After our World Premiere last October, we launched our worldwide tour beginning with a Special Earth Day 2025 screening at the Speed Cinema in Louisville, Kentucky. OCEANIA has now been translated into 6 languages and will continue to ripple across the ocean to shores around the globe.
View OCEANIA official trailer HERE
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SCREENINGS and AWARDs
Mill Valley International Film Festival Mill Valley, CA
Saturday, October 5th at 1PM, Sequoia Theater, Mill Valley, CA (WORLD PREMIERE)
Sunday, October 6th at 3:30, Pacific Film Archive/Berkeley Art Museum (PFABAM), Berkeley, CA
Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock, NY
Fri, Oct 18th, 2:30 PM @ Bearsville Theater (EAST COAST PREMIERE)
Sun, Oct 20th, 2:30 PM @ Upstate Films (Saugerties): Orpheum Theatre 2
2025
Speed Cinema, Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
2025 Earth Day Screening, Curated by Dean Otto
ECOador Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental (International Competition)
May 15th, 7PM at Cinemateca Nacional de Ecuador
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE AWARD
Frome International Climate Film Festival, Frome, Somerset, UK
May 18th, 12PM Cheese and Grain Center
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR AWARD
FIFES Cannes (Festival International Film Ecologique et Social) France (International Competition)
Dimanche 1er juin à 16h – Cinéma L’Olympia/ June 1st at 4PM
Cine 220 ADEMUBE Bretigny sur Orge, France
June 5th screening and discussion
Doxumentale Berlin, Germany (International Competition)
19.06. / Freiluftkino Insel
21.06. / b-ware! Ladenkino
Ischia Film Festival Ischia Island, Italy (Location Negata Competition)
June 28th, 9PM Casa del Sol
Best International Feature “Location Negata“
Doc Edge Film Festival Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch, New Zealand (International Feature, The Edge of Impact)
2 July 2025 – 6:15pm – The Capitol Cinema, Auckland
13 July 2025 – 4:45pm – Bridgeway Cinema, Auckland
17 July 2025 – 6:15pm – Roxy Cinema, Wellington
17 July 2025 – 6:15pm – Lumière Cinemas, Christchurch
Woods Hole Film Festival Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Science and Film Initiative selection
July 27th, 5:30PM Screening, Oceanographic Institute, Clapp Auditorium
July 31, 3:00 PM Film and Science Panel Discussion, Woods Hole Community Center
Filmambiente Film Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (International Feature Competition)
Screening: August 28, 8:30 PM, Estação NetRio
Screening: September 4th, 3:00 PM, Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tommorrow)
UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Screening: October 11th, 3PM, Federated Church
Matsalu Nature Film Festival Lihula, Estonia
October Screening details TBA
Innbruck Nature Film Festival, Innsbruck, Austria
November Screening Details TBA
RECENT PRESS:
IMPACT ALPHA review – OCEANIA: Journey to the Center
Ep 257: The Intersection of Anthropology and Cinema: Natalie Zimmerman’s Approach
22 Aug · Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby
In this episode of Filmmaking Conversations, Damien Swaby speaks with filmmaker Natalie, whose journey bridges anthropology, culture, and cinema. From her early studies in cultural and social anthropology to her work at the Smithsonian’s International Center, Natalie explains how her background in research and global exploration shaped her filmmaking perspective.The conversation covers:
Anthropology to Filmmaking: How cultural and social anthropology informed Natalie’s storytelling and cinematic vision.Documentary as a Tool for Education: Why documentary filmmaking can function as cultural preservation, social critique, and activism.Technical Approach to Filmmaking: Insights into pre-production research, narrative structuring, and blending ethnographic methods with visual storytelling.The Role of Institutions: What working at places like the Smithsonian taught Natalie about archiving, knowledge dissemination, and authenticity in media.Independent Filmmaking Challenges: Practical advice on funding, distribution, and maintaining creative integrity in a competitive media landscape.Filmmaking as Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Using cinema to bridge communities, histories, and identities.This episode is both a practical guide for filmmakers and a deep reflection on how academic training and fieldwork can enrich the art of cinema.
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