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Fifo Festival in Tahiti

L’ARCHIPEL DES FORCATS

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archipeldesforcats
Nouvelle Calédonie – 2009 – 90 mn
Réalisateur : Jacques-Olivier Trompas
Production : Néo Productions
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Less famous than its Guyanese counterpart, the New Caledonian penal colony represents another story of the French ultramarine prison. The taking over of this French South Pacific land in 1853 marked the beginning of this colonization through prison. 22,000 ‘transported’ people arrived in successive waves in New Caledonia from 1864. The penal colony closed its doors in 1931. Through the lives of four of these men, this film offers a vision of this period through the historical facts and the ‘stories’ of men who got through it.


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FIFO 2010

In Tahiti, in French Polynesia, the seventh edition of the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (FIFO Tahiti) will take place from Tuesday 26th to Sunday 31st January 2010 at the Maison de la Culture in Papeete. This event is open to all those who have produced a documentary in Oceania over the last three years. The entry closing date is 1st October 2009. An international jury will present the jury grand prix and three special jury prizes. These prizes will incorporate a financial award.

Fifo 2010 Poster

Fifo 2010 Poster

Key words

Australia culture digital director documentary encounter fiction film Films formation France ICA Internet mélanésie Maori New Caledonia New Zealand Oceania Papeete Papouasie Polynesia research RFO Tahiti television TNTV Video Workshop