Tech View: Film festival founder mulls isles’ digital media future

Forty-two years ago Jeannette Hereniko founded HIFF — the Hawaii International Film Festival — with the goal of promoting understanding among the people of Asia, America and the Pacific. The film festival has since become a cultural institution. As her husband, filmmaker Vilsoni Hereniko, described it, “HIFF surprised her with a legacy award at their 42nd gala award ceremony at the Halekulani and the packed house gave her an enthusiastic, standing ovation.”