Fireworks Logo

Latest Shorts...

  • Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
  • I Don't Need a Reason
  • Co-Pilots
  • Skin to Skin
  • Delta
  • Fruity
  • Remembering His Touch
  • Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other
  • No Strings Attached
  • Little One
  • Ismay - 'Stranger in the Barn'
  • Chappell Roan: Casual
  • Worst Date, Best Date
  • My Condolences to Your Future Lovers
  • What I'm Hiding from You...
  • I Know Two Boys
  • Halfway
  • Cursive
  • Safety State
  • YDHTLM: You Don't Have to Like Me
  • Happy Valentine's Day
  • Autoficker (Die)
  • Thinking About Your Dad
  • For the Ones Stuck at Home
  • In a Hole
  • Maika Küster: Wtchsong
  • Closet Combat
  • Out of the Corner of Our Eye
  • Pride is not available in your region
  • Cul Riculum Vitae
  • Batter My Heart
  • 13 grammes
  • Frisky Business
  • Pacemaker
  • Ausência
  • Best Wishes
  • Bro
  • Camderina Diner (The)
  • Other Side of Clean (The)
  • altSHIFT Volume One

Aikane

Country: United States, 14 mins

  • Director: Dean Hamer, Daniel Sousa, Joe Wilson
  • Writer: Dean Hamer
  • Producer: Daniel G. Karslake, Judith Light, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

CGiii Comment

Dean Hamer & Co. continue to animate the legends of the Pacific islanders...long may they continue to do so.

Like all legends, fantasy and imagination reign supreme. Tolerance and acceptance are also floating around.

It's just a lovely film.


Trailer...

AIKANE Trailer from Daniel Sousa on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. When the octopus who rescued him transforms into a handsome young man, they fall in love and an epic adventure begins.