Network for the Promotion of Pacific Island and Asian Cinema
Celebrating films, stories, voices, and communities
NETPAC Award at the 2025
Hawai’i International Film Festival
KŌKĀ, directed by Kath Akuhata-Brown, was selected by the jury for “its magical and moving intergenerational journey of healing and reconciliation through language, culture and community.”
Fallout in pre-production
NETPAC/USA President and filmmaker Vilsoni Hereniko is currently working on his next production, Fallout, a short film about a Marshallese man haunted by memories of nuclear testing. The man struggles to free himself from personal trauma in one transformative day during Easter.
In Memoriam:
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
As one of the founding board members of NETPAC/USA, the executive director of the Pacific Rim Film Festival in Santa Cruz, and accomplished writer and friend, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston left an indelible legacy that inspired the next generations of Asian American writers and filmmakers to share their own stories.