PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Comcast - XFINITY Filmmaker Spotlight Interview
October 25, 2017
The X1 International destination is featuring “Dear Thalia,” written, directed and produced by Rex Moribe, in the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival collection. Luckily for us, we had the chance to ask Rex about his inspirations and how his Asian-American heritage impacts his films.
World Radio Switzerland - From Hawaii to Switzerland, my first year
February 01, 2018
Saying Switzerland is different from Hawaii is an understatement. Throughout my first year living as an expat, I scribbled down little notes, things that I found interesting or funny or odd. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order, 19 of them.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

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Bernard Badion: Director of “I Won’t Miss You”
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Milton Liu: Writer, director and producer of “I Hate Big Phony”
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Rex Moribe: Director and producer of “Dear Thalia”
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Asiroh Cham: Writer and director of “My Name Is Asiroh”
Xfinity.com
Four Fantastic Filmmakers
Vijay Krishna Mohan was a filmmaker, musician, activist, author, and beloved member of the PAAFF staff who passed away last year after a cycling accident. Starting in 2015 we began giving an award in his name to the film or filmmaker who best embodies Vijay's spirit of transformative change through media.
We felt that Dear Thalia was the most deserving film because of the positive impact it has had in the Martin family's lives, and your film's broader potential for creating dialogue on the many causes of homelessness.
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Vijay Mohan Social Change Award
We were happy to see archival footage used to educate people; films like this breathe life back into the archive and put things into context. A former Sand Island resident was in the audience for one of the screenings and was pleased with the film. Hulo hulo, congratulations Rex Moribe on the premiere and getting the word out about this issue and to the Martin ‘Ohana for opening up your home and personal lives to expose the issue it will make a difference!
‘Ulu‘ulu
Dear Thalia: Archival Footage Featured in HIFF Film
With 181 films being screened over the course of 10 days it’s almost impossible to watch all of the movies at the 2015 Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) in Honolulu. So we looked for all of the films that was made in Hawaii or had a Hawaiian connection so you can have your #myhiffmoment.
Hawai'i Magazine
What to watch at the 2015 Hawaii International Film Festival
For many of the nearly 800 families living in homelessness in Hawai‘i, raising children requires extra effort, sacrifice, and resourcefulness. Without permanent shelter, homeless parents must find creative ways to meet the basic needs of their children. What unique challenges face people raising children in a homeless environment?
PBS Hawaii
What Unique Challenges Face People Raising Children in a Homeless Environment?
It’s a story that has already touched many hearts. After my blog post in March about Dear Thalia: What it’s really like to be homeless, local filmmaker Rex Moribe’s documentary about a 3-year-old living in Kakaako, thousands of people shared Thalia’s plight on Facebook. Now I have some updates.
Frolic Hawaii
‘Dear Thalia’: Update on a film and a homeless family
#DearThalia is heart-wrenching, eye-opening, awe-inspiring, raw and insightful. If you take four minutes out of your day to watch the trailer of the brand new local documentary by my high school classmate Rex Moribe, you will tear up, as I did.
Frolic Hawaii
#DearThalia: What it’s really like to be homeless