Standing Above the Clouds

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Apr 24, 2026

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About the film

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1h 23m

Released

2024

Director

Jalena Keane-Lee

Producer

Amber Espinosa-Jones, Erin Lau, Jalena Keane-Lee

Executive Producer

Jess Devaney, Anya Rous, Ruth Ann Harnisch

Awards & recognition

2024 Hot Docs Film Festival

Winner of The Bill Nemtin Best Social Impact Documentary

2024 Doc Edge Film Festival

Special Mention for Best International Director

2024 Film Ambiente

Winner of Best International Cinematography

2024 San Diego Film Festival

Winner of Best Feature Documentary

2024 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival

Winner of Best Made in Hawaiʻi Feature Film

What people are saying

[Standing Above the Clouds] takes viewers beyond the headlines and frontlines in profound and intimate ways.

Jennie Punter

VARIETY: Jalena Keane-Lee’s ‘Standing Above the Clouds’ Takes Audiences Beyond Headlines and Frontlines of Land-Protection Activism (EXCLUSIVE)

Here, activism is seen as not just mass gatherings and public protests, but also the very private moments at home alone, in a car with a colleague or at a gathering with family. It’s shown not just as microphone- or megaphone-amplified speeches and slogans chanted to hundreds, but successes and loves, secrets and doubts, quietly passed from mother to daughter, friend to friend.

Jason Sanders

Filmmaker Magazine: Flowers and Songs: The Hawai’i International Film Festival