TrimTab Media

08/28/2025

Our latest , Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) has received a "Recommended" review from Educational Media Review Online .

"This film would make for an excellent educational resource that could educate students on climate change, native peoples, the loss or retention of language, ecological changes, geological changes, and community representation." - EMRO.
Read the full review: https://emro.libraries.psu.edu/record/index.php?id=8230

Now available to watch on Kanopy or to license for your school or community group at New Day Films: https://www.newday.com/films/ellavut-cimirtuq-our-world-is-changing

Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), a database of reviews of educational videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs.

03/24/2025

Here we go - it's the week of Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival! Join us on Saturday March 29 for a screening of TrimTab Media's latest documentary "Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing)". Co-Directors Mischa Hedges & Jacqueline Cleveland and Editor Alex Albers will do a Q&A following the screening - hope to see you there! TICKETS: https://bit.ly/ellavut

03/07/2025

We're excited to share our OFFICIAL TRAILER for our latest film, Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World is Changing) - a 30 minute documentary by TrimTab Media co-directed by Mischa Hedges, Jacqueline Cleveland and Sonia Luokkala.

(Yupik Pronounciation: Chla-vut jee-mik-tuk) As the village of Quinhagak works to save save its cultural artifacts from washing into the Bering Sea, a local filmmaker explores her community’s relationship with its language, and ways of life in Southwest Alaska.

Learn more + get tickets to our March 29 screening at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival!

INFO + TICKETS: https://trimtab.media/ourworldischanging

Production Company: TrimTab Media
Co-Directors: Mischa Hedges, Jacqueline Cleveland, Sonia Luokkala
Executive Producer: Mischa Hedges
Associate Producers: Jacqueline Cleveland, Sonia Luokkala
Editor: Alex Albers
Colorist: Nicolai Crane
Original Score: Cleod9
Sound Mix: Cleod9

08/08/2024

Sonoma County filmmakers - check out this upcoming event by Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival about film & AI.

In the beginning when everything was full of potential, AI inspired visual communications in different directions and could move pre-production along at a faster pace. Now we’re seeing some repercussions sparking debates about it’s future in the film industry and beyond. ⁠
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Join us for An Evening with .halleck & in discussion: DOES FILM SURVIVE AI? Saturday, August 24th 6pm-7:30pm at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.⁠
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Tickets and more info are at https://engage.sebarts.org/event/does-film-survive-ai/e600294

06/21/2024

Consider supporting this documentary about Windham Hill Records by talented Bay Area filmmaker Tal Skloot!

Feature documentary on the history, achievements, and groundbreaking sounds of Windham Hill Records.

05/20/2024

We are thrilled to share the news that our latest documentary, Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) has won BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY and BEST OVERALL FILM at the Denali Film Festival.

Join co-directors Sonia Luokkala and Jacqueline Cleveland in person on June 7 for the screening and Q&A!

https://www.denalifilmfestival.com/2024-official-selections.html

05/16/2024

Our friend and fellow filmmaker, Alexandra Lexton of Lex Productions has made a beautiful film called FOOLS' PARADISE (lost?) about how we heal ourselves through reconnection to nature, and the symbiotic necessity to heal what’s left of the wild – our own inner wild and the outer wild.

Their filmmaking team is fundraising right now for post-production. If you can, please join TrimTab Media by making a contribution and sharing the campaign to help them reach their goal. It takes a village to finish a film!

Become a supporter:

Immersed in experiences recounted by writers, artists, adventurers, environmentalists, scientists, and activists, we delve into scientific and artistic inquiry around how we use and depend on nature to regenerate and maintain our minds, bodies, and spirits – and how we can in turn, heal the earth.

04/09/2024

We're excited to announce that our latest documentary Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) is an official selection of the DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival!

Presented by the California Film Institute, is a vibrant celebration of nonfiction storytelling held annually in Marin County, California. We're honored to have been selected this year!

Join us on Saturday, May 4 at 12:30pm at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA. We'd love to see you there!

GET TICKETS: https://www.doclands.com/homecoming

02/26/2024

Please join us in supporting OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage - A short documentary about the revolutionary power of women's voices by director Clare Major.

Behind every great documentary, there's a community of supporters who believe in it. Join OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage’s Kickstarter and raise your voice with us to tell the story of Whitney Bradshaw's OUTCRY project. Details: → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/claremajor/outcry-alchemists-of-rage

Frankly Speaking Films

A short documentary about the transformational power of women’s rage.

12/01/2023

A nice story in Anchorage Daily News about our upcoming Premiere of Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) at Anchorage International Film Festival.

READ:

A new documentary screening at the Anchorage International Film Festival, “Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing),” was produced by a team that includes Quinhagak filmmaker Jacqueline Cleveland.

11/08/2023

We’re excited to share the news that our latest film, Ellavut Cimirtuq (Our World Is Changing) will have its World Premiere at Anchorage International Film Festival on Dec 2.

(Yupik Pronounciation: Shla-vut sche-mik-tuk) As an archeological team digs to save cultural artifacts from rising sea levels in her coastal village, a Yupik filmmaker explores her tribe’s relationship with its language, subsistence hunting and gathering practices and cultural traditions in Alaska.

Co-Directed by: Jacqueline Cleveland, Mischa A. Hedges & Sonia Luokkala

Producer: Mischa Hedges
Cinematography: Mischa Hedges & Jacqueline Cleveland

Editor: Alex Albers
Score & Sound Mix: Cleod9 Music
Colorist: Nicolai Crane

Special thanks to the communities of Quinhagak & Chefornak for welcoming our crew and trusting us to help share your stories.

More info and tickets to the premiere: https://anchoragefilmfestival.org/events/ellavutcimirtuqourworldischanging

03/20/2023

Thanks to the great team at for putting on another fantastic film festival. We laughed, we thought deeply, we cried and we were inspired by the program. It’s an honor to partner with y’all on the DocNight series - and we can’t wait to finish our next film and have it considered for the fest. Until next year!