Douze longues années… Voici ce qu’il a fallu à la réalisatrice Nicole Ma pour raconter l’histoire de Tom. Tom Putuparii Lawford est un Aborigène qui a cédé aux tentations modernes mais a accepté la responsabilité de guider sa communauté, de lutter pour les terres ancestrales...
Comme chaque année le FIFO dédie une journée entière aux élèves venus des quatre coins de Tahiti pour assister à cet événement. C’est l’occasion pour eux de rencontrer des professionnels, d’assister à des ateliers et pourquoi pas de se découvrir une nouvelle passion ou une...
Hip-Hop-eration, documentaire néo-zélandais, est l’un des onze films en compétition de ce 13ème FIFO. Véritable hymne à la vie, il suit le parcours d’un groupe de danse pas comme les autres : des personnes âgées vivant sur l’île néo-zélandaise Waihiki qui dansent le hip-hop et souhaitent...
C’est une première dans l’histoire du FIFO, cette année le festival s’étoffe d’une captation en direct et en streaming de tout le village. Le partenariat entre l’OPT et la jeune entreprise polynésienne TBS5 qui apporte cette nouvelle compétence sur le marché local permet de vivre...
Cette 7ème édition du « court océanien », qui vient clôturer en beauté la première journée du off de cette 13ème édition, a été présentée aux nombreux spectateurs qui remplissaient le Grand Théâtre de la Maison de la Culture par Wallès Kotra président de l’AFIFO,...
De la poésie, de l’humour, de la souffrance, de l’amour… Le off du FIFO a démarré ce samedi 30 janvier sur les chapeaux de roue avec une sublime première journée. L’après-midi Carte Blanche a proposé une sélection de films documentaires issus du festival calédonien Ânûû-Rû...
YORGOS 72 min – Spain/Chile - 2014 Version: Spanish and Rapa Nui Directed by: Paco Toledo & José Domingo Rivera Produced by : Ando Liado S.L.U/ Nomade Films/Talatala Filmmakers In 1993, a Hollywood film shot on Easter Island changed the lives of the Rapa Nui forever. The ‘Rapa Nui’ blockbuster attracted millions of...
CINÉ DES TOILES D’ÉTOILES 13 min – Wallis & Futuna - 2015 Version: French and Wallisian Directed by: Kamali Fetuuaho &Tino Taofinuu & Anthony Taitusi Produced by: Cafe Fale Association /Department of Youth and Sport Wallis & Futuna Tino and Kamali, two young people from the Cafe Fale association, are testament to the establishment...
MON FENUA ET SES GUERRIERS – TO’U FENUA E TONA MAU TO’A 26 min – French Polynesia - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Claire Schwob Produced by : Créative.Tv/Conservatoire de la Polynésie Française A young pupil from the Conservatoire de la Polynésie Française, Tuarii Tracqui, opens our eyes to Polynesian dance and introduces...
CAP BOCAGE 74 min – New Zealand - 2014 Version: French Directed by: Jim Marbrook Produced by : Jim Marbrook Florent Euriske is a militant Kanak in New Caledonia intent on preserving the wild nature of his region when an avalanche of rubble from a nickel factory devastates the banks of the Houailou...
VANUATU, LE SYMBOLE DE L’URGENCE CLIMATIQUE 52 min – France - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Pierre Belet Produced by : Grand Angle Productions/Archipel Production In March 2015, the extremely powerful cyclone Pam destroyed Vanuatu, a precarious and poor Oceanic country whose environment is particularly vulnerable due to many problems: reef destruction; climate...
POE RAVA, UNE SAGA POLYNÉSIENNE 52 min – French Polynesia - 2014 Version: French Directed by: Philippe Fréling Produced by : Bleu Lagon Production/Polynésie 1ère/France Télévisions/Mérapi Productions French Polynesia and its natural environment host a wealth of beautiful things. Mother-of-pearl and the black pearl for example. Are they the work of God or...
TAHITI, DES PERLES À REVENDRE 52 min –French Polynesia - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Philippe Fréling Produced by : Bleu Lagon Production/Polynésie 1ère/France Télévisions/Mérapi Productions A pearl oyster inhabits the lagoons in Polynesia. The Pinctada Margaritifera, or mother-of-pearl provides a rare jewel, the black pearl, poe rava. 50 years ago Tahitian cultured...
NÉO-CALÉDONIENNE QUI ES-TU? 52 min – France - 2014 Version: French Directed by: Sylvie Arnaud Produced by : MC4/Femmes en Images/Nouvelle Calédonie 1ère Written from a masculine viewpoint, the history of New Caledonia has often ignored the importance of the role played by women in society. We meet four of them: two female...
TRENT PARKE – THE BLACK ROSE 27 min 30 – Australia - 2015 Version: English Directed by: Catherine Hunter Produced by: Catherine Hunter and Julia Overton Portrait and artistic career of the great photographer Trent Parke. He was the only Australian to join the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency. It reveals the loss of...
THE DAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE 58 min – New Zealand - 2015 Version: English Directed by: Christopher Dudman Produced by: Robbers Dog Films Ltd The Day that changed my life is a moving tribute to the victims and survivors of the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011. This film describes the greatest...
RAIMANA WORLD 53 min – France - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Antoine Laguerre Produced by: ADLTV Raimana Van Bastolaer is a true Tahitian legend, a respected surfer admired by everyone. His world consists of large waves, as well as sharing his passion with people from all over the world, not forgetting the...
FRACKMAN 93 min – Australia - 2015 Version: English subtitled in French Directed by: Richard Todd Produced by: Freshwater Films/Smith&Nasht/Aquarius Productions/Yes 3 Companies-Frackman Films ‘Frackman’ tells the story of a militant Dayne Pratzky and his fight against international gas companies. Australia will soon become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas....
TOTEM LIBERTÉ 54 min – New Caledonia - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Dorothée Tromparent and Emmanuel Desbouiges Produced by: PAO Production/Canal + Calédonie This film takes place in a prison in Nouméa, CAMP EST. A sculpture workshop called Totem Liberté began four years ago behind its high walls. Its principle was to guide...
L’ÎLE CONTINENT 52 min – New Caledonia - 2013 Version: French subtitled in French Directed by: Alan Nogues Production: Emotion Capturée L’île Continent is the story of an island with a very distant geological past: New Caledonia. This land’s fauna, as well as flora, is second to none in terms of biodiversity whose...
Sport for Change – Solomon Islands 29 min – New Zealand - 2013 Version: English Directed by: Briar March Produced by: Attitude Pictures Living with a handicap in the Solomon Islands is tough. It’s one of the poorest nations in the Pacific. Australian paralympic rugby champion Curtis Palmer is there for a week...
LE MYSTÈRE MÉROU 90 min – France - 2015 Version: French Directed by: Gil Kébaïli Produced by: Les Films d’ici/Arté A spectacular gathering of thousands of groupers attracted the attention of the team of the biologist and photographer Laurent Ballesta in Fakarava in French Polynesia. These fish are waiting for the full moon...
GOORRRANDALNG: BROLGA DREAMING 11 min – Australia - 2015 Version: English and Miriwoong subtitled in English Directed by: Ju Ju Wilson Produced by: Bigapitija PL Granny Sheba Dignari is 95 years old. Singing and visiting the country are among her favourite things. She sings the songs of her Elders, particularly songs her mother...
FIGHTER 26 min – Australia - 2015 Version: English subtitled in French Directed by: Perun Bonser Produced by: Metamorflix 43-year old Neil Coyne was Western Australia’s first Aboriginal wrestler. In the ring for over seven years, ‘N.C. Viper’ was popular with the public and his adversaries. However, the death of his mother eighteen...
BUSCANDO A ISLA DE PASCUA; LA PELICULA PERDIDA 60 min – Chile - 2015 Version: Spanish subtitled in English and French Directed by: Carmen E. Brito Produced by: Andrea Seelenfreund and Leo Pakarati Rolls of film, the remains of a film, were found at Valparaiso flea market in Chile. They consist of the...