The Firework Film Festival is a short film festival featuring short movies made by local filmmakers and featuring a filmmaker panel about the motivation behind making the movie and the process that was done to make it. Stay after the filmmaker panel concludes and join us in the lobby for a social and networking mixer.

Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.

Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. Seeing no way out, George considers suicide from the edge of a bridge - but Clarence, his guardian angel, intervenes and shows George what his beloved hometown of Bedford Falls would be like without him. Shocked by what he sees and at the unforeseen circumstances of his absence, George reconsiders and begs Clarence to return him to the problems of the present and the loving community he has fostered throughout his life.

A retired Honolulu man, a WWII veteran and member of the famed 442nd RCT, has visions of a young German soldier which recalls an incident from the war that haunts him still. It is 1999. Tatsuo “Tats” Kaneshiro, a veteran of the famed 442 RCT, is in his 70s and retired in Honolulu, Hawaii. He spends his days doing yard work, entertaining another 442 buddy, and coping with his divorced daughter and his grandson who live with him. But this seemingly routine life masks a secret. Tats suffers from a condition that wasn’t recognized back then, PTSD. Beset by nightmares and visions of a young German soldier, Tats struggles to cope with life while refusing to tell anyone what happened over 50 years ago in a forest in France. Following Tats until the source of his past deed is revealed, "Shikata Ga Nai" is a story of what affected many Nisei veterans - a reluctance to talk about their time in the war. Writer and Director Eric Nemoto is the owner of Yellow Brick Studio, which represents seven creative ventures, one of which, LegacyVision Films, has produced 19 feature length movies (including Shikata Ga Nai) since 2014, and represents 32 movies overall. As a writer, he has written or co-written 153 feature length screenplays (20 produced), and 18 produced stage plays (including Merry Christmas, Roberta, voted best play in Hawaii for the 2007-2008 season). As an actor he has played the lead (or appeared in a supporting role) in seven movies, had featured roles in the TV series Lost and Hawaii Five-O (recurring role of prosecutor James Chen), and has received two Po’okela Awards (Hawaii’s Tonys) for excellence in stage acting. As a director he has directed 16 movies and 11 stage plays. He is the founder and president of TAG – The Actors’ Group, one of Honolulu’s finest community theatres established in 1993, is the developer of All Hawaii TV, a public Roku streaming television channel dedicated to everything that is Hawaii, and has taught acting for over 30 years. Please stay after the screening for a filmmaker panel Q&A with writer and director Eric Nemoto with film cast and crew.

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day on Sunday, November , for Gardena Cinema's first of three Science on Screen grant-funded events: Red Planet, Green Thumb: Growing Food Against the Odds pairs the Sloan-supported film The Martian with a hands-on exploration of how scientists grow food in environments where traditional farming methods seem impossible. In the film, astronaut Mark Watney must create a functioning garden with severely limited water, soil, space, and supplies. Paul Hudak and Namanpreet Bains of Growing Together Education and a recent high-school graduate will connect Watney’s experiment to innovative growing projects operating across Southern California. Join us for a pre-show activity where you get to harvest lettuce and cilantro, plant your own lettuce and edible flowers in pots to take home! 5pm Lobby open for activities 6pm Presentation 6:30pm The Martian During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney's safe return. Based on a best-selling novel.

The Movie Screeners Club is an ongoing monthly short film festival featuring short movies made by local filmmakers every third Thursday of each month. After the last short film is shown, we have a filmmaker panel about the motivation behind making the movie and the process that was done to make it. Audience members will vote for their top 3 favorite short movies and each month we will announce the winner of the Audience Award. At the end of the year, we will feature each monthly Audience Award winner to vote for the Champion of the Year in December! Stay after the filmmaker panel concludes, join us in the lobby for a social and networking mixer.