Kapaemahu Qualifies for Oscar Nomination with Grand Prize Award at Spain’s Animayo Festival

Hawaiian short “Kapaemahu” took home the 15th Animayo Gran Canaria International Grand Jury Award and the chance to vie for the Academy Award’s short list of qualifying animated shorts. Written, directed and produced by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, “Kapaemahu” means stones of life in native Hawaiian and narrates the legend about four dual-spirit individuals who brought the healing arts of Tahiti to Hawaii, vesting their powers on four giant rocks, still revered to this day.