![]() If you purchase one of the packages offered it includes a day pass to what I like to consider a historical/cultural theme park on all things Polynesians. Jonas Weitzel and some of the cast members of Meta Hawaii at the film premier on May 14, 2022.No visit to Hawaii is complete without a visit to a luau (traditional Hawaiian dinner)… this time around we decided to head to the Polynesian Cultural Center. And that is where you find peace and you find yourself and are able to live life to the fullest,” said Hull. “I think to me, the message was about really being able to find yourself and find the things that you love and get away from all the crazy stuff in the world. “I just want to mention that it is supposed to be edifying, beautiful and uplifting for everybody.”īritni Hull, a junior majoring in biology with an emphasis in marine biology from California, said she participated in the filming. He explained the scenes, sequences, images, and sounds in the movie are all inspired by the real-life beauty found in Hawaiian nature. He explained he reflected on the idea of someone submerging into this digital world and getting distracted from things that matter most in his film “Meta: Hawaii.”Īfter going through all the challenges and arriving here in Hawaii from Europe, he said, “I’ve never seen anything like it. “The is no longer just a device, but it has really our identity,” said Weitzel. He explained how during his travels in the United States, he found his iPhone as an object that provided him a sense of security, a safe place he knew super well, like a “back pocket.” He described his experience as, “I felt like I didn’t have my home in some sense.” Having travel restrictions between borders, he said he and his wife moved around between five to six Airbnbs and hotels before eventually arriving in Hawaii. Due to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, his plan to move to Hawaii right after getting married to Freedom Weitzel was discouraged, he explained. ![]() Weitzel said he developed the story from his journey of coming to Hawaii and his relationship back then with his iPhone. Glasses that actors wore in the short film, Meta Hawaii The short film looks at the questions, “Would you spend all day in virtual paradise? Which adventures would you go on? What kind of person would you be? Would you even want to go back to reality?” according to Weitzel’s official website. ![]() The actors and actresses in the film, including Polynesian Cultural Center Senior Cultural Ambassador Kap Te’o-Tafiti, as well as friends, students and families of the performers, attended the premiere. Weitzel, a sophomore majoring in communications from Germany, held a premiere at the McKay Auditorium for his short film, “Meta: Hawaii,” on May 14, 2022. It has been selected for the Best Student Short Finalist category in the Brazil New Visions Film Fest and will be screened in Los Angeles this year in the Independent Shorts Awards as a finalist, says the page. ![]() "The idea … that you are so involved with your social presence …everything that you do… is kind of your own world, a virtual world."Īs of July 15, 2022, the short film has already been selected for six different international film festivals, according to its official Instagram page. During a question and answer session following the premiere of "Meta: Hawaii," regisseur and BYU–Hawaii student Jonas Weitzel shared his project was inspired by the relationship with digital devices.
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