Cinequest selects The Island in Me!

February 14, 2023

CINEQUEST chooses THE ISLAND IN ME for its 2023 Official Selection! This will be the first time the film screens in the mainland US.

The film festival will celebrate first a virtual festival called CINEJOY from March 1st to 10th and in August its “in person” edition in San Jose, California from August 10th to 20th.

The programmers at CINEQUEST have grouped films by emotion categories and have included THE ISLAND IN ME within INSPIRATION.

Here the film festival page:

https://creatics.org/create/cinejoy/showcase/moviepage/267131/The-Island-in-Me?fbclid=IwAR1XMzrZqi_7-wF9fc67AxOcRLnRUiJpOMqujIYAEfTrqLe-FbaogQvWqbI

GEMMA SCOUTS AT PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS AS SHE PREPARES A TRAILER FOR A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON EMOTIONS!

November 04, 2022

Stay tuned for more!

OUR ATOLL SPEAKS SCREENS IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THE SOUTH SEAS FILM FESTIVAL!

October 24, 2022

Save the Date! Our Atoll Speaks at South Seas Festival / Balboa Theater, San Francisco!

August 31, 2022

Our Atoll Speaks has been invited to screen at the South Seas Film Festival at the Balboa Theater in SF.

This film festival is a fundraiser for the Easter Island Foundation, a non-profit that helps with scholarships and the music school on the island of Rapa Nui.

WHERE: Balboa Theater, San Francisco, CA
WHEN: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Our Atoll Speaks Screening time 3:45pm
Q&A with Gemma to follow screening!
Film team/ friends hope you can join me!!

To get your pass visit link below!

https://dothebay.com/events/2022/10/22/the-south-seas-film-fest-tickets

The Island In Me team concludes a successful premiere in Aotearoa with sold out film screenings also in Christchurch and Wellington.

July 03, 2022
Johnny Frisbie, Amelia Borofsky and Gemma Cubero del Barrio after sould-out screening premiere in Wellington, NZ!
Rachael Penman from DocEdge hosts a Q&A with Johnny Frisbie, Amelia Borofsky and Gemma Cubero del Barrio in Wellington!
Pio Ravarua, Chief and Executive Officer of Pukapuka with Amelia Borofsky and Gemma Cubero del Barrio at DocEdge’s Award Ceremony!
Johnny Frisbie and Gemma Cubero del Barrio’s happiness after the final sold out screening of The Island In Me in New Zealand!
Q&A of The Island In Me at the Capitol Theater in Auckland during DocEdge International premiere in New Zealand!
Pukapukan community in Auckland attends extra screening of The Island In Me at the Capitol Theater after first sold out screening – here Gemma with members of the David Nio- Aporo family who backed the film during the 2015 Kickstarter campaign !
Johnny Frisbie with Gemma Cubero del Barrio at The Island in Me screening in Christchurch, NZ!
Johnny’s book signing of Nights of the Moon and Ms Ulysses from Puka- Puka after film screening in Christchurch!
Pukapukan film viewer brings home Johnny’s autographed books after screening of The Island in Me in Wellington!
Anthropologist Dr. Rob Borofsky reunites with Pukapukan community and meets Executive Officer of Pukapuka, Pio Ravarua during DocEdge Film Fetival Auckland opening of The Island In Me!