What an incredible honor!!!

Our Atoll Speaks wins the Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2020 Guam International Film Festival!!

Eternally grateful to the jury, the festival, the people of Guam my incredible film team and specially the Pukapukan people in Pukapuka and around the globe!! This is for you!! 

Thank you to the wonderful 2020 International Ocean Film Festival team for a fantastic film festival experience; for your hard work shifting the festival from life to virtual due to the pandemic; for the many connections we have made during the two week- film event across the many oceans; for the surprising Coastal Culture Award received; and for the opportunity to share the making of Our Atoll Speaks with all of YOU during this beautiful Q&A – a treat of life – Nicquole Estersyou are a rock-star moderator!

To view the recorded Q&A sessio with all of us click below:

https://watch.eventive.org/ioff2020/play/5f17820d7e3cba09264a98b2/5f178309c3076a00758f04ee?fbclid=IwAR0dhXGBtKzaa6yW94riDGJV4Ypf-i7u0qRZ4Rx6gNWP0e27qz_iqsDSzZo

Save the date !

After being postponed because of the COVID19 Pandemic back i Marc 2020, The International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF) will take place virtually starting this Thursday July 30th through August 9th!

The beauty of a virtual edition is that you have total freedom to watch the film online when is best time for you anywhere in the world from July 30th through August 9th!

To see the wonderful lineup of films visit:
https://watch.eventive.org/ioff2020

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GREAT NEWS!!

Our Atoll Speaks screens this week as part of the CIES 2020 Miami Education Beyond The Human Film Festivalette, initially scheduled in Miami for this week but now taking place online via ZOOM due to the COVID 19 Pandemia. Take a look at the beautiful trailer. An world-wide event/ educational conference/ festival funded by the Open Society Foundations Education Support Program dedicated all for educators! Thank you Jorge Baxter and CIES team so much for having us!!

Our Atoll Speaks Zoom screening and Q&A via Zoom :

https://zoom.us/j/254869469

When:

Thursday, March 26th in the US Times:

12 to 1pm – New York / EST

9 to 10am- California / PST

7 to 8am -Hawaii/ Cook Islands Time

5 to 6 pm- Spain Time

5 to 6AM – March 27th in New Zealand

Festival/ conference program:https://cies2020.org/cies-2020-education-film-festivalette/

In March 2020, Our Atoll Speaks premiered in Spain at SECIME, the Medina Film Festival. The short documentary screened twice as part of the Official Short Film Spanish Competition and also the Filmmakers of Castilla y León
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En Marzo Nuestra Isla Habla se estrenó en España en la SECIME – Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo, dentro de la Sección Oficial de Cortometrajes Nacionales y también de Cineastas de Castilla y León. Aquí compartimos en fotos algunos de los momentos!