Local Sightings 2022 - He Hawai’i Au w/ Artist Spotlight: Kanani Koster

Recipients of Artist Fund Re:Imagine Sustainability Grants

Award-winning filmmaker Kanani Koster on reclaiming nostalgic tropes and aesthetics for diverse audience members who've historically been left off-screen.

Come hit the streets with Any Oregon Sunday for its Passport Fundraiser Ride! Start the day at See See Motor Coffee Portland

An online gathering of regional filmmakers holding conversations around COVID-19.

The third annual Outdoor Adventure Film Grant – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” (OAFG20) announces the winning application – “On Any Oregon Sunday.”

Despite the current, global situation with the advance of Covid-19, we feel good about being able to award this grant to a small team of independent filmmakers, Kanani Koster, Janie Faison and Tiffany Lindquist, as in a small way it is helping enable this winning team to be able to work on this worthwhile project.

Kanani Koster is a hapa (Japanese/Hawaiian/White) Director, writer, and producer. Listen along as we discuss her proof of concept short, "Aidia", Netflix's Bird Box, and race in film.

Tonight’s program will be a group show of locally-produced horror films just in time for Halloween! Monstrous Femme Films helped us curate a night of spooky, scary, and witchy work by a diverse lineup of filmmakers. These movies explore social, internal, and technological anxieties, twisting the expectations of the genre to explore modern conceptions of fear.

“But the cowboy and Indian trope has long been entrenched in the American cinematic landscape is negative, Koster said, where Native Americans are portrayed as whooping, killing bands intent on targeting innocent pioneers. She was determined to clarify the actual story of the West.

“Antioch also is where I really had a chance to build a community of like-minded artists around me where we could support one another. I think that’s what I am most excited for in creating this film. Each chapter is written by a different person to help tell that history and story. I think films would be a lot more authentic and successful if directors and producers took a step back and made room for others to contribute in the pre-production process. I’m hoping I do just that with “The New Frontier!””