In the spring of 2005 students from The Art & History of Film (Hawaii Baptist Academy's introductory film course) and HBA's Student Council hosted the first HBA Film Festival. Held in the Stan Sagert campus cafeteria, the event was initially called Coffee House, and featured both movies and a musical performance.
Since that time the event has continued to grow. In need of a larger venue for the films, the festival was moved in 2007 to the Dan Kong Middle School campus. In 2011 the festival officially became the Hawaii Baptist Academy Arts & Film Festival (HBAAFF) and added art exhibits, a handbells concert and more.
Upon the completion of HBA's Arts & Sciences Building in 2014, the festival was moved back to the high school campus and expanded to include science exhibits, food trucks, and musical performances.
Many of the films that first screened at HBAAFF and art that has been displayed here have gone on to win awards, screen at the Hawaii International Film Festival Student Showcase, or been broadcast on Olelo. The recent films have earned pages on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com).
In order to continue to fulfill Hawaii Baptist Academy's Mission and Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs) HBAAFF was an online event during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In the spring of 2022 HBAAFF returned to the HBA campus as a live event, (though the HBAAFF website will continue to host select galleries and films).
Regardless of how people have enjoyed HBAAFF over the years it has always been an event that cultivates community and celebrates the good things that God has given people to do.
The Hawaii Baptist Academy Stan Sagert High School Campus is located at 2429 Pali Hwy., Honolulu, HI.
Parking for HBAAFF will be on the high school and adjacent middle school campus. There will be some overflow parking at the Community Church of Honolulu as well. We are expected a large crowd so carpooling is highly recommended.
Hawaii Baptist Academy is a Christian college-preparatory school that equips students spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally, so that they bring honor to God.
Believing Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Hawaii Baptist Academy brings faith and learning together so that we may join God in the formation of people and the transformation of the world. We do this by cultivating these four sensibilities:
Humility is our response to God, and the beginning of understanding. In awe and with gratitude, we recognize that we are born into God’s creation, which is vast, and into God’s story, which is already in progress.
We cultivate humility by acknowledging the goodness of God and the reality of sin, by taking time to be contemplative, by being open to change, and by knowing that there is and will always be more to learn.
Curiosity is our response to what God has created. With an attitude of wonder, we explore God’s truth through His Word and through His creation.
We cultivate curiosity by asking questions, by seeking opportunities to learn, by trying new things, and by persevering in our quest for answers.
Love is our response to all people in light of God’s love for us. With grace, we live, learn, and play together in community, realizing that God designed us to be mutually dependent.
We cultivate love in community by striving for peace, by eliciting and sharing ideas, by constructively expressing and resolving disagreements, by respecting differences and loving all people, and by asking for and offering forgiveness.
Commitment is our response to God’s plan of restoration. With conviction, we endeavor to carry out God’s purpose by telling His story as we work toward the common good.
We express our commitment by speaking truth and taking responsibility, by caring for God’s creation, and by using our talents and resources to work toward the good of humanity.
Below are a list of HBA student films that screened at HBAAFF over the years. Many of the films that first screened at HBAAFF and art that has been displayed here have gone on to win awards, screen at the Hawaii International Film Festival Student Showcase, or been broadcast on ʻŌlelo. Some of the recent films have also earned pages on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com).
