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"The Good Half" director will be feted at the Hawaii festival, which will take place from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 and screen 13 films.

“Maui Film Festival is excited to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, showcasing inspiring filmmaking in the service of compassionate and transformative storytelling. We are delighted to recognize our honoree, director Robert Schwartzman, who has made an exceptional contribution to cinema with his film, ‘The Good Half.’ Our slate is filled with compelling, entertaining, and magical stories that will bring together and inspire our Maui community, which has endured so much this past year in the aftermath of the wildfires,” he said. Universal Pictures’ “The Good Half,” directed by Schwartzman and starring Jonas and Amazon-MGM Studios’ “My Old Ass” are some of the films to be screened at the festival.

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