Ciara Lacy

Ciara Leina`ala Lacy is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose Native Hawaiian identity drives intimacy and authenticity through her work. Her films have been shown at Sundance and Berlinale as well as on platforms including Netflix, PBS, ABC, Al Jazeera, and the Criterion Collection. She has also consulted for Ubisoft and Pixar, among others. Notably, she is the inaugural Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellow and her work has been supported by Sundance, Tribeca, the Princess Grace Foundation, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, Pacific Islanders in Communications, and Firelight Media. Ciara holds a BA in Psychology from Yale University, which deeply informs her process as someone looking to excavate truth and emotion to better understand what it means to be human. Her latest Oscar-qualifying animated short, The Queen’s Flowers, Executed Produced by the voice of Moana and Moana 2, Auli’i Cravalho, has shown at nearly 50 festivals around the world and has won over a dozen awards. Ciara is currently adapting a graphic novel for the big screen and writing an original comedic half hour pilot. She holds a BA in Psychology from Yale University, which deeply informs her process as someone looking to excavate truth and emotion to better understand what it means to be human. Whether the content she is working on is live action or animated, documentary or fiction, short or feature length, Ciara aims to craft stories that feel immediate, personal, and revelatory.
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ABOUT Lucky We Live Hawaiʻi

Lucky We Live Hawaiʻi is a feature documentary connecting current stories of Native Hawaiian displacement with historical underpinnings to unearth the roots of white supremacy still impacting Native Hawaiians today. Through this approach, we illuminate connections between past and present, birthing a new vision of Native Hawaiian self-determination and power.

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