Aliens to Friends
Animation Class1
CGI Shorts
The Chase
Different1
Don't Litter
Don't Vape for Stress
Finding Hope1
The Making of Finding Hope
Perpetual
Phone vs. Future
Stop Motion Animation
Summer Job1
Talk to Someone, It could Help
We Can't Smile Swimming in a Trash Pile
Agent Rover1
Animation Class
Anole
The Dog I Always Wanted
Don't Be Mean Behind the Screen5
Don't Let Life Pass You By
Don't Stall Call
End Game: The Psychology of Chess
Fight Screen1
Fisherman's Song at Dusk
Golf Grind
Jabberwocky
Just In Time
Nuts, Bolts, & Waffles
Oxygen Low
Animation Class 20221
Cloud
Mixed Media Stop Motions
Pawns
Remember to be Considerate1
The Runaway
The Tourist
What Hula Means to Me
Middle School Basic Filmmaking
Filmmaking in Community Semester 1
Filmmaking in Community Semester 2
How to Videos
How to Make French Crepes
How to Make Hamburger Patties
How to Make Ramen
How to Make a Smoothie
Intro to Filmmaking
The Text
Not Super
Advanced Filmmaking
How to Videos
Basics of How to Build a Gundam
How to Bake a Cake with a G00se
How to Make a 3D Model
How to Make Character Cookies
How to Make Hand Sanitizer
How to Make Pancakes
Documentaries
A Cat’s Life
A Love for Baseball
Quiet Life
Maunawili Falls
Stop Motion
Code Mission: Paper Door
Cornrona Corntine
Cowboy Frog
A Passage to Treasure
Basic & Advanced Mixed Media Stop Motion Animations
Public Service Announcements
Fire Safety
Get Sleep
Reach Out
Storm Water Hero
Animation
Bam! Bam! Crash!1
HBA Intro to Animation 2020-20211
Dramatic Short Films
Manifest It!
Perfect.1
Experimental
Footprint1
Animation Class 20201
An Array of Anecdotes
Beach House
Covid-19 PSA
Filmmaking in Community
Floating Birds
Friendship It's Non-Toxic
Flowers of the Wind
Hawaii
Heart in the Park1
How To: Keep Boredom Away
How to Throw a Football
Life in Covid-191
Memory 27521
Noitalumis
Peanut
Pick Up Your Trash
Poetry in Stop Motion
Quaranteens1
Special Ops: Number 23
Sun Not Smog
The Vindicator
Animation Class 20191
Bossy Betty
Don't Be a Distracted Driver
Don't Disappear
Dreams
Eat Local, Eat Fresh5
Finders Not Keepers
Feel the Beat of the Drum
Get Up and Vote!
Irreversible1
Is a Text More Important Than A Life?
Lazy Mazie
The Music of Erich Zann
Nosy Rosie
Proud Percival
Report It
The Time Vine
To See With Our Hearts
The Wonderful World of Jobs
Animation
Capturing Memories4
Coffee Stain4
Under the Ocean
We Are U.S.1,4
Animation1,4
Eggstreme Eggs4
Food Trekking Episode 1
George Newton: A Passion of Art4
Here with You4
Keep Your Eyes on the Road
Octo1,4
A Poetic/Reflexive Scientific Observation of the Reversal of Entropy1,4
Recycling Everyone Can Do It
Taking Flight
Welcome to Worming4
Wind Ensemble
13 Minutes1,4
An Artist4
Animation1,4
The Choice4
Float Your Boat4
Grandpa's Hands4
Island Tour
Live Aloha
Raynor1,4
Say Something
Taking Notes1,4
Recall1,4
The Deal4
It's Alive4
Analepsis4
Doc-Shoe-Mentary4
Eating Disorders1
The Flower Girl1, 4
Found4
The Green Side of Things4
Know It All4
My Escape
Risen
Roman Entertainment
You Never Win with Meth
The Broken Wristwatch
Coming Home1,4
The Things Unspoken
Soldier1,4
The Bean Hero
Beyond the Halls
Jabberwocky (3D movie)
Meth Kills Dreams3
Between 2 Floors
Finite Frailty
Hulahoops & a Lance
Of Flowers and Cement
Don't Waste Your Time Smoking
Drugs Empty Your Future
Fading Out
How Many Friends Will You Loose to Under Age Drinking?
In the Bag1
Picture Perfect
Thesis
Love Is1
You Can't Escape the Consequences of Under Age Drinking
Be a Hero
Boxed In1,2
Freemail
If you Drink & Drive Will you Face Regret?
Letters and Lockers
Smoking: It's a Mouthful3
Stop the Cycle
The Windows Between
Do Your Best
Don't Walk Alone
Rewind1
Shades of Grey1
Derell
Film Crew
Tomorrow's Promise
What Lingers in the Dark
Footnotes:
1 = Film Screened at the Hawaii International Film Festival Student Showcase
2 = Film won Silver Award in Hawaii State Student Film Festival
3 = Film received HMSA Teen Video Award
4 = Film is listed on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com)
5 = Film won its category in the ʻŌlelo Youth Xchange Student Video Competition