Destin Daniel Cretton’s HISAKO Film Lab hosts a short film screening by Maui youth filmmakers, Aug. 10

The first ever HISAKO Film Lab Short Film Premiere takes place this Saturday, Aug. 10 at Maui ProArts Playhouse in Kīhei. The event will feature the screening of three short films created by local youth filmmakers during a summer film lab. Doors open for the screening at 7 p.m. and the first film will start at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come first served. RSVP at: hisakofilmlab.com/premiere

HISAKO Film Lab is a nonprofit program coming from HISAKO Productions, a company created by Maui-born filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College – Academy For Creative Media, headed by program director Brad Kester. The summer lab program is an advanced filmmaking program that offered an in-depth immersion for motivated high school students eager to elevate their storytelling and production skills in an exciting, project-based environment.

Students received guidance and feedback throughout the process and were joined in-person and virtually by industry professional guest speakers. This year, writers Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks (Shōgun), writers Aaron and Jordan Kandell (Moana), costume designer Joy Cretton (American Born Chinese), hair stylist Christy Tagatac (The L Word), editor Gina Sansom (American Born Chinese), writer/director Ty Sanga (Hō.kūleʻa : Finding the Language of the Navigator), director/producer Stefan Schaefer (Epic Swim Maui), and HIFF programmer Melina Coumas.

More information about HISAKO Film Lab is available at hisakofilmlab.com.