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Winners of the 2024 ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú 'First Look Mixed Media Festival'.
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Oda Wiik designed and won the award for 'Best First Look Poster'.
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ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú student Oda Wiik in downtown Honolulu.
On Monday May 6, ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú held the 2024 "First Look Mixed Media Festival" at Aloha Tower Marketplace. ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú students, faculty, family, friends, cast and crew gathered for a screening of the top films, graphic design, motion graphic, photography and animation projects from the past academic year.
Awardees from this year Festival included:
Best First Look Poster: Oda Wiik
Best Feature Film Screenplay: Dear Dad, Flor Contreras Regalado (Screenwriter)
Best Comedy Short Film: “Merry Go Again”, Ashley Bogushefsky (Writer-Director), Kyella O'Connor, Evan Kaczmarkzyc
Best Adaptation Short Film: “The Servant”, Makayla Kirven (Writer-Director), Flor Regalado, Stig Lapoint
Best Live-Action/Animation Sequence: “Judge a Book” Pirate Scene, Alyssa D’Arpa, Writer-Director, Kaylin-Ashley Bala (Animator), Wisal Silva (Animator), Flor Regalado
Best Experimental Film: “This is a Computer”, Nadine Yearance (Writer-Director)
Best Surreal Film: “Atrapada”, Flor Regalado (Writer-Director)
Best Documentary: “A Conversation with Rob Ian and Francis Palea”, Ian Bressel (Writer-Director)
Best BTS Documentary: “Ready, Set, Action”, Makayla Kirven & Flor Regalado (Writer-Directors)
Best Sports Biography: “Swinging through School: Life of a College Golfer”, Kami Kwong (Writer-Director)
Best Short Film: “Time/Less”, JD Arendt (Writer-Director)
The Festival is sponsored by the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú multimedia cinematic production club, ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú cinematic multimedia arts program, ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú department of arts, communication, language, media, the ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú college of liberal arts, Hawaii Media Inc., Sight & Sound Productions, Island Film Group, Black Sand Productions, Hula Girl Productions, Edge City Films, and Iodice Media.
