Baking Alaska

Baking Alaska is an utterly charming short documentary about two Oklahoma sisters in their fifties who leave behind their office jobs to open a bakery in Alaska with their recently widowed mother.

Honors & Awards

Best in Competition, 2014 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts

Best Pro-Am Documentary, 2014 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival

Best Short Documentary, 2014 Trail Dance Film Festival

Peer Gold Award for Student Documentary, 2013 TIVA-DC Peer Awards

Best Short Documentary, 2013 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Best Short Documentary, 2013 Ruby Mountain Film Festival

Outstanding Thesis Film, 2013 American Visions Award of Excellence

Excerpt

Baking Alaska (excerpt).mov

Credits

Kari Barber: Director, Producer & Cinematographer

Tom Fish: Editor & Associate Producer

Nico Colombant: Editor

Kendall Combes: Composer

Esin Ozdag: Motion Graphics Artist

Ben Chesneau: Sound Designer

Laura Triana: Graphic Artist

Peer Gold Award, Student Documentary 2013, TIVA-DC
Best in Competition 2014, Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts
Best Pro-Am Documentary 2014, Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival
Best Short Documentary 2013, Ruby Mountain Film Festival
Best Short Documentary 2013, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Best Short Documentary 2014, Trail Dance Film Festival
Outstanding Thesis Film 2013, American Visions Award of Excellence

Official Screenings

USA Film Festival, 2014

Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, 2014

Crossroads Film Festival, 2014

Bare Bones International Film Festival, 2014

Denver Film Society’s Women + Film VOICES Film Festival, 2014

Gasparilla International Film Festival, 2014

Sedona International Film Festival, 2014

Flagler Film Festival, 2014

Anchorage International Film Festival, 2013

LA Femme International Film Festival, 2013

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 2013