TwoOhSix Picks - 2020 Hawaii International Film Festival

Welcome to TwoOhSix.com's coverage of the 2020 Hawaii International Film Festival. Each year in preparation for the event, HIFF programmers view some 1,000 films and choose an average of 150 features, documentaries and film shorts. From those final selections, I have selected the twenty films that you do not want to miss, Here are the 2020 HIFF TwoOhSix Picks.

18 to Party - Movie Review

The Movie: 18 to Party

The Director: Jeff Roda

The Cast: Alivia Clark, Tanner Flood, James Freedson-Jackson, Oliver Gifford, Nolan Lyons, Sam McCarthy, Ivy Miller, Taylor Richardson, Erich Schuett

The Story: It's 1984 and outside a small-town nightclub, a group of 8th graders gather, grappling with a spate of recent suicides, UFO sightings, their absentee parents, and each other.

Blood Vessel - Movie Review

The Movie: Blood Vessel

The Director: Justin Dix

The Cast: Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke

The Story: Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945, a life raft adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost until a seemingly abandoned German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival.

Let Him Go - Movie Review

The Movie: Let Him Go

The Director: Thomas Bezucha

The Cast: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain

The Story: A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

Scare Package - Movie Review

The Movie: Scare Package

The Directors: Emily Hagins, Chris McInroy, Anthony Cousins, Hillary Andujar, Courtney Andujar, Aaron B. Koontz. Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn

The Cast: Jeremy King, Noah Segan, Toni Trucks, Zoe Graham, Chelsey Grant, Jocelyn DeBoer, Atsuko Okatsuka, Elizabeth Trieu, Lawrence Varnado

The Story: Chad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.