This film is sponsored by The Campbell Foundation. The Outdoor/Environmental Features Competition is sponsored by NewSun Energy.<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/4a47b58b2fd0ef75d950b193e68eaea7.jpg" width="139" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">

Our Atoll Speaks (Ko Talatala Mai Tō Mātou Wenua) is an award winning short film meditation on the environmental knowledge of the people of Pukapuka/Nassau, an atoll in the Northern Group of the Cook Islands. This short documentary is a communal film poem from the perspective of her people. About The Director:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/11be89c6b4a6f8450335374025f6413d.jpg" width="210" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right;">Gemma&nbsp;Cubero del Barrio is a Spanish/American documentary director and producer. For the last 20 years she has gained a breadth of experience producing documentary films and original programming. In 2006, she founded <a href="http://www.talcualfilms.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Talcual Films</a>. Her films have been supported by institutions such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Point of View (P.O.V.), Latino Public Broadcasting, Women Make Movies, Kickstarter, The San Francisco Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, the United Nations Global Environment Fund and The Redford Center. Gemma&nbsp;received the 2008&nbsp;Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Documentary&nbsp;from the Tribeca Film Institute. She has been nominated for the United States Artists Fellowship, the American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Award, and the Chicken and Egg Breakthrough Filmmakers Award.

Our Atoll Speaks

Enter the breathtaking atoll of Pukapuka/Nassau in this communal film-poem and discover the environmental wisdom of our ancestors.

A cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiaq family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over the course of four years, Almost An Island explores what it means to be indigenous in the dramatically changing Arctic. Programmer Notes: Poignant and important look at a multi-generational family's way of life. It's an honor to come to know the characters and the land and sea of Alaska.&nbsp; About the Director:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/50f6d206bde5dcb2b4aa3f8b6d35548c.jpg" width="143" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right;">Jonathan VanBallenberghe is a documentary filmmaker raised in Alaska, and now based in Arizona. His films have screened at festivals including SXSW, Tribeca, the American Conservation Film Festival, Durango, Roxbury, and the Arizona International Film Festival. He has received Gold Addy Awards for cinematography, and grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Tucson Pima Arts Council. Almost an Island is Sponsored by The Campbell Foundation﻿ The Environmental/Outdoor Feature Competition is Sponsored by New Sun Energy<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/9cf5bd28c116a81956bd3009e3486f2e.jpg" width="154"> Film Contact: openlensproductions@gmail.com

Almost an Island

A cinematic portrait of one Inupiaq family in Arctic Alaska.

Jonathan VanBallenberghe (Director) discusses "Almost and Island" with Boise Esquerra.

Almost an Island Q&A

Gemma Cubero del Barrio (Director, Our Atoll Speaks), Shelby Mitchell Adams (Co-Director, Roots of Lacrosse), Lucy Ostrander (Director, Honor Thy Mother), and Joe Buffalo (Documentary Subject, Joe Buffalo) discuss their short films with Carina Miller.

Rooted in Culture - Shorts Q&A

Almost an Island w/ Our Atoll Speaks

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