The Island President

The Island President is a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed to tackle rising sea levels resulting from climate change.

The government of the Maldives has predicted it would be inundated as a result of global warming since 1988, when its forecast was "completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands with in the next 30 years".

[4] At the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, The Island President won the Cadillac People's Choice Documentary Award.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a fresh rating of 98%, based on 45 reviews, with the consensus saying, "An eye-opening and appealing documentary about an earnest politician up against the closed door drama of climate change.

Scott of The New York Times described the film as "buoyant and spirited" despite a grim postscript, praising its "spectacular aerial and underwater footage of the Maldives' beauty" and stating that "It is impossible, while watching it, to root against Mr. Nasheed or to believe that he will fail".