Lowland Kids

As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations.

World Premiere: 2019 SXSW Film Festival
Cinema Eye Honors’ Shortlist: Top 10 Nonfiction Shorts of 2019.
Cinema Eye Honors Nominee: Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short
Short of the Week: shortoftheweek.com/2020/05/08/lowland-kids/

Awards: Palm Springs ShortFest - Audience Award for Best Documentary, DTLA Film Festival - Best Short Documentary, SCAD Savannah Film Festival - Southern Voices Grand Jury Award, Rhode Island International Film Festival - Filmmaker of the Future Award, DeadCENTER - Best Short Documentary Jury Award, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary Jury Award.

Official Selection: SXSW, DOC NYC, Hamptons Film Festival, Holly Shorts, NOLA Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, NBC Meet The Press, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Chicago Film Critics Film Festival, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Original Thinkers in Telluride, YDA Shortlist, Thin Line Festival, IDA Screening Series.

Press: HuffPost, Indiewire, The Hollywood Reporter, AOL BUILD, Exposure Labs.

Directed by: Sandra Winther
Produced by: William Crouse
Producers: William Crouse, Lauren Avinoam
Line Producer: Emi Stewart
DP: Todd Martin
Editor: Laura Tomasell
Trailer Editor: Graham Chisholm
Colorist: Sofie Borup at Company 3
Composers: Stelios Phili, Zak Engel
Sound Design / Mix: Raphaël Ajuelos
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