Young Lions Screening: The Island President

Winner of the audience award at the Toronto Film Festival, The Island President tells the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced -- the literal survival of his country and everyone in it. The Island President captures Nasheed's first year in office as he fights for democracy and battles climate change. A film about one man's mission to save his nation, The Island President will be screened exclusively for Young Lions, followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Jon Shenk, and producer, Bonni Cohen.

Bruno Walter Auditorium
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Please use the entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue
(between 64th and 65th streets)