ASOG - HIFF Hawaiʻi
ASOG
an award-winning Filipino feature film about climate change and land grabbing screening at the Hawai'i International Film Festival - one night only on Oct. 21.
HAPA is proud to partner with ASOG! ASOG was presented as a work-in-progress at Cannes in May, in their "Docs-in-Progress" programme. It then had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. The Tribeca programming team praised the film as "Something entirely new... a monument of Trans cinema." In July it won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Screenwriting (International Film) at the 41st Outfest presented by Warner Bros. It has been hailed by The Hollywood Times as "One of the finest Filipino films in recent years."
ABOUT THE FILM
ASOG follows Jaya - a non-binary comedian on their way to a Queer pageant. En route they encounter people on the frontlines of the climate crisis. 100% of the cast members are real Super Typhoon survivors. One of the storylines of the film involves a community in the Philippines who had their land stolen in the aftermath of a Super Typhoon. The film is Executive Produced by Oscar-winner ADAM MCKAY (DON'T LOOK UP!) JOEL KIM BOOSTER (FIRE ISLAND) / and ALAN CUMMING.
Check out these video testimonials from the crowd at our LA premiere at the Director's Guild of America.
More info can be found on ASOG website: here
Nanea Lo, HAPA’s Administrative and Programs Coordinator
Nanea Lo is from Papakōlea, Oʻahu. She is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian). Lo's educational expertise is in community planning and urban planning infrastructures. She is also a podcast host for Native Stories.
Lo is a public servant and serves as the Kona representative for the Oʻahu Burial Council, a commissioner on the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission, sits on the board of the Hawaiʻi Workers Center, and serves on the grant making committee for Hawaiʻi People’s Fund.
Through civic engagement, podcast hosting, and community organizing, Lo advocates for Hawaiian sovereignty, Aloha 'Āina, and feminism on the national and international scale. She has been a part of innovative local and international education and advocacy programs such as Planned Parenthood “National” Storyteller for the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi-Asia Pacific Leadership Program, Native American Political Leadership Program, Kuleana Academy, Young Pacific Leaders, and Peace Scholars. She believes that relationships are the fabric of life and that Aloha ʻĀina is forever.
