Christopher Makoto Yogi

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Told in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Told in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Told in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

A meditation session beginning just before dawn and continuing in real time as the sun rises.

Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.

Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.

Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.

Documentary feature about 11-time Jeopardy! champion and Internet iconoclast, Arthur Chu.

Director's statement: "Another sketch in an ongoing look at transitions on Oahu, this time looking at places from my youth: my childhood home, theaters, malls, skate parks, nighttime beach parties, the state mental hospital, summer bon dances."

An audio-visual collage looking at 100 years of Hollywood representation of Hawai'i.

An audio-visual collage looking at 100 years of Hollywood representation of Hawai'i.

Director's statement: "Back home in Hawaii this past summer, the thing that mesmerized me most was the massive amounts of development in the city. This shifting skyline — 22 condos going up in Kakaako alone, I’m told. I’m neither for nor against all this change but I’m not ambivalent either, transitions are always powerful."

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

Living out his last days in the north shore of Hawaii, an old Japanese man is visited by the ghosts of his past.

Living out his last days in the north shore of Hawaii, an old Japanese man is visited by the ghosts of his past.

Living out his last days in the north shore of Hawaii, an old Japanese man is visited by the ghosts of his past.

Living out his last days in the north shore of Hawaii, an old Japanese man is visited by the ghosts of his past.

A minimalist, meditative film centering around an aimless young filmmaker in contemporary Honolulu, and the film he subsequently makes about his home.

After a night of drinking in Los Angeles, Mark and Natalie, two transplants from Hawaii, retire to a friend's apartment where their drunken discussion touches upon notions of art, loneliness, and the inability to communicate.

A young traveler decides to sneak into a bookstore after hours for an overnight stay.