Hawaii gets 'Horse' after all
Helmer Wagner reinstates pro-Tibetan pic
"Windhorse" director Paul Wagner this weekend notified festival officials that he will let his 97-minute anti-Chinese-government film be shown during the Nov. 6-19 event.
Wagner pulled the movie about Tibet's political problems with China when fest officials removed "Windhorse" from a top award competition, the Golden Maile, for fear of reprisals by the Chinese government.
China earlier this year denounced "Windhorse," and had threatened officials of at least two other film festivals -- Washington, D.C., and Toronto -- that they would prevent scheduled Chinese films and filmmakers from appearing at the events.
Then rumors recently reached HIFF officials after "Windhorse's" Golden Maile nomination that several Chinese films -- as many as six, including four world premieres -- might be pulled by the government if the film was shown here or nominated for a major award, said exec director Christian Gaines.
