Hawaiʻi Worldwide Movie Competition mentors college students, showcases shorts

My Canine Has Fleas. A half Hawaiian younger lady returns from the mainland to her birthplace of Oʻahu solely to be greeted with judgment and disgrace.

College students from the College of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Academy for Creative Media (ACM) within the College of Arts, Languages and Letters are strolling away from the forty second annual Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF) with invaluable classes. From presenting their filmmaking chops to working behind the scenes at HIFF, ACM college students gained priceless experiences on the world-renowned movie pageant this November.

HIFF chosen six ACM UH Mānoa scholar shorts to showcase in HIFF’s University Shorts program which included animation, drama and even a musical. The brief movies have been made out there for on-line screenings throughout the globe.

• My Canine Has Fleas, directed by Justin Pascua
• Kites, directed by Debbie Kwon
• Look Up To The Stars, directed by Florence Jane Andres
• Residence, directed by Jiwoo Lee
• Cringe Child Kyle: The Musical, directed by Ian Severino
• TALA, directed by Justin Ocampo

Insider’s view

This fall, an inaugural UH Mānoa ACM course additionally launched college students to totally different views of a movie pageant; as contributors, filmmakers and occasion coordinators. The ACM 386 Strategies: Movie Festivals course ready 11 college students to shadow HIFF organizers this 12 months to get an insider’s view of what it takes to placed on the pageant. HIFF allowed college students to take part in areas resembling programming, press, advertising, visitor providers and particular occasions. They have been additionally offered entry to the pageant screenings and occasions which allowed them to take part from an viewers and filmmaker’s perspective.

Associated: Be the film critic, UH Mānoa film students want you, October 2022

Nuts and bolts of the commerce

Six UH Mānoa ACM college students have been additionally chosen to take part in HIFF’s on-line creators and critics immersive program. The brand new personal mentoring alternative pairs college students with skilled critics and content material creators to learn to craft movie criticism texts and achieve perception on logistics, model constructing, sponsorship alternatives and rising audiences. Contributors have been mentored in writing, podcasting, video essays and vlogging. The inaugural program is a reimagining of the Roger Ebert Younger Writers Program.