Poi Dogs

New York Premiere

Shorts in Competition: Narrative

| USA | 12 MINUTES | English

Poi Dogs is the story of two Hawaiian teenagers—a tough-acting football football lineman and a guarded tuba player—and their awkward attempts at expressing a budding romantic interest in one another.

Cast & Credits

Directed by

Joel Moffett and Joel Moffett

Joel Moffett has won a Student Academy Award, a Student Emmy Award, and AFI's highest honor, the Schaffner Award. His films have screened in more than 40 festivals, including Cannes and Berlin. My Body received the award for best short at 14 film festivals, and his 2008 short Horsepower won top honors at six.

Director

Joel Moffett

Producer

Mark Wolf

Music Supervisor

John Signor

Primary Cast

Anela Manu, Toa Smith

Executive Producers

Thomas Takemoto Chock, Paulo Kobayashi

Director of Photography

Thomas Takemoto Chock

Screenwriter