Healing Lahaina

Name: Healing Lahaina
Start: 2025-09-25
End: 2025-11-12
Location: Virtual

Director Laurel Tamayo shares her family’s story through this personal glimpse into the hours, days, and year after the 2023 Lahaina wildfire.

Laurel Tamayo

Laurel is passionate about communicating the climate crisis through film & TV. She is currently the Impact Associate at Rare, supporting writers on integrating climate on screen. She also worked on the Hollywood Climate Summit, the Good Energy Playbook, and was recognized as a climate leader in Film/TV by Forbes.

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Co-Presented by

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Tehya Jennett

Laurel Tamayo, Miriam Tamayo, Kapono Kalua, Jovita Tamayo, Jarrad Kalua, Jona Versola, Jeanne Gonzales, Kiha Kina, Nancy Ooki

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This year, VAFF FESTIVAL, screening programs in person and virtual will be organized into various series in order to better highlight the diverse content in our festival. These Series include Spotlight Series, Documentary Features Series, Narrative Features Series, Westcoast Shorts Series, Canadian Shorts Series, International Short Series, Animation Series, VAFF Industry Insight Series and Special Events.

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