The Island President
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| Directed by | Jon Shenk |
| Produced by | Richard Berge Bonni Cohen |
| Starring | Mohamed Nasheed |
| Cinematography | Jon Shenk |
| Edited by | Pedro Kos |
| Music by | Radiohead Marco D'Ambrosio |
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| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Maldivian |
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The Island President is a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed to tackle rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Produced by Actual Films and directed by Jon Shenk, the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. The film received critical acclaim and won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
The government of the Maldives has predicted it would be inundated as a result of global warming since 1988, when its forecast was "completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands with in the next 30 years".