HULA GIRL PRODUCTIONS
www.hulagirlproductions.com
Connie was the co-founder/producer of Zang Pictures, Inc. She was Executive Producer for the award winning short, Constructions, which was a juried First Place award winner and Audience Award winner in the short documentary category at the First Annual QSFA 2000 (sponsored by PlanetOut/IFilm.) Constructions, also received recognition among the Best Films of 2001 (short film category) in the Sapphos Movie Awards (Girlfriends Magazine) and the Adam Baran Award for best short film 2001 and recently received distribution by the National Asian American Telecommunications Association.
Ms. Florez produced the digital feature documentary, Ke Kulana He Mahu; Remembering A Sense Of Place, which premiered at the Washington D.C. Asian Pacific American Film Festival, on October 19, 2001 at the Smithsonian Institute; The Hawaii International Film Festival sellout favorite in 2001; and The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival also a sell out favorite in 2002. The National Endowment for the Arts, D.C. (NEA) as a part of their curriculum training Ke Kulana He Mahu, is utilized for the Humanities and Civil Rights Program. Ke Kulana He Mahu was also a recipient of the 2002 Frameline/Horizons Film and Video Completion Award and is currently touring film Festivals from Australia to Berlin and was broadcasted by WNET in New York (PBS) in June 2003. Ke Kulana He Mahu has received notriety from such publications as: Los Angeles Times, Variety Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, AsianWeek, the Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Weekly, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the Chicago Tribune, and director Darren Aronofsky of Requiem for a Dream.
Connie’s recent works include the following: 1) titled, "Ho'oponopono", a short film, as the Director/Producer/Writer and is currently in post-production.
2) titled, Ka ‘Upena Kiloi,a short film, as a Producer/Assistant Director and is funded by Pacific Islanders in Communications-PIC.
Producer for the independent feature film titled, THE PROBLEM WITH BEING..., 16mm currently in post- production. Shot entirely in Hawai'i.
Other work experience as a 2nd2nd Assistant Director for The Fishbowl Project, screenplay by Kayo Hatta, scheduled to air on National Public Broadcast & PBS Hawai’i during the spring of 2006.
Serving the community as a Juror for the Hawai'i Student Festival 2005. http://www.hawaiistudentfilmfestival.org/HSFFGroup_files/FESTIVAL/RULES2B.html
Connie currently serves as a Director of Film Programming for the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival since 2003. Also serving as a current Board Member and former Executive Director for the Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation, a 501c3 organization since 1996. (www.hglcf.org & www.hrff.org)
Connie has served as the Hospitality/Guest Services Coordinator for the Hawaii International Film Festival since 2004.(www.hiff.org)
Ms. Florez's most current work in progress is a feature documentary titled, "The Glades Project", as Director/Producer/Writer. Funding by The Paul Robeson Fund;Hawaii People's Fund-Funding Exchange. Additional funding by Pacific Islanders in Communications-PIC and the Astraea Lesbian Action Fund. For more information and updates go to www.thegladesproject.com
Pre-Production Manager, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON(UK)35mm feature film, 2005. Line Producer/Production Manager, Destination X television series at www.destinationxtv.com
Hula Girl Productions
P.O. Box 11884
Honolulu,Hawaii 96828
Phone:808.561.5749
Fax:808.951.7001