Alika Tengan is a Hapa Hawaiian/Asian filmmaker based out of Honolulu, Hawai’i. In 2017 he earned a mentorship under Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther), who oversaw the development of what would become his short, Mauka To Makai, which was awarded Best Made In Hawai’i Short at the Hawai’i International Film Festival. Alika followed up Mauka with Moloka’i Bound, which premiered at ImagineNative 2019 and won the award for “Best Short Work,” granting them Oscar Consideration for the 2021 Academy Awards and landing the film a home on the Criterion Channel. In December the feature-length script for Moloka’i Bound was selected for the inaugural Indigenous Black List. In 2021 he was asked to be a consultant for HBO’s upcoming Ke Nui Road. His feature length debut Every Day In Kaimukī will have its World Premiere in the NEXT category at Sundance 2022.   

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