Wojciech Voytek Olchowski

Virtual Reality, 360 degrees and short films author and producer. PhD student in Lodz Film School and Film University Babelsberg. Interested in environmental and human rights issues. Creator and (...) producer of festival-presented CVR (Cinematic Virtual Reality) experiences “Sector” (Sehsüchte Festival 2021 Best 360 Film Award) and “Matins by the Bug River”. In 2019 he was collaborating with vnLab in Lodz Film School in creation of presented on Sundance New Frontier 2021 VR erotic poem “Nightsss”. Presently he is shooting a CVR documentary “Inhibitor” about human-nature relations and a CVR film essay about queer sensuality “Sense, Senseless & Sensual”. Creative producer (Wajda School) of more than 100 short films created in international teams. Author of more than 10 short films, which were presented at various international festivals. Media researcher and author of more than 10 peer-reviewed articles about media psychology presented at international conferences. Long-time educator, teacher and media professor. Programmer of VR presentations at festivals. Photographer and creator of many exhibitions. Social activist and long-time development aid volunteer. Selected festivals: Sehsüchte Festival 2021 – Potsdam, Germany (Best 360 Film Award – 5000 EUR production prize), Germany; Ecoperformance Festival 2021 – Sao Paulo, Brazil; Theatre Confrontations Festival 2020 – Lublin, Poland; International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy 2020 – Lodz, Poland; International Festival Butohpolis 2020 – Warsaw, Poland; Lublin Film Festival 2019 – Lublin, Poland; Filmteractive 2019 – Lodz, Poland; FilmFest Dresden 2019 – Dresden, Germany; LGBT Film Festival 2016-2019 – Warsaw, Cracow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Lodz, Katowice, Lublin.