I See You
Summary:In a world where having the perfect baby is becoming a choice, a young mother struggles to love and accept her daughter...
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Idodo
Summary: A legend from Papua New Guinea tells the story of how reef fish got their beautiful colors. Film details : 2022 – Switzerl...
Woven
Summary: An indigenous weaver struggles to complete a coconut leaf basket in a city that has forgotten its roots. Film details : 2024...
Maunga Cassino
Summary: World War II: a Māori soldier and an Italian deserter cooperate to survive and confront their identities, languages and differences...
Marahoro
Summary: Marahoro is 15 years old. He finds in an ancient cave in Rapa Nui the strength to confront his father and pursue his calling for...
Te Pito o Te Henua (The Navel of the World)
Summary: An indigenous community on the most remote inhabited island in the world prepares to host its most important annual celebration...
Mauri Moana
Summary: Beneath the waters of Aotearoa, Great Barrier Island, a toxic algae spreads silently, threatening the life force of the moa...
Power to the Country
Summary: Power to Country is an intimate portrait of Garrwa woman Shirley Simon, displaced by global shifts in climate and a lack of resources...
Tū Tonu – Still Standing
Summary: Expert tree climber Zane Wedding finds himself at a crossroads, knowing that standing up for what’s right might mean sacrificing...
Dear Aloha
Summary: In the United States, Diasporic Native Hawaiians reveal how aloha sustains them amidst distance, loss, and longing. Meanwhile,...
Hifi Ulu
Summary: As his tenth birthday approaches, Luka prepares for a significant Niuean rite of passage. The ceremony becomes a catalyst...
Braiding is an alternative to plastic
Summary: Weaving is a knowledge passed on from mothers to daughters, part of the identity of the Polynesians. While the weavers comp...
The Army
Summary: Through music and dance, Rotuman artists work with their elders to create new ceremonies and to revitalize stories of the land...
The Man Outside
Summary: A young woman’s life turns into a nightmare when she realizes her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. As his actions grow increasingly more intense,...
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...
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...
Takeout Kids: Lauren
Summary: 16-year-old Lauren is a doughnut delivery girl by night and a high school student by day. When we meet her, mounting career pressures from...
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...
Transgender & Pregnant
Summary: The film follows Frankie, a transgender man, and his partner Rāwā on their journey to parenthood, with Frankie bearing the...
The Dark Emu Story
Summary: The Dark Emu Story delves into controversy, provides a platform for Australia’s first people to share their remarkable stories...
Te Puna Ora, the source of life
Summary: Inspired by the legend of the goddess Hina, Te Puna Ora, The Source of life follows the captivating story of resistance of...
Surfing, the sacred fire
Summary: From the origins of surfing in the Pacific to the 2024 Olympic Games, the film offers us a dive into the heart of the world...
Stamba Blo Freedom
Summary: In Vanutu, the dream of independence became reality on 30th July 1980. As it was born out of the desire to retake the land...
Myths and Maidens
Summary: Pasifika women have long been sold to the world as light-skinned South Seas sirens, ever welcoming the white man. But o...
Myrjana, the value of a woman
Summary: Since Myrjana’s feminicide, her sisters from the Bangou tribe in New Caledonia have been taking care of her two orphaned children...
Mauri
Summary: In New Zealand, immersion in the profound ancestral wisdom woven into Māori traditions offers a path to healing and transformation...
Marimari
Summary: In Papua-New-Guinea, communities are ruled by the fear of witches; one woman fights to rescue the accused with the only remaining weapon...
Proud, the voice of the Pacific
Summary: A “choral” film that puts words and faces on Polynesian transidentity. The protagonists tell their doubts, wounds and pride...
MOANA WITH SOUNDS
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BENEATH THE MOANA: Exploring Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific | Sharlene George Joshua Teariki Baker
Climate change is the most pressing crisis of our time. The response of governments and companies worldwide has been to shift away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources...
BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE: SCIENTIFIC TRAILINGS IN NEW CALEDONIA
Summary: At the crossroads of technological innovation and traditional knowledge, two young scientists tell their stories, their motives...
IN EXILE
Summary: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, 1946, Operation Crossroads. The community is told that their islands are essential ”for...
AN ISLAND IS AN ARTIST – TEMOANA
Summary: French Polynesia, island of Mo’orea. Still preserved from excessive urbanization. Temoana Poole knows it better than anyone...
TRADEWINDS
Summary: Chamorro jazz musician Patrick Palomo and his love letter to his indigenous culture. And all the ways it influences the pi...
FROM THE CRANE TO THE DROWNING – THE MARE AND THE PLATIER
Summary : New Caledonia is an ancient land. 130 million years ago, it escaped the supercontinent Gondwana and drifted at the gates of the Pacific Ocean...
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