Maui film festival line up
June 16-20 2004

FAMILY FILMS:
TWO BROTHERS (Opening Night at the Celestial Cinema. Keiki under 6 FREE)

THE BLUE BUTTERFLY (William Hurt stars in this family drama shot in the jungles of Central America)

FARTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE (A blind mountain climber takes on Mt. Everest -- spectacular!)

ROMANTIC COMEDY:

DANNY DECKCHAIR (Sweet unpredictable love story from Australia)

SEDUCING DR. LEWIS (A sleeper hit in Canada about a small town's attempt
to woo a doctor to open a practice)

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS (A sophisticated love story starring Emily Mortimer,
Dan Ayckroyd & Peter O'Toole)

DEAR FRANKIE (Sweet story of paternal love at work)

LOVE ME IF YOU DARE (The comedy hit from France that 's often
described as this year's Amelie)

THE NOTEBOOK (A beautiful heart-tugger based on the Nicholas Sparks novel)

GARDEN STATE (Zach Braff, star of NBC's Scrubs, screen writing and directorial debut.
Big buzz at Sundance)



SURFING, THE OCEAN OR ADVENTURE SPORTS & TRAVEL:

OPEN WATER (No special effects were used to shoot this film about scuba divers
mistakenly left at sea)

JAWS UNDERGROUND (Chris Tronolone's documentary on some of the local heroes of Peahi)

OF WIND AND WAVES: THE STORY OF WOODY BROWN (Never before seen documentary)

POROROCA: SURFING THE AMAZON (Riding a miles-long wave that breaks up the mouth
of the Amazon River)

THE RIDE (Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and the boys newest you-are-there look at
how they push the envelope)


COMEDY:

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Words can't describe this quirky, laugh-your-okole-off
comedy. Follows Open Water)

SAVED! (Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore and others star in this satirical
look at contemporary culture)

FAMILY DRAMA:


THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR (Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger star in this drams
based on the John Irving novel)

EVERYDAY PEOPLE (A look at one day in the life of a restaurant, whose
employees face a life-changing challenge)

MARIA FULL OF GRACE (Multiple award winning Sundance favorite about
a young woman from Columbia)

MUSIC:

270 MILES FROM GRACELAND (Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Neil Young, Bela Fleck
& More in concert at Bonnarro)

CONCERT FOR GEORGE (Clapton, McCartney, Ringo, Petty and Ravi
celebrate George Harrison's life and music)

FESTIVAL EXPRESS (Janis Joplin, The Greatful Dead, The Band and more in concert
in Canada in 1970. All new)

METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER (Inside the studio as Metallica records
their new album)


POLITICS, INDIGENOUS CULTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT
or WORLD EVENTS:

AFRICA MASHARIKI NAFSI: THE SOUL OF EAST AFRICA (Image and Music tour of disappearing wildlife)

THE ELEPHANT MAN (Documentary of the 30 year long relationship between an
elephant and his caretaker)

THE FUTURE OF FOOD (the pro, and mostly con, of the industrialization of modern farming and GMO issues)

GO FURTHER (Woody and Laura Harrelson & Friends journey down the West Coast
in a naturally powered bus)

MAUNA KEA: TEMPLE UNDER SIEGE (Hawaiian concerns about the astronomical
observatories on the Big Island)

MENDING THE SACRED HOOP (The Lakota Nation's myths and legends
are explored. Viggo Mortenson & U2)

PARALLEL LINES (The most insightful documentary yet on the impact of 9/11 on the soul of America.

PEACEABLE KINGDOM (The reality of how animals are raised in this country seen thru awakened eyes)

SEEDS (Teenagers from the Middle East experience each other without their parents
at a unique summer camp)

UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS (Documentary of Vagina Monologues Creator Eve Ensler)

THE YES MEN (Two activists pose as members of the World Trade Organization with hilarious results)

PERSONAL GROWTH & HUMAN POTENTIAL:


THE GREAT YEAR (Are the rise and fall of civilizations are determined by
the cosmic cycle of planets and stars?)

KUMBH MELA: SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA (2,000 year old -- 70,000,000 people big -- pilgrimage in India)

PROTEUS (Visually stunning ode to artist/scientist Earnest Heckel -- who inspired Darwin and Edison)