Katia Kalei Barricklow is a native Hawaiian independent filmmaker who uses film to uncover forgotten histories, explore the multicultural and multiethnic identity, and challenge the way that we define ourselves. Her previous work, mainly in the realm of documentary, has centred themes of diaspora, assimilation, resilience and Hawaiian history. 

Katia's films have screened at festivals across the U.S. and internationally, including the Hawai'i International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Philadelphia Asian American Film festival, and most recently, the Nikon Film Festival in Paris. Her first film, Longing for Hawai'i, won the Viewer's Choice Award, presented by Comcast XFinity after streaming on the Local Philly channel. 

Katia graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in Filmmaking & Moving Image Arts and studied EICAR (École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation) in Paris.