 SCREENING INFORMATION: Admission: FREE Screening: Saturday, April 30, 2016 | Time: 12:40PM | University Of Guam Fine Arts Theatre Directly following the screening there will be a Question and Answer session followed by a DVD raffle Giveaway. The Q and A Panel will consist of: Rufina Mendiola: Producer/Writer/Head of Chamorro Studies DOE Toni Ramiriez: Cultural Advisor/Writer Myracle Mugol: Director of Live Action Sequence Ronald J. Pereira: Music and Live Action Audio Animation (Family, Youth, Culture) | Guam/Hawaii 2015 | 42 min.
Synopsis: Based on a beloved classic Legend from the island of Guam, ‘Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan’ tells the story of how a young Chamoru girl finds the strength, wisdom, and courage to lead the women of Guåhan (Guam) into battle against a giant creature from the Marianas trench that is devouring their island home. ‘Maisa’ is the first animated film to feature the endangered indigenous Chamorro language of Guam. For this film cultural and language experts worked diligently on bringing the language back to its historical pre contact era. Official Website: www.twiddleproductions.com Production Crew and Cast CREW: Michael Q. Ceballos, Director/Executive Producer/Art Director/Animator | Ty Robinson, Executive Producer/Editor | Rufina Mendiola, Executive Producer/Writer | Ronald T. Laguaña, Executive Producer/Writer | Jimmy S. Teria, Executive Producer/Writer | Toni Ramirez, Cultural Advisor/Writer | Matthew Kawika Ortiz, Co Art Director/Storyboards/Background Designer | Bryson Watanabe, Screenplay CAST LIVE ACTION: Therese “Ewy” Taitano (Nȧnan Biha) | Maria Taitano Calvo (Maisa) | Zachariah Taitano Calvo (Nåpu) CAST ANIMATION: Kihya Martinez (Maisa) | Vance G.C. Camacho (Maga’lȧhi A’ot) | Vincent San Nicolas (Asinan) | Zina San Nicolas Ruiz (Maga’håga Hesna)
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 Ola Nā Iwi: Hāloa
“You ask me. Who are you?” This is Exciting! Our short film animated film Ola Nā Iwi: Hāloa was one of the films selected to represent Hawai’i at this years Festival of the Pacific Arts which will be hosted in Guam. The Festival of the Pacific Arts happens every four years and this year will include artists and practitioners from 27 island nations. We were blessed during the creation of Ola Nā Iwi: Hāloa to have collaborated with such an amazing group of people and organizations like The Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge Community Engagement Grant, the Children of Kahaluu Elementary, Kamehameha Schools Visual Art Dept, The Children of Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau LPCS (Laboratory Public Charter School) as well as our artists, animators and voice actors. We are especially excited that once more the amazing voices of Keoni Kuoha, Kaleilehua Maiho and especially the amazing Kumu Hula Leina'ala Heine who chanted the Kumulipo portion of the film will be heard once more at such an important venue. For more info on the production of Haloa check out our link here: http://haloa.twiddleproductions.com/index.html For more info on the Festival of the Pacific Arts go to: https://festpac.visitguam.com  We are excited to announce that Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guahan will be screening at the University of Guam, Guam International Film Festival 2016 Spring Local Showcase. Once again congratulations to the entire team!  SCREENING INFORMATION:
Admission: FREE Screening: Saturday, April 30, 2016 | Time: 12:40PM | University Of Guam Fine Arts Theatre (Scheduled Q&A immediately following the screening) Animation (Family, Youth, Culture) | Guam/Hawaii 2015 | 42 min. Synopsis: Based on a beloved classic Legend from the island of Guam, ‘Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan’ tells the story of how a young Chamoru girl finds the strength, wisdom, and courage to lead the women of Guåhan (Guam) into battle against a giant creature from the Marianas trench that is devouring their island home. ‘Maisa’ is the first animated film to feature the endangered indigenous Chamorro language of Guam. For this film cultural and language experts worked diligently on bringing the language back to its historical pre contact era. http://www.guamfilmfestival.org/maisa-the-chamoru-girl-who-saves-guahan/  We are excited to announce the Hawaii Premiere of Maisa! Congratulations to the cast and crew who worked so hard to create this film and a big Mahalo to the Doris Duke Theater for making this event a reality. :)
Check out the info below http://honolulumuseum.org/events/films/15683-maisa Showtimes: Sunday May 29 01:00 PM Location: Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art 900 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96814 This is a free but ticketed event. Please RSVP via the "Purchase Tickets" button above. Based on a Chamoru legend, Maisa tells the story of a girl who finds the strength to lead the women of Guåhan (Guam) into battle against a giant creature.from the Marianas trench that is devouring their island home. This is the first animated film to feature the endangered Chamorro language of Guam. For this film cultural and language experts worked diligently to bring the language back to its historical pre-contact era. The Honolulu production and creative team at Twiddle productions Inc. worked hand in hand with the DOE Chamorro Studies department in Guam as well as cultural and language experts. Bringing an endangered language to life One of the production’s goals was to highlight Chamorro. In 2000, the Spanish Census showed that fewer than 20 percent of Chamorros living in Guam speak their native language fluently and a vast majority were over the age of 55. Working with Chamorro cultural and language experts in Guam, Ceballos and his team removed all the Spanish and English-influenced words for the animated section of the film. See the trailer https://vimeo.com/146631622 This is pretty exciting. After quite a few requests we have finally made our short film Ola Nā Iwi: Hā loa available for purchase! Check it out at the link below! http://twiddleproductions.com/store/p1/Ola_Nā_Iwi%3A_Hāloa_DVD.html  |
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