Films off competition 2010 
S.E.O.
Polynésie française – 2009 – 52 mn
Réalisateur : Marc E. Louvat
Production : Atelier Tahiti Docs & SEO
Version française
The Centre of Oceanic Studies, created during the First World War, has experienced the devastating Spanish flu epidemic, the 1929 economic crisis, the Second World War and immense disruption linked to the construction of the Pacific Nuclear Experimentation [...]
LEVEKUKA CLAY
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée – 2009 – 13 mn
Réalisateur : Dilen Doiki
Production : Verena Thomas
Version anglaise
Ataizo Motahe is a wise man from Masi village in the Eastern Highlands who earns a living from making traditional clay artifacts. While making his art, Papa Ataizo comments that he is the only one with these skills and that the [...]
MAMA BILONG DOWN UNDER
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée – 2009 – 13 mn
Réalisateur : Arthur Hane-Nou & Klinit Barry
Production : Verena Thomas
Version anglaise
Mama Lucindo lives at the Down Under settlement in Goroka in Highland Papua New Guinea. We join her as she goes about her daily life providing food for her children, and their children’s children. As a determined woman, [...]
OLOHEGA
Nouvelle Zélande & Hawaii – 2009 – 24 mn
Réalisateur : Marama Papau
Production : Tagata Pasifica & TVNZ
Version anglaise
Olohega, a small, idyllic Pacific Island, north of Samoa and traditionally part of Tokelau, was “bought” by a whaling captain for a bottle of gin and 15 shillings an acre and later annexed to the United States. The [...]
AHIMA’A
Polynésie française – 2009 – 52 mn
Réalisateur : Nils V. Tehuritaua & Jorge C. Diaz
Production : Sonictropic
Version tahitienne sous-titrée en français
Ahima’a is an invitation to reflect upon the use of the Tahitian oven as an expression and conception of the world. It raise the question of the value of this heritage and that of our [...]
HENRY AND BEE
Australie – 2009 – 26 mn
Réalisateur : Rick Cavaggion
Production : Light Image Pty Ltd
Version anglaise
Bee King’s parents were Aboriginal. She was adopted by a white family during the era in Australia’s history when it was still government policy to ‘assimilate’ Indigenous Australians into the white society. She was always puzzled by the contrast between her [...]
HONEYBEE BLUES
Australie – 2009 – 52 mn
Réalisateur : Stefan Moore
Production : Mitra Films Pty Ltd
Version anglaise
Honeybee Blues tells the story of the world’s disappearing honeybees and the efforts of Australia scientist Dr Denis Anderson to save them from annihilation. From the native bush and orchards of Australia to the industrial farmlands of the United States and [...]
HUMPBACKS – FROM FIRE TO ICE
Australie – 2008 – 52 mn
Réalisateur : Ross Isaacs
Production : YNR Marketing& Kohola Pty Ltd
Version anglaise
A whale calf – a humpback whale. This is her story … the story of the first year in her life … twelve months to learn the way of whales … twelve months to learn how to survive in an [...]
MY UNCLE BLUEY
Australie – 2009 – 16 mn
Réalisateur : Arthur Britt
Production : James Grandison
Version anglaise
In December 2006 Britt Arthur heard the news that her Uncle Robert was dead. No-one in the Arthur family had spoken about Robert in the preceding 30 years. He was the black sheep of the family. At least that is what Britt had [...]
