Hoku Uchiyama
@hokuami.bsky.social
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Hoku Uchiyama
@hokuami.bsky.social
· Jan 28
Our poster art for WHITCH! Premiering this March at @sxsw.com !
This treatment by the government should not happen to anyone. And I believe it will happen to more and more of us as the administration feels more emboldened. We’re in this together. Please use your voice.
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This treatment by the government should not happen to anyone. And I believe it will happen to more and more of us as the administration feels more emboldened. We’re in this together. Please use your voice.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Thrilled & honored to have been interviewed by Rua Fay, for her publication, Cinemasters. We chatted about my short film, WHITCH, and working with the great Rosemary Hochschild.
www.cinemasters.net/post/intervi...
www.cinemasters.net/post/intervi...
Interview with Director, Hoku Uchiyama
South by Southwest in Austin, Texas has always been known for its cutting-edge short film programs, showcasing new and talented voices from all around the world. This year's Midnight Shorts program sa...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thrilled & honored to have been interviewed by Rua Fay, for her publication, Cinemasters. We chatted about my short film, WHITCH, and working with the great Rosemary Hochschild.
www.cinemasters.net/post/intervi...
www.cinemasters.net/post/intervi...
Reposted by Hoku Uchiyama
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
“What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
The silencing of Jimmy Kimmel is the most explicit and public attack on free speech that I recall in my adult life.
The 1st Amendment, as I understand it, does not pertain to censorship from individuals, businesses, consumers, or culture; it is about censorship from the government.
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The 1st Amendment, as I understand it, does not pertain to censorship from individuals, businesses, consumers, or culture; it is about censorship from the government.
(1 of 3)
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The silencing of Jimmy Kimmel is the most explicit and public attack on free speech that I recall in my adult life.
The 1st Amendment, as I understand it, does not pertain to censorship from individuals, businesses, consumers, or culture; it is about censorship from the government.
(1 of 3)
The 1st Amendment, as I understand it, does not pertain to censorship from individuals, businesses, consumers, or culture; it is about censorship from the government.
(1 of 3)
WHITCH screened with EVIL DEAD II at the Nuart for Gorgazma’s Creature Features 2 last Friday!
Big thanks to Gorgazma for a hell of a night.
More horror sequels and more horror short films at the Nuart for the next six Saturdays!
(Kris Hamilton in pic2)
Photos by Kurt Kuenne & Anna Mkhikian
Big thanks to Gorgazma for a hell of a night.
More horror sequels and more horror short films at the Nuart for the next six Saturdays!
(Kris Hamilton in pic2)
Photos by Kurt Kuenne & Anna Mkhikian
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
WHITCH screened with EVIL DEAD II at the Nuart for Gorgazma’s Creature Features 2 last Friday!
Big thanks to Gorgazma for a hell of a night.
More horror sequels and more horror short films at the Nuart for the next six Saturdays!
(Kris Hamilton in pic2)
Photos by Kurt Kuenne & Anna Mkhikian
Big thanks to Gorgazma for a hell of a night.
More horror sequels and more horror short films at the Nuart for the next six Saturdays!
(Kris Hamilton in pic2)
Photos by Kurt Kuenne & Anna Mkhikian
WHITCH will screen at the 69th BFI London Film Festival!
#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
WHITCH will screen at the 69th BFI London Film Festival!
#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
#LFF #BFILondonFilmFestival #WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
Is it Halloween yet?
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Is it Halloween yet?
Adam Bolt and I directed this Webby Award winning video for Katy Perry, 5 years ago!
This is BTS from Harleys in Hawai’i.
Choreography, dancing, & chanting: Patrick Makuakāne
Dancer: Kaila DeFries
Animation: Vascolo
Producer: Brian Covalt
Link to video & more credits: youtu.be/aYjHOf6-SmM?...
This is BTS from Harleys in Hawai’i.
Choreography, dancing, & chanting: Patrick Makuakāne
Dancer: Kaila DeFries
Animation: Vascolo
Producer: Brian Covalt
Link to video & more credits: youtu.be/aYjHOf6-SmM?...
August 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Adam Bolt and I directed this Webby Award winning video for Katy Perry, 5 years ago!
This is BTS from Harleys in Hawai’i.
Choreography, dancing, & chanting: Patrick Makuakāne
Dancer: Kaila DeFries
Animation: Vascolo
Producer: Brian Covalt
Link to video & more credits: youtu.be/aYjHOf6-SmM?...
This is BTS from Harleys in Hawai’i.
Choreography, dancing, & chanting: Patrick Makuakāne
Dancer: Kaila DeFries
Animation: Vascolo
Producer: Brian Covalt
Link to video & more credits: youtu.be/aYjHOf6-SmM?...
LA! Come see our movie, “Whitch,” play along side one of the best movies ever made, “Evil Dead 2!”
August 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
LA! Come see our movie, “Whitch,” play along side one of the best movies ever made, “Evil Dead 2!”
WHITCH won the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at POPCORN FRIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL!
Thank you Marc Ferman, jury, and festival team! We are thrilled and honored!
#WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #PopcornFrights #PopcornFrights2025 #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
Thank you Marc Ferman, jury, and festival team! We are thrilled and honored!
#WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #PopcornFrights #PopcornFrights2025 #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
WHITCH won the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at POPCORN FRIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL!
Thank you Marc Ferman, jury, and festival team! We are thrilled and honored!
#WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #PopcornFrights #PopcornFrights2025 #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
Thank you Marc Ferman, jury, and festival team! We are thrilled and honored!
#WhitchFilm #Whitch #Witch #PopcornFrights #PopcornFrights2025 #TreColoriFilms #ShortFilm #film #IndieFilm
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
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August 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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WHITCH screens in Los Angeles at Salute Your Shorts Film Festival this Saturday, 9pm with Block 6!
Tickets: www.saluteyourshortsfest.com/passes-tickets
Tickets: www.saluteyourshortsfest.com/passes-tickets
August 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
WHITCH screens in Los Angeles at Salute Your Shorts Film Festival this Saturday, 9pm with Block 6!
Tickets: www.saluteyourshortsfest.com/passes-tickets
Tickets: www.saluteyourshortsfest.com/passes-tickets
WHITCH creeps up on HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL this weekend!
Join us at the Midnight Madness block on August 10th at 12:00 am (The night of Saturday, August 9th).
Tickets here: hollyshorts2025.eventive.org/schedule/685...
Join us at the Midnight Madness block on August 10th at 12:00 am (The night of Saturday, August 9th).
Tickets here: hollyshorts2025.eventive.org/schedule/685...
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
WHITCH creeps up on HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL this weekend!
Join us at the Midnight Madness block on August 10th at 12:00 am (The night of Saturday, August 9th).
Tickets here: hollyshorts2025.eventive.org/schedule/685...
Join us at the Midnight Madness block on August 10th at 12:00 am (The night of Saturday, August 9th).
Tickets here: hollyshorts2025.eventive.org/schedule/685...
WHITCH rehearsal with Rosemary Hochschild, Alicia Blasingame, and me.
Photo by Kelly King.
Photo by Kelly King.
August 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
WHITCH rehearsal with Rosemary Hochschild, Alicia Blasingame, and me.
Photo by Kelly King.
Photo by Kelly King.
Mari Walker is making a new movie! Super timely and deserving of your support.
So thrilled to bring THE CAMERA to life! This is an incredibly special short film focused on a part of American history that I’ve long been interested in-- the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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THE CAMERA - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
While searching for her lost camera in the desert, Jean reflects on her time in a Japanese American incarceration camp during WWII. At a time when our country must remember the lessons of its past, Jean’s story reflects one of the most fraught times in America’s history.
seedandspark.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Mari Walker is making a new movie! Super timely and deserving of your support.
Call your senators!
The time is long overdue for Congress to stop funding Israel’s illegal and horrific war against the Palestinian people.
The U.S. must not support a government which is starving children.
Tomorrow, I will force votes in the Senate to block the sale of weapons to Netanyahu.
The U.S. must not support a government which is starving children.
Tomorrow, I will force votes in the Senate to block the sale of weapons to Netanyahu.
July 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Call your senators!
WHITCH flies in to @fantasiafestival.com this Saturday!
Presented with the int’l premiere of Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
August 2nd 9:30 pm EST, Montreal, Canada
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/fr/pages/Fan...
Presented with the int’l premiere of Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
August 2nd 9:30 pm EST, Montreal, Canada
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/fr/pages/Fan...
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
WHITCH flies in to @fantasiafestival.com this Saturday!
Presented with the int’l premiere of Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
August 2nd 9:30 pm EST, Montreal, Canada
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/fr/pages/Fan...
Presented with the int’l premiere of Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
August 2nd 9:30 pm EST, Montreal, Canada
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/fr/pages/Fan...
Delighted and honored by this write up at the legendary FilmThreat!
Thank you @jasondelgado78.bsky.social
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Thank you @jasondelgado78.bsky.social
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July 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Delighted and honored by this write up at the legendary FilmThreat!
Thank you @jasondelgado78.bsky.social
filmthreat.com/reviews/whit...
Thank you @jasondelgado78.bsky.social
filmthreat.com/reviews/whit...
Dreams come true! WHITCH is coming to @fantasiafestival.com! Aug. 2nd at 9:30 pm with Queens of the Dead!
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/en/pages/Fan...
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/en/pages/Fan...
July 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Dreams come true! WHITCH is coming to @fantasiafestival.com! Aug. 2nd at 9:30 pm with Queens of the Dead!
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/en/pages/Fan...
Tickets here: fantasiafestival.ticketpro.ca/en/pages/Fan...
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Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.
July 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Millions of Americans will lose healthcare and food assistance. If there is ANY chance your House Rep may vote YES, please call them and tell them to vote NO
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Senate Republicans narrowly pass Trump's 'big, beautiful' spending bill - BBC News
Vice-President JD Vance casts the tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of intense debate, sending the bill back to the House.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Millions of Americans will lose healthcare and food assistance. If there is ANY chance your House Rep may vote YES, please call them and tell them to vote NO
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...