Films in competition 
THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND – Grand Prize FIFO 2010(0)
NZ – 2009 – 80 mn Réalisateur : Briar March Production : On the Level productions Version anglaise sous-ttrée en français This film follows the life of three people in a unique Pacific Island Community as they face the first devastating effects of climate change, including a terrifying flood. Will they decide to stay with [...]
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KHANINIKULA – LA LOI DES PIERRES
France – 2009 – 52 mn Réalisateur : Cyrille Benhamou Production : Digamé Productions & Le Snark Version française sous-titrée en anglais Tolobuwa, the Oluvilei village chief, discusses the meaning of the magic stones and string game with his son Topiki. Such a tale adopts beliefs, poetry and mystery, the film takes place over three [...]
ECO-CRIMES : FISHING PIRATES
Pacifique – 2008 – 52 mn Réalisateur : Heintz Greuling & Thomas Weidenbach Production : Längengrad Filmproduktion & Seppia & WDR & ARTE Version française sous-titrée en anglais This unknown war is being waged in the Southern Ocean, in the fish rich waters around the Antarctic. Its victims are the Patagonia tooth fish highly prized [...]
L’ARCHIPEL DES FORCATS
Nouvelle Calédonie – 2009 – 90 mn Réalisateur : Jacques-Olivier Trompas Production : Néo Productions Version française sous-titrée en anglais 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 [...]
LES POSSEDES DE FAAITE
Polynésie française – 2009 – 52 mn Réalisateur : Xavier-Marie Bonnot Production : Bonne Compagnie & RFO & Canal Overseas Version française sous-titrée en anglais In 1987, on the Faaite atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, six people were burnt alive in the name of God. This unprecedented massacre took place on a tiny island with [...]
TERRE NATALE – RETOUR A RURUTU
Polynésie française – 2009 – 52 mn Réalisateur : Jean-Michel Corillon Production : Kwanza & Bleu Lagon Production & Canal Overseas Version française sous-titrée en anglais Maeva and Eteroa are 23 and 20 years old. Brother and sister by birth, they were born on the island of Rurutu in Polynesia and were adopted during the [...]
LOST IN WONDERLAND
Nouvelle Zélande – 2009 – 52 mn Réalisateur : Zoe Mcintosh Production : Lone Pine Film & TV Productions Ltd Version anglaise sous-titrée en français The Times of London cited barrister Rob Moodie for the most outrageous behavior by a lawyer in 2006 after he represented himself in the New Zealand High Court dressed as [...]
PAS LE TEMPS
Nouvelle Zélande – 2009 – 26 mn Réalisateur : Sophie Espargilière Production : Gens Bons Productions Version française sous-titrée en français A short reflection about the passing of time. During the course of encounters taking place on the author’s trip to New Zealand, “Pas le temps” narrates the idea that people have of time passing… [...]
THE TOPP TWINS – UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS
Nouvelle Zélande – 2009 – 84 mn Réalisateur : Leanne Pooley Production : Diva Films Version anglaise sous-titrée en français This film offers a revealing look into the lives of the World’s only comedic, country singing, dancing and yodeling lesbian twin sisters. As well as rarely seen archive footage and home movies, the film features [...]
RAIN OF THE CHILDREN
Nouvelle Zélande – 2007 – 101 mn Réalisateur : Vincent Ward Production : Tainui Stephens Version anglaise sous-titrée en français Vincent Ward weaves drama with documentary to unravel the extraordinary story of Puhi, the Tuhoe woman who welcomed the young filmmaker into her home in 1978. Ward made the observation film In Spring One Plants [...]
