The Hawaii International Film Festival debuted in 1981 as a project of the East-West Center, an educational and research institution created by U.S. Congress and located on the University of Hawai..i Manoa campus in Honolulu. Since then, HIFF has been dedicated to the advancement of understanding and cultural exchange among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and North America through the medium of film. The first HIFF screened seven films from six countries to an audience of 5,000. Today, it is a state-wide event and the only one of its kind in the U.S. It has more than one dozen screening sites on six Hawaiian Islands and draws an audience of 65,000 or more from around the state, the nation and throughout the world.
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