars as a small-time criminal released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence who is torn between either returning to his former life or starting a new one with his son and his pregnant wife. (Also screens 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.)

Also screening today, encore showings of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" (10 a.m.) and "Leonie" (10:30 a.m.).

Call 792-1577 or visit www.hiff.org.

 

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