Academy for Creative Media – University of Hawaiʻi System News

UH West Oʻahu’s Sumiye selected for prestigious filmmaking fellowship

January 17, 2019

Sumiye is one of a dozen filmmakers who were selected for the 18-month Firelight Documentary Lab fellowship and hopes to finish A Paradise Lost, her first feature-length documentary.

Construction on Academy for Creative Media building at UH West Oʻahu begins

January 11, 2019

Work on the $33.3 million, two-story building is scheduled for substantial completion in June 2020, and will be the seventh structure built on the Kapolei campus.

Disney’s Moana in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to be available to schools across the state

November 27, 2018

Moana will be distributed to schools across the state as the culminating act of a year-long production that strives to encourage students to learn the Hawaiian language.

Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds merges science, education, music and art

November 5, 2018

Hawaiʻi students had the opportunity to see and hear the diversity of Hawaiʻi’s native birds as well as feel the loss of extinction and the urgency for conservation at the Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds.

Hawaiian language Moana premieres

June 13, 2018

Cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Disney’s Moana, including Auliʻi Cravalho, walked the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on June 10, 2018.

Contract awarded for Academy for Creative Media building

June 6, 2018

The base contract for the UH West Oʻahu building was awarded to local contractor Kiewit Building Group and local architect firm Next Design.

Raising awareness of Hawaiian forest birds through art and music

May 15, 2018

The Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds is a multidisciplinary effort to educate elementary and secondary students on Oʻahu about Hawaiʻi’s endangered native bird species and the importance of conservation efforts.

Disney’s Moana to make world premiere in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at Ko Olina’s World Oceans Day

May 1, 2018

Hawaiʻi’s Auliʻi Cravalho and cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana will walk the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 10, at Ko Olina Resort.

President’s April 2018 highlights and updates

April 19, 2018

Highlights include debt free college proposal, Hawaiʻi Promise bill, UH nominees for Governor's awards and more.

Koʻolau Creative Media Conference engages students and local professionals

April 16, 2018

The conference features speakers and will culminate with the annual Windward CC Pueo Literary and Art Journal book launch and a student film showcase.