FILMS IN COMPETITION (edition 2024) Tribal Sisters Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 29 January 2025 Summary: In the heart of the Kup Valley in PNG, Tribal Sisters recounts the astonishing story of three women who created the Kup movement... 02.3K5
WINDOW ON THE COURTS (2025 edition) Tū Tonu – Still Standing Vaitemanu website3 December 2024 29 January 2025 Summary: Zane Wedding, an expert in tree climbing, finds himself at a crossroads: do what is right or sacrifice what he... 00.9K0
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2025) Tuan Ta Pesao Vaitemanu website3 December 2024 29 January 2025 Summary: Island of Ambrym, in the Vanuatu archipelago in Melanesia. Two local graphic practices are presented: the tra... 08910
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2022) Tuha’a Pae, of flesh and steel fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 A film about a Polynesian boat where Polynesian life is told and lived. The Tuha’a Pae V with powerful engines. Made of steel, well... 02.8K24
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2022) Ua Huka, the island of horses fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 Marquises. Vohi, originally from Ua Huka, where 1500 horses still live in freedom, is a trainer in Hiva Oa, where cars are rare... 03.1K11
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2024) UNCLE BULLY’S SURF SKOOL Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 29 January 2025 Summary: When a pandemic decimates Hawaii’s tourism industry, surf instructor Bully Kotter is not immune to the disaster.... 01.6K4
WINDOW ON THE COURTS (2024 edition) AN ISLAND IS AN ARTIST – TEMOANA Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 29 January 2025 Summary: French Polynesia, island of Mo’orea. Still preserved from excessive urbanization. Temoana Poole knows this better than anyone... 01.6K1
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2025) Ura, save the sacred bird of the Australians Vaitemanu website3 December 2024 29 January 2025 Summary: In Rimatara, the ‘ura’ almost disappeared. Thanks to a mobilization of the population and a very effective conservation program... 01.6K0
12th NIGHT OF FICTION (2022 edition) Urchin fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 A family from exile. An Australian city. A mother and her two sons, Livi and Lika. Livi chooses to go out for a night on her own. Mu... 01.8K7
13th NIGHT OF FICTION (2023 edition) VICTIM Vaitemanu website9 December 2022 29 January 2025 Summary: Australia, 2022. A single mother and her son. Beau is just an ordinary teenager like everyone else. And yet, his personality and behavior are... 01.4K1
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2022) Voices of Kula fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 P.N.G. Milne Bay. A group of Papuans and 2 anthropologists are talking about ancient objects made from seashells. And about a «tradition... 02.3K3
FILMS IN COMPETITION (2023 edition)20th FIFO (2023) awards WAAN YAAT – ON A LAND IN THE REPUBLIC Vaitemanu website8 December 2022 29 January 2025 Summary: This film recounts one of the bloody episodes of the Events. On December 5, 1984, in the Waan Yaat valley of Hienghene, the independent... 03K8
16th NIGHT OF FICTION (edition 2026) Wait, wait, now! Vaitemanu website2 December 2025 January 27, 2026 Two best friends raid Mom’s closet and discover a world where you can live your life as you want without... 00.9K0
FILMS IN COMPETITION (edition 2024) WALKATJURRA: OUR ACTIONS WILL NEVER STOP Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 29 January 2025 Summary: 70 years after the first nuclear test on their land, indigenous communities are inviting activists from around the world... 01.8K3
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2024) WALLIS AND FUTUNA, ON THE FRONTIERS OF THE SEA Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 29 January 2025 Summary: Preserved coral reefs, abundant fish, lush vegetation... In Wallis and Futuna, the sea has always allowed its... 02.4K3
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (2023 edition) WALLIS AND FUTUNA, A UNIQUE STORY Vaitemanu website8 December 2022 29 January 2025 Summary: Wallis and Futuna, two islands in the Pacific forming a small French territory whose history has been complex since its colonization... 02.1K2
FILMS IN COMPETITION (2023 edition) WATERMAN Vaitemanu website8 December 2022 29 January 2025 Summary: Portrait of an exceptional man. A native Hawaiian, Paoa Kahanamoku, also known as Duke, has become, since the 1910s, a... 02.3K0
WINDOW ON THE COURTS (2022 edition) When Nobody Was Looking fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 In the 1970s of the 20th century, Dr Olivier Sutherland accused the police and the justice system of racism by reporting cases of children... 01.5K11
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2021) When The River Runs Dry Vaitemanu website30 January 2023 30 January 2023 Details: 2020 – Australia – 52 minDirector: Rory McLeodProduction: Bridget May – Nora & R.D. Productions #!trpst#trp-gette... 01K0
NON-COMPETITION FILMS (edition 2022) Whetū Mārama – Bright Star fifotahiti.media29 December 2021 29 January 2022 This film shows us what the importance was for the Māori of the rediscovery of the great voyages of the double-hulled pirogues across the... 04K9
FILMS IN COMPETITION (edition 2024)21st FIFO (2024) awards WILLIAM ALBERT ROBINSON, THE LAST JOURNEY Vaitemanu website5 December 2023 10 February 2024 Summary: William Albert Robinson became famous in 1931 after a world tour of more than 3 years on a sailboat barely 10 meters long.... 03.5K8
WINDOW ON THE COURTS (2022 edition) Wind Song and Rain fifotahiti.media30 November 2021 29 January 2022 Hone Tauhare is a renowned Māori poet. His poetry is a national treasure. His little daughter, Manaia, has never known him. At 18 years old, she is... 01.7K4
15th NIGHT OF FICTION (2025 edition) Woven Vaitemanu website3 December 2024 29 January 2025 Summary: An indigenous weaver struggles to finish weaving a basket made from coconut palm leaves in a city that has forgotten its roots... 00.9K0
FILMS IN COMPETITION (edition 2026) Yurlu | Country Vaitemanu website2 December 2025 26 January 2026 A vibrant ode to the land and an intimate portrait of an ancient Aboriginal man in his final year of life, engaged in a determined struggle... 01.6K0