Maunga Cassino
Summary : World War II, a Māori soldier and an Italian deserter cooperate to survive and confront their identities, languages and di...
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Marahoro
Summary : Marahoro is 15. He finds in an ancient holler from Rapa Nui the strength to confront his father and pursue his calling fro...
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 celebr...
Mauri Moana
Summary : Beneath the waters of Aotearoa, Great Barrier Island, a toxic algae silently spreads, threatening the life force of the mo...
Power to Country
Summary : Power to Country is an intimate portrait of Garrwa woman Shirley Simon, displaced by global shifts in climate and a lack o...
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 sacri...
Dear Aloha
Summary : In the United States, Diasporic Native Hawaiians reveal how aloha sustains them amidst distance, loss, and longing. Meanwh...
Hifi Ulu
Summary : As his tenth birthday approaches, Luka prepares for a significant Niuean rite of passage. The ceremony becomes a catalyst...
Le tressage une alternative au plastique
Summary : Weaving is a knowledge passed on from mothers to daughters, part of the identity of the Polynesians.While the weavers comp...
Armea
Summary : Through music and dance, Rotuman artists work with their elders to create new ceremonies and to revitalize stories of land...
The Man Outside
Résumé : A young woman’s life turns into a nightmare when she realises her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. As his actions grow increas...
Ura, sauver l’oiseau sacré des Australes
Summary : In Rimatara, French Polynesia, the ‘ura almost disappeared. Through community mobilization and a strict conservation progr...
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 brain damaged, labelled a ‘retard’, abandoned by a mother, raised in institutions where he was abus...
Takeout Kids: Lauren
Summary : 16yo Lauren is a doughnut slinger by night and high school student by day. When we meet her, mounting career pressure from...
Te ta’i hōho’a – The Image of the Sound
Summary : Tahitian musician Jean-Yves, loses his right leg because of 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 : Autralia, 1972. A year of protest and revolutionary change for First Nations people – activists erect an Aboriginal Tent E...
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...
Metal Pacifique – La mélodie de l’enfer au paradis
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...
Les héritiers de la Monique
Summary : Seventy years after the biggest maritime disaster in New Caledonia, heirs to the shipwreck decide to transform the drama i...
Le voyage du kava
Summary : Originating in Vanuatu, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, kava is a traditional drink consumed for its soothing effects....
Le retour des trésors polynésiens
Summary : This film tells the story of a moving heritage and identity recovery, symbolized by the return of emblematic work of arts...
Jeanne, de l’ombre à la lumière
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 scratche...
Femmes kanak, les pionnières
Summary : This documentary puts the condition of Kanak women into perspective through the country’s history. A story of exclusion an...
Bernard Moitessier, une certaine rencontre
Summary : Portrait of a man who fell in love with the «offshore islands». Meet the navigator Bernard Moitessier, cruising the Pacifi...
Trans & 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 sto...
Te Puna Ora, la source de vie
Summary : Inspired by the legend of the goddess Hina, Te Puna Ora, The Source of life follows the captivating story of resistance of...
Surf, le feu sacré
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 worl...
Stamba Blo Fridom
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 of the white man. But o...
Myrjana, la valeur de la femme
Summary : Since Myrjana’s feminicide, her sisters from the Bangou tribe in New Caledonia have been taking care of her two orphaned c...
Mauri
Summary : In New Zealand, immersion into the profound ancestral wisdom woven into Māori traditions , offering a healing path to mend...
Marimari
Summary : In Papua-New-Guinea, communities are ruled by the fear of witches, one woman fights to rescue the accused with the only re...
Fier.e.s, la voix du Pacifique
Summary : A “choral” film that puts words and faces on Polynesian transidentity. The protagonists tell their doubts, wounds and prid...
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 f...
PUISQUE C’EST POSSIBLE : ITINÉRAIRES SCIENTIFIQUES EN NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE EN
Summary : At the crossroads of technological innovation and traditional knowledge, two young scientists tell their stories, their mo...
IN EXILE
Summary : Micronesia, Marshall islands, Bikini atoll, 1946, operation Crossroads. Community is told their islands are essential ”for...
UNE ÎLE UN ARTISTE – TEMOANA
Summary : French Polynesia, island of Mo’orea. Still preserved from excessive urbanization. Temoana Poole knows it better than anyon...
TRADEWINDS
Summary : Chamorro jazz musician Patrick Palomo and his love letter to his indigenous culture. And all the ways it influences the pi...
DE LA CRÊTE AU TOMBANT – LA MANGROVE ET LE PLATIER
Summary : New Caledonia is an ancient land. 130 million years ago, it escaped the supercontinent Gondwana and drifted at the gates o...
TAONGA AN ARTIST ACTIVIST
Summary : Mike’s life is a journey of art. His connection to arts is what wakes him up in the morning and sees him retire to bed lat...
HOMESTEADS – MAHIKA
Summary : “Ka tiaki nei koe te whare, ko te whare ka tiaki ia koe*” a few words that say it all. In one sentence Rereata Mahika expl...
I AM PARADISE
Summary : Paradise is a young single pregnant mother living on the bones of her ass. Her boyfriend is in prison and her mother wants...
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