Maui Film Festival

Actress, writer, rapper and musician, Awkwafina will receive the 2019 Maui Film Festival’s Shining Star Award.

Actor Paul Rudd, who currently stars in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, will receive the Nova Award at the 2019 Maui Film Festival. 

The Maui Film Festival has wrapped its nineteenth year of cinema-under- the-stars with special awards this year going to Amber Heard and Nick Robinson.

Actress Amber Heard is in the national spotlight right now for an upcoming movie, and she’s been honored as the Shining Star at the Maui Film Festival this year. She shares her candid thoughts with Kiaora Bohlool in this interview.

Actor Nick Robinson was honored as the 2018 Rising Star, and shared some thoughts with Maui Now’s Kiaora Bohlool at the Maui Film Festival in this video.

A special “Toes in the Sand” Cinema, takes place at 8 p.m. tonight, Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Wailea Beach, fronting the Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea. The community screening is FREE and open to all.

VIDEO: Here’s a look at your weekend weather forecast with Meteorologist Malika Dudley along with impromptu interviews with moviegoers at the Maui Film Festival Celestial Cinema in Wailea.

Entering its much anticipated nineteenth year of cinema-under-the-stars, the 2018 Maui Film Festival announced its full lineup of honorees, screenings and special events happening June 13-17, 2018 in Wailea.

The 19th annual Maui Film Festival will take place from June 13 to 17, 2018 at the Wailea Resort. A full schedule of events and screenings was released including the lineup of three tasting events: the Taste of Summer Opening Night Twilight Reception, Taste of Chocolate and Taste of Wailea.

The 19th annual Maui Film Festival will take place from June 13 to 17, 2018 at the Wailea Resort. A full schedule of events and screenings was released, including the lineup for the popular Celestial Cinema (listed below), which will be set up at the Wailea Gold and Emerald Golf Course.

The 19th annual Maui Film Festival will take place from June 13 to 17, 2018, at the Wailea Resort. The schedule of events and screenings includes a lineup at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 15, 16 and 17, 2018.

Nick Robinson will receive the 2018 Maui Film Festival Rising Star Award. Robinson was most recently seen starring as the title character in Fox 2000’s Love, Simon, directed by Greg Berlanti.

Amber Heard will next star as “Mera” in James Wan’s Aquaman, opposite Jason Momoa.

You may recognize Karen Gillan from her role as “Nebula” (which she will reprise in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2″), but she is also a first-time director and all around sweetheart. Maui Now’s Malika Dudley interviewed the statuesque 5’11” actor at this year’s Maui Film Festival where she accepted the “Rising Star” award for being…

Malika Dudley LIVE from the Celestial Cinema at Maui Film Festival for Kuleana – movie world premiere! Director, writer, Brian Kohne introduced the movie, the cast and spoke about making the film right here on Maui. With the exception of 2 or 3 people, all cast and crew was from Hawaii. Kohne invited anyone who was involved with the making […]

Malika Dudley interviewed Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely at the Maui Film Festival. Pierce received the “Pathfinder Award” while director Keely screened “Poisoning Paradise” at the…

Malika Dudley interviewed Maui Film Festival “Shining Star” Award honoree Freida Pinto at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea last night. Find out why Maui is her…

Emmy-nominated actor, Connie Britton, chatted with Maui Now’s Malika Dudley yesterday before accepting the Navigator Award at the Maui Film Festival’s Celestial…

The 18th annual Maui Film Festival takes place this week. In addition to films, the event features a lineup of Filmmakers Panels on Saturday, June 24, 2017.

The “Toes in the Sand” Cinema, taking place at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, at Wailea Beach, is a free community screening, open to all.