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5th Oceania Television Conference Report

For the 5th consecutive year the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival hosted the Pacific Television Conference, a gathering organised with the support of the Oceania Football Confederation.
This edition was of particular importance, first of all because of the high level of participation registered this year: 80 % of the region’s forces were present at this [...]

The Art of Pitching

The stage fright was visible on the faces of the ten directors, scriptwriters and producers who had come to defend their ‘baby’ this Thursday afternoon at FIFO, during the international pitch session. ‘A Pitch’?  To shed light upon it: a pitch is the oral presentation of a film project or scenario sometimes with a preview [...]

THIS WAY OF LIFE

NZ – 2009 – 86 mn
Réalisateur: Thomas Burstyn
Production: Barabara Summer Burstyn
Version anglaise sous-titrée en français
A film about a family: Mum; dad; six kids and 50 wild horses; a beach; a mountain and a burnt down house. Against the stunning beauty of New Zealand’s rugged Ruahine Mountains, Peter Karena and his wife Colleen struggle to instil [...]

Professional conferences at FIFO

Since the beginning of the week, for the fourth consecutive year, the Pacific Television Conference has gathered approximately twenty Pacific television broadcasters with the creation of a network as objective, in which production companies and television channels share their experiences and identify problems, to try to find the answers.

After a discussion on Tuesday dedicated [...]

FIFO premiere!

Yesterday evening the seventh edition of FIFO created something novel by opening the Maison de la Culture’s grand théâtre doors for ‘Fiction Night.’ A taste of what the festival has in store with a short film fiction section, this projection put eight productions under the spotlight (7 short films from Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and [...]

Presentation of regional audiovisual projects

Participants :

BARRY Klinit – Yumi Piksa – Papua New Guinea
BROADBRIDGE Richard – MaiTV – Fiji
CLARK Kenneth – Fiji TV/EMTV – Fiji
CORDEIRO Dalia – Néo productions – New Caledonia
GREEN Murray – ABC Australia – Australia
HANE NOU Arthur – Yumi Piksa – Papua New Guinea
HEMETSBERGER Mark – ABC Australia  Australia
KOTRA Wallès – AFIFO – France
LEE Erwin [...]

Introduction to the Pacific Games 2011 : a real challenge

Participants :

BASTIEN THIRY Pascale – NC2011 – New Caledonia
BROADBRIDGE Richard – MaiTV – Fiji
CLARK Kenneth – Fiji TV/EMTV – Fiji
DE SAINT SERNIN Luc – RFO – France
DURAND GAILLARD Patrick – RFO NC – New Caledonia
GREEN Murray – ABC Australia – Australia
HