‘We Are Aliens’ wins Kau Ka Hōkū Award at Hawai’i International Film Festival

The 46th festival awarded its Kau Ka Hōkū prize, reserved for an international filmmaker’s first or second feature, at a November 1 reception in Waikīkī. The jury praised ‘We Are Aliens’ for its hand-drawn animation and portrayal of childhood cruelty and memory. Zilla Barbosa’s ‘Making the Line’ won best Made in Hawai’i feature, while Justyn Ah Chong’s ‘The Man and the Tree’ took two short-film prizes.