About Me
I was named before I was born and have been trying to figure out who I am since. Magnus, in Latin, literally means greatest. Seems like a heavy lift for an eight pound baby. So here is what I discovered about myself: Like my home state of Alaska, I am fiercely independent and resilient. I am curious and optimistic by nature and my quick wit has been both my friend and foe. My art is a work in progress like me. My greatness is in name only and still to be determined.
AWARDS
Kuinerraq, “A New River Channel”- A Shipe Production
by Magnus Shipe; and Dr. Lisa Spencer with Issac Boss and Ella Marquez Benavidez
Mumbai Film Awards 2023
Couch Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Love Peace and Freedom Film Festival, Mexico
Reel Girls Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Climate Changemaker Teen Festival, Audience Award 2024, California
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35,567 Yup'ik Stories-A Shipe Production
by Magnus Shipe
Film Prize Junior New Mexico 2024, Founder's Circle Award
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FILM SCREENINGS
Kuinerraq, “A New River Channel”- A Shipe Production
by Magnus Shipe; and Dr. Lisa Spencer with Issac Boss and Ella Marquez Benavidez
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Mumbai Film Awards 2023
Couch Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Love Peace and Freedom Film Festival, Mexico
Reel Girls Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
SE Pennsylvania Teen Filmmakers Showcase, Pennsylvania
Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Muestra "Cortos de la Polis Joven", San Jose, Costa Rica
Big Syn International Film Festival, London, UK
SmartPhilm Festival, Washington, DC
Ravenwood Film Festival, Salte Ste Marie, ON, Canada
Festival Toi Femmes, Paris, France
Picasso International Film Festival, India
The Hollywood Guerrilla Film Festival, Las Angeles, California
Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, India
Creators Film Festival, Aberdeen, UK
First Nations Film and Video Festival, Skokie, Illinois
Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF), Georgia
Jesup Film Festival, Georgia
Anti-War International Independent Film Festival, Johvi, Estonia
Centre Film Festival, Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley Festival For Filmmakers of Color, Ohio
KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Broadway International Film Festival Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions by Lift-Off Global Network, United Kingdom
Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
The Youth and Heritage Film Festival, Slovenia
Eugene Environmental Film Festival, Eugene, Oregon
Festival Internacionál de las Artes Cinematográficas de San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Kinovertikal – the International Festival and Competition for Films directed by Children and Young Adults (Russia, Saratov)
Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
FilmPrizeJr New Mexico Youth Film Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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35,567 Yup'ik Stories
by Magnus Shipe
FilmPrizeJr. New Mexico Youth Film 2024 Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Red Nation 29th Native Indigenous Student Film Festival 2024, California
Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts, California
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