Thank you to directors Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson for joining our moderator and SF programmer, Robert John Torres, in conversation about Kapaemahu for our Shortlisted program. Watch the full Q&A here: youtu.be/nuPTiYO12tU Mark your calendars for #ShortFest2021 June 22-28!

#WATCH: The composing, animation, and powerful storyline of Kapaemahu has earned the film a spot in the race for an Academy Award. #Hawaiinews khon2.com/hawaii-2-holly…

Beautiful work by KumuHina and the #Kapaemahu team!

Variety’s predicted nominees for best animated short film at the #Oscars are... - “If Anything Happens I Love You” - “Kapaemahu” - “Opera” - “Out” - “The Snail and the Whale” bit.ly/3ruNTMM

Gratitude to Jason Momoa for supporting #Kapaemahu & KumuHina with this post on his #prideofgypsies Instagram page. Special mahalos to Thomas Pa'a Sibbett for being the wind in these sails... 💜 #FilmTwitter #FYC #animation #Hawaii #mahu #wontbeerased #RepresentationMatters

"You make me proud to be Kanaka Maoli" Jason Momoa lends his awesum support to KumuHina & the unique Hawaiian animation short film she made her directorial debut in which is shortlisted for an Oscar! Watch the beautiful story of Kapaemahu here: thecoconet.tv/coco-kids/anim…

“Long ago, four beings of androgynous and ambiguous spirit, led by a healer named Kapaemahu, arrived in Hawaii.” A Hawaiian story of healing and aloha has been hidden from history -- un... youtu.be/xUsTAZFMuok via YouTube

Hawaii 2 Hollywood: Kapaemahu makes history in the race for an Academy Award. #hawaii #animation #oscarcontender KHON2 News khon2.com/hawaii-2-holly…

Triple-Oscar-qualifying short film #KAPAEMAHU - Dir. Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu - will screen at Māoriland Film Festival 2021 on March 26, 10am at Māoriland Hub - as part of our Whenua Shorts programme! 🎟 BOOK TICKETS: iticket.co.nz/events/2021/ma… See more ⬇️ maorilandfilm.co.nz/films/kapaemah…

#Kapaemahu: This Animated Short Oscar Contender Is a Transgender, Hawaiian Breakthrough bit.ly/3kUxSNY

Director Hina Wong-Kalu: “I think what’s important about that is Americans suddenly decided that transgender people existed four years ago and started talking about it. And then there was the question of: Should they be tolerated?”

If you haven’t seen the 8-minute animated short #Kapaemahu, it’s pretty spectacular and 100% worthy of the buzz! Plus, we learned something while watching it. Maybe you will too. #Oscars #RepresentationMatters #Animation The Academy vimeo.com/502313188

🌈🎥#NowPlaying: Smothered (US) Directed by Terri Hanauer Hysterical & sobering look at a #gay, #Jewish middle-aged couple, Jason Stuart & mitch hara, trying to salvage their hideous relationship in #therapy hell. They can’t stand each other but can’t afford to get divorced.

It's #TransgenderAwarenessWeek! Ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, the #LQBTQ+ community and its allies come together to help raise the visibility of the #trans community and advocate for their rights. 🖼️: liasis_d (IG)

Why wasn’t Will Smith immediately removed from the #Oscars for assault?

How embarrassing for the Academy. That’s not god Will, it’s your ego

🧵We are excited this article from NBC Asian America celebrates the history of the māhū. A great new children's book (and short film), "Kapaemahu" by KumuHina, Dean Hamer and Joe Qwaves Wilson , opens up this history for young people. Check out the thread ⏬ for more! #teachtruth

"The story of #Kapaemahu is a moʻolelo, meaning both history & legend. Passed down orally f/ generation to generation, moʻolelo preserve ancestral wisdom & provide important lessons about the values, norms, cultural practices of the Hawaiian people." #BishopMuseum #HawaiisMuseum

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