Assistant Professor of Creative Media Wojciech Lorenc
Wojciech Lorenc, UH West Oʻahu assistant professor of creative media, recently won the Best Editing Award for his short film “YouTupolis” at the 2015 Macabre Faire Film Festival. “YouTupolis” is a sci-fi short film about a dystopian future where people live in a city owned by YouTube. “YouTupolis” was honored with several awards in 2015 including the
- Silver Lei Winner, Short Film Competition at the Honolulu Film Awards
- Indie Gold Award, Animation/Sci-Fi Category at the Eureka Springs Indie Film Festival
- Special Selection at the Artemis Women In Action Film Festival and the
- Honorary Mention Award at the Colortape International Film Festival
In addition, “YouTupolis” was accepted to the following juried film festivals in 2015
- Access Code Short Film Festival
- CayFilm: Cayman International Film Festival
- Digitalmation Awards
- The Frederick Film Festival
- Galactic Film Festival
- Global Revolution Festival
- Hawaii International Short Film Festival
- Lake Erie Arts & Film Festival
- Lionshead Film Festival
- Memphis International Film and Music Fest
- Poppy Jasper Film Festival
- Twin Rivers Media Festival
- Underground FilmFest
- Women Underground
Images courtesy of Mellissa Lochman and Wojciech Lorenc