My Super Sea Wall

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2009 runtime 13'00 colour
screening format DigiBeta aspect ratio 1.37:1 sound format Stereo languages Englisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

On the tiny island of Kivalina, 377 Inupiat Eskimos are known not for their handcraft or ancient culture, but for being among America's first climate change refugees. MY SUPER SEA WALL documents their struggle to save their homes from the sea with a wall of sandbags worth three million dollars.

director Gina Abatemarco Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Ilja Coric Schnitt / Editing David Rivello Bildgestaltung / DOP Jay Keitel Produktion / Production Anna Wendt Drehbuch / Script Gina Abatemarco Tongestaltung / Sound Design Emily Colon
Festivals
IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands
FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel
DMZ Korean International Documentary Festival, Goyang, Paju, Korea (Republic of)
Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany (Berlin Today Award)
Production
  • Anna Wendt Film GmbH
  • Anna Wendt
  • Meinekestr. 24
  • 10719 Berlin
  • +49 30 25432100
  • http://www.annawendtfilm.de
Distribution
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Axel Behrens
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • https://shortfilm.com
Sales
  • Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
  • Stine Wangler
  • Bodenstedtstr. 16
  • 22765 Hamburg
  • +49 40 39106328
  • http://sales.shortfilm.com

Gina Abatemarco

Graduate from the Tisch School of the Arts, NY;
2008 participant in the Berlinale Talent Campus