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MOLOKA'I BOUND: Closing Night Screening & Reception

Directed By Alika Tengan

USA | Narrative | 111 min

New York City Premiere

Please join us for the final screening of our 48th Asian American Film Festival, MOLOKA’I BOUND. This screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A, after which we invite you to join us at our closing reception where there will be light bites and a chance to win raffle prizes. More details to follow in coming weeks!

Kainoa De Silva, a wayward Hawaiian man, is on parole and committed to reconnecting with his family. Most important to Kainoa is rebuilding his relationship with his adolescent son, Jonathan, after years of being incarcerated. But acclimating to a normal life in Hawai’i is harder than it seems and Kainoa tends to do all the wrong things for the right reasons. In trying to prove himself worthy of his family and his native heritage, Kainoa’s journey is a story of both reconciliation and redemption.

Event Details

  1. Screening of MOLOKA'I BOUND

    Regal Union Square, Auditorium 14

  2. Filmmaker Q&A

    Regal Union Square, Auditorium 14

  3. Reception

    Downtown Social

This event is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Tickets

    Tickets

      • Date and Time

        Sunday, August 10 2025

        7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

      • Venue

        Regal Union Square - Auditorium 14

        850 Broadway
        New York, NY 10003

      Film Details

      1. Strong language, Violence

      2. English, Native Hawaiian, Pidgin English

      3. English

      4. New York City Premiere

      5. 2023

      6. 111 minutes

      7. Drama

      8. Narrative

      9. USA

        1. Alika Tengan


        Alika Tengan is a Native Hawaiian/Asian American writer-director based out of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. In 2019, his short film MOLOKA'I BOUND won “Best Short” at ImagineNative, granting them Oscar Consideration in 2021. It also inspired a feature-length adaptation which garnered several awards since its premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2024, including Best Made in Hawaiʻi at the Hawaiʻi International Festival and best Narrative Feature at San Diego Asian Film Festival. Alika’s feature-directorial debut, EVERY DAY IN KAIMUKĪ, had its world premiere at Sundance 2022.

        1. Nina Yang Bongiovi

          Jesy Odio

          Chapin Hall

          Alika Tengan

        1. Alika Tengan

        1. Holden Mandrial-Santos (Kainoa)

          Achilles Holt (Jonathan)

          Kawika Kahiapo (Aukai)

          Kalena Charlene (Jessica)

          Kamalani Kapelila (Olena)

          Hale Natoa (Parole Officer)

          Aina Paikai (Ke'ala)

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