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1 Movie Set in or About Tuvalu

Tuvalu on the atlas: the strongest films of its own cinema, and the films the rest of the world has set there. Every list is curated and ranked by hand.

1 Movie Set in or About Tuvalu

Outside filmmakers looking toward Tuvalu: optional perspectives for a wider journey.

  1. Time & Tide (2005) poster

    1. Time & Tide

    2005

    This documentary visits the low-lying Pacific nation of Tuvalu, whose people confront the slow inundation of their islands by rising seas and weigh the wrenching prospect of abandoning their homeland. A moving climate-change portrait.

    Curator’s note: An American documentary following Tuvaluan families returning home while the country confronts climate pressure, migration, and economic globalization.

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Editorial review: 2026-07-13

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