Ura, save the sacred bird of the Australians
Summary: In Rimatara, French Polynesia, the ‘ura almost disappeared. Through community mobilization and a strict conservation program...
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition)
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Tuan Ta Pesao
Summary: Ambrym Island, in the Vanuatu archipelago, Melanesia. Two local graphic practices are presented: drawings continuous line...
The Unlikely Knight
Summary: Robert Martin was born with brain damage, labeled a ‘retard’, abandoned by a mother, raised in institutions where he was abused...
Te ta’i hōho’a – The Image of the Sound
Summary: Tahitian musician Jean-Yves loses his right leg due to diabetes. Despite the challenges, he clings to his passion and...
Te Hokinga Mai – the return
Summary: New Zealand, Tane dreamed about the bright lights of the big city, growing up on his traditional tribal lands. Once there,...
Still We Rise
Summary: Australia, 1972. A year of protest and revolutionary change for First Nations people – activists erect an Aboriginal Tent City to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Australia...
Standing Above the Clouds
Summary: When the massive Thirty Meter Telescope is proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, an uprising of kiaʻi (protectors) in Hawaiʻi...
One Mind, One Heart
Summary: When an historic Yirrkala bark petition is found in Derby, Western Australia, the community leads its journey home. The re...
Pacific Metal – The melody of hell in paradise
Summary: Immersion in Polynesian Metal music. Since the 90s, the style has made its way to become popular, although marginal in its...
Maisuka – Diabetes the Silent Killer
Summary: Maisuka, the sugar disease… The documentary looks at the pervasiveness of the Diabetes epidemic among Pasifika people in A...
The heirs of Monique
Summary: Seventy years after the biggest maritime disaster in New Caledonia, the heirs to the shipwreck decide to transform the drama into a film...
The journey of kava
Summary: Originating in Vanuatu, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, kava is a traditional drink consumed for its soothing effects....
The return of Polynesian treasures
Summary: This film tells the story of a moving heritage and identity recovery, symbolized by the return of emblematic works of art...
Jeanne, from the shadow to the light
Summary: How do you survive a rape? How do you talk about it? Jeanne, co-author of the film, tells the path she has gone through si...
I Am The River, The River Is Me
Summary: A canoe trip down the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand – the first river in the world recognized as a legal person...
Hōkūleʻa: Finding the Language of the Navigator
Summary: In 2006, master navigator Nainoa Thompson sailed with Wade Davis to discuss the art of wayfinding — and they only scratched...
Kanak women, the pioneers
Summary: This documentary puts the condition of Kanak women into perspective through the country’s history. A story of exclusion and...
Bernard Moitessier, a certain meeting
Summary: Portrait of a man who fell in love with the «offshore islands». Meet the navigator Bernard Moitessier, cruising the Pacific...
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