Reeling, the striking debut feature by Yana Alliata, is a lyrical and emotionally charged exploration of memory and belonging set against the idyllic family property on Oahus windward side. After a life altering accident, Ryan returns to his familys homestead for a birthday luau,attempting to reconnct with old friends and relatives who now feel like strangers. Amid laughter, music and the glow of torches, burried tensions simmer beneath the surface as Ryan uncovers the secret of when things took a ragic turn.

Reeling peels back the layers of familial expectation, masculine vulnerability, and the cultural pressures of homecoming. With poetic visualsand a haunting emotiona; core, Alliatas film is a poignant portrait of a young man struggling to make sense of who he was and who he might become.

Reeling is executive produced by the singular Werner Herzog.