HIFF pt. 4

Eric already covered the food aspects of yesterday, so I'll give you the chaser--paparazzi pics from Hawaii!


Here's Barry McGee getting recognized by Japanese fans at Leonard's Bakery. Just kidding. It's his Hawaiian doppelganger Jeff using an iPhone to give tourists directions to a restaurant. (FYI, the malasada flavor of the month is mango.)


Jeff flags down skate legend/surfer bro Bo Ikeda on the North Shore. The waves were not pumping at all but the food was still great. Next to some shrimp trucks, I went to a "Food for Thought" truck run by surfers that offered pretty good veggie chili fries.


Not a bathing shoot shot through bushes with telephoto lens. Eric investigates the tide pools. I think this spot was called Shark's Cove. We didn't see any of predators, but there might have been some cougars around.


Later on, we saw a bunch of friends at a HIFF party following the Hawaii premiere of The Heavenly Kings and preceeding the screening of Finishing The Game. Phat (above) was in LMF and now he has new releases coming out with 24 Herbs and Hardpack! Not only that, he and 24 herbs partner and fellow Lazy Muthafucka Kit (below) were camera dudes for The Heavenly Kings. I suggested they make Dan shoot a 24 Herbs movie for them in return, but they don't think he can handle the steadicam.


Josie Ho had to return to Hong Kong to get back to work, but her main man Conroy Chan (of Alive and 24 Herbs infamy) stayed in Hawaii with the guys to protect the house. A good husband makes sacrifices like that.


Roger's fans. Director Justin had to split, so it was up to Roger Fan and Dustin Nguyen to represent Finishing The Game.


It's funny how people travel and then hang out with friends from their hometown. But Dustin Nguyen is always on the road, so we have to catch him whenever we can. It's nice to see that his eye recovered after shooting The Rebel, which shows on Thursday.


Uh oh. I hope the HK press doesn't see this one. Where the heck was Lisa?


Some more random chicks.


Today, we catch three movies including the following: Vicki Zhao playing a taxi triver (The Longest Night in Shanghai), life under Taliban rule (Zolykha's Secret), and everyone's favorite font (Helvetica). Other ones to check out: Justin Lin's Finishing The Game with Roger Fan, and Dustin Nguyen and The Drummer with Josie Ho.