NON-COMPETING FILMS (2022 edition) SUR LES TRACES DES GI À BORA BORA fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 1 février 2022 7th December 1941, the American fleet is destroyed at Pearl Harbour by the Japanese Air Force. The USA enters the war. They decide t... 02K0
COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition) Surf, le feu sacré Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 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... 01.1K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2021 edition) Tahiti, l’invention du paradis Vaitemanu websight30 janvier 2023 30 janvier 2023 Details : 2019 – France – 70 minDirector : François ReinhardtProducer : Sébastien Mesquida, Yann Le Gleau, Maël Mainguy – What’s Up... 01.1K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2025 edition) Takeout Kids: Lauren Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : 16yo Lauren is a doughnut slinger by night and high school student by day. When we meet her, mounting career pressure from... 07030
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2024 edition) TAONGA AN ARTIST ACTIVIST Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 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... 02.4K1
14th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2024 edition)Winners of the 21th FIFO (2024) TAUMANU Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : New Zealand, 1929. When a parcel is delivered to a manor house, mysterious Māori twins arrive to reclaim the contents. Sud... 01.6K1
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition) Te Hokinga Mai – the return Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 30 janvier 2025 Summary : New Zealand, Tane dreamed about the bright lights of the big city, growing up on his traditional tribal lands. Once there,... 01.1K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2024 edition) TE MEKAMEKA O TE PĀ MAUNGA Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Liam Kokaʻua embarks on a personal journey to document cultural and ecological knowledge associated with Rarotonga’s mount... 02.4K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2025 edition) Te Pito o Te Henua (The Navel of the World) Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : An indigenous community on the most remote inhabited island in the world prepares to host its most important annual celebr... 01K0
COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition)Winners of the 22th FIFO (2025) Te Puna Ora, la source de vie Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 7 février 2025 Summary : Inspired by the legend of the goddess Hina, Te Puna Ora, The Source of life follows the captivating story of resistance of... 01.5K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition) Te ta’i hōho’a – The Image of the Sound Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Tahitian musician Jean-Yves, loses his right leg because of diabetes. Despite the challenges, he clings to his passion and... 00.9K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2021 edition) Te Wao Nui Vaitemanu websight30 janvier 2023 30 janvier 2023 Details : 2020 – New Zeland – 12 minDirector : Ngāriki NgataeProducer : Karen Sidney – Akariro Films, Notable Pictures Ce contenu n'... 01K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2022 edition) Tehe – Peritome fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 1 février 2022 In Polynesia, circumcision, tehe, existed before Western presence. It was an ancestral rite, marking the passage from childhood to a... 02.9K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2023 edition) TESTIMONY Vaitemanu websight23 décembre 2022 29 janvier 2025 Summary : In New Zealand the Prime Minister made a public apology for the dawn raids by police 45 years earlier. Tesimoni Fuaavao’s... 04K0
16th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2026 edition) The Arrangements Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 27 janvier 2026 In Kalihi, a working-class neighborhood of Oʻahu, three Micronesian boys have just one day to arrange the funeral of their friend wh... 04290
12th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2022 edition) The Black Pen fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 1 février 2022 Tonga. There is a safe house for women and children. A new counsellor, Melaia, has to deal with an emergency by helping an 11-year-o... 04K0
IN COMPETITION (2022 edition)WINNERS FIFO 2022 The Bowraville Murders fifotahiti.media30 décembre 2021 11 février 2022 Australia. Gumbayngi country. 1990. Following the mysterious disappearance of three young Aborigines, a young woman, a child and a t... 02.8K0
Oceania Impact Pitch (EN)Winners of the 23rd FIFO (2026) The Canoe is the Future Vaitemanu websight23 janvier 2026 13 février 2026 The Canoe is the Future is a feature-length, character driven documentary by the people of the Mariana Islands and Micronesia. The f... 06310
COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition)Winners of the 22th FIFO (2025) The Dark Emu Story Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 7 février 2025 Summary : The Dark Emu Story delves into controversy, provides a platform for Australia’s first people to share their remarkable sto... 01.2K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2023 edition)Winners of the 20th FIFO (2023) THE DREAMLIFE OF GEORGIE STONE Vaitemanu websight23 décembre 2022 29 janvier 2025 Summary : This film tells the extraordinary story of a young transgender woman in Australia. As a young woman she helped change the... 01.5K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2026 edition) The Forgotten Soldiers of Niue Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 5 février 2026 The little-known story of Niue’s “Forgotten Soldiers”: 150 men taken from their island home and sent to the freezing frontlines of W... 03770
COMPETING FILMS (2024 edition) THE GIANTS Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : THE GIANTS explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this portrait of environmental hero and gay icon Bob Brow... 01.6K1
COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition)Winners of the 23rd FIFO (2026) The Haka Party Incident Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 13 février 2026 On May 1st, 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists, which later became known as “He Taua”, confronted engineering stude... 07510
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2021 edition) The Healer And The Psychiatrist Vaitemanu websight30 janvier 2023 30 janvier 2023 Details : 2019 – United Kingdom, Switzerland – 74 minDirector : Mike PoltorakProducer : Mike Poltorak – Potolahi Productions Ce cont... 08530
COMPETING FILMS (2023 edition) THE HEALER STONES OF KAPAEMAHU Vaitemanu websight23 décembre 2022 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Hawaii. Near the famous Waikīkī Beach in Honolulu, four stone giants have long stood as mana-laden souvenirs left by four... 06.9K0
IN COMPETITION (2022 edition) The Island in Me fifotahiti.media30 décembre 2021 1 février 2022 The story of two women, Amelia Borofsky, 40, and Johnny Frisbie, 86. Both lived on Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands as children. T... 02.3K1
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2025 edition) The Man Outside Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Résumé : A young woman’s life turns into a nightmare when she realises her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. As his actions grow increas... 08460
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2022 edition) The MAU Movement of Samoa fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 31 janvier 2022 Why and how did the peaceful Mau movement become a revolutionary movement demanding New Zealand’s independence from Samoa? A little-... 02.8K0
14th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2024 edition) THE POLYCEES Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : After a run-in with her father’s loud and rude deputy, the new Prime Minister’s young daughter realizes she might not be t... 01.4K1
COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition) The Promise Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 2 février 2026 In the 1960’s, West Papua was moving toward independence, until global power struggles intervened. Using uniquely restored and color... 04290
16th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2026 edition) The Pumpkin Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 27 janvier 2026 On Halloween night, in the dim hallways of an apartment building, a young girl finds herself hunted by a mysterious man. The line be... 04130
15th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2025 edition) The Queenʻs Flowers Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : In 1915, in Honolulu, a little girl must make a gift to the last monarch of Hawai’i, Queen Lili’uokalani (based on a true... 01.6K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition) The Raftsmen Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 26 janvier 2026 Twelve misfits from seven different countries join an explorer’s audacious dream: to cross the Pacific Ocean on three handmade woode... 08250
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2022 edition)WINNERS FIFO 2022 The Rogers fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 11 février 2022 The daily life of the Pacific’s first male transgender group. The Rogers of Samoa rehearse a traditional male dance. These girls who... 01.5K0
16th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2026 edition) The Sandbank Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 27 janvier 2026 Alone on a strip of sand in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, three young girls play happily on the beach surrounded by crystal clear... 05170
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition) The Shape of Things, the Dick Brewer Story Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 2 février 2026 This documentary traces the life of Dick Brewer, a pivotal figure in surfboard design. It explores the inventive mind of a visionary... 05070
IN COMPETITION (2021 edition) The Skin of Others Vaitemanu websight30 janvier 2023 30 janvier 2023 Details : 2019 – Australia – 90 minDirector : Tom MurrayProducer : Ce contenu n'est accessible qu'aux membres connectés. 01.1K0
COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition) The Stolen Children of Aotearoa Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 2 février 2026 A historical and contemporary account of the New Zealand governments’ systematic war against Māori children. The Stolen Children of... 05440
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition) The Unlikely Knight Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Robert Martin was born brain damaged, labelled a ‘retard’, abandoned by a mother, raised in institutions where he was abus... 08840
16th OCEANIAN FICTION NIGHT (2026 edition) The Wake Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 27 janvier 2026 Following the death of his father, an emotionally deflective son’s attempt to return home and reconnect with his mother are strained... 04320
COMPETING FILMS (2026 edition)Winners of the 23rd FIFO (2026) The War Below: Restoring Hope in the Solomon Islands Vaitemanu websight2 décembre 2025 13 février 2026 In the Solomon Islands, the forgotten centre of the Pacific War, WWII bombs continue to kill and injure families every year. The fil... 08650
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2021 edition) This Is The Way We Rise Vaitemanu websight30 janvier 2023 30 janvier 2023 2019 – Hawaii – 13 minDirector : Ciara LacyProducer : Chapin Hall – Captive Audience LLC Ce contenu n'est accessible qu'aux membres... 04.6K0
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2024 edition) TRADEWINDS Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Chamorro jazz musician Patrick Palomo and his love letter to his indigenous culture. And all the ways it influences the pi... 01.2K0
COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition)Winners of the 22th FIFO (2025) Trans & Pregnant Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 7 février 2025 Summary : The film follows Frankie, a transgender man, and his partner Rāwā on their journey to parenthood, with Frankie bearing the... 01.8K0
COMPETING FILMS (2024 edition) TRIBAL SISTERS Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Set in the Kup Valley in PNG, Tribal Sisters tells the remarkable story of three women who created the Kup Women for Peace... 01.9K1
WINDOW ON SHORT DOCS (2025 edition) Tū Tonu – Still Standing Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Expert tree climber Zane Wedding finds himself at a crossroads, knowing that standing up for what’s right might mean sacri... 07390
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2025 edition) Tuan Ta Pesao Vaitemanu websight3 décembre 2024 29 janvier 2025 Summary : Ambrym Island, in the Vanuatu archipelago, Melanesia. Two local graphic practices are presented: drawings continuous line... 08020
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2022 edition) Tuha’a Pae, de chair et d’acier fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 31 janvier 2022 A film about a Polynesian boat where the Polynesian way of life is narrated and lived. The Tuha’a Pae V with its powerful engines. O... 02.5K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2022 edition) Ua Huka, l’île aux chevaux fifotahiti.media3 janvier 2022 31 janvier 2022 Marquesas Islands. Vohi, originally from Ua Huka, where 1,500 horses still live in freedom, breeds horses in Hiva Oa, where cars hav... 02.1K0
NON-COMPETING FILMS (2024 edition) UNCLE BULLY’S SURF SKOOL Vaitemanu websight5 décembre 2023 29 janvier 2025 Summary : When a pandemic decimates the tourism industry across the Hawaiian Islands, surf instructor Bull Kotter does not escape th... 01.4K1