Description
Original Airdate08/21/2026
Showcasing rarely seen Pacific stories, centring Indigenous culture, identity, and community; these films highlight climate crisis leadership, displacement, resilience, and urgent environmental change.
Future of Film: Pacific Island Film Festival
Where to watch Future of Film: Pacific Island Film Festival
- Included with AMC+ on Spectrum TV, through Aug 14, 2027
Related To Future of Film: Pacific Island Film Festival
Season 1
5. Hawaiian Soul
Air Date 08/21/2026
Hawaiian Soul tells the story of George Helm, a gifted musician and activist whose voice helped spark the Hawaiian Renaissance; the film traces his journey from childhood to his fight to protect Kahoʻolawe from US Navy bombing.
4. The Arrangements
Air Date 08/21/2026
Three Micronesian boys in Hawaiʻi prepare for a friend's funeral while searching for his hidden treasure; set in a Honolulu public housing community, the film explores grief, friendship, resilience, discrimination, and Pacific Islander youth.
3. In Exile
Air Date 08/21/2026
Exploring the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Pacific through the Marshallese community in Arkansas, connecting the forced displacement from Bikini Atoll in 1946 to the ongoing trauma, remembrance, and resilience felt generations later.
2. Aikane
Air Date 08/21/2026
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls deep into a mysterious underwater world; everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.
1. Hafekasi
Air Date 08/21/2026
Mona is a 10-year-old Tongan-Australian girl who begins to realize she's different to her single, white mum and family; both mother and daughter navigate identity and belonging in Melbourne suburbia during the 90s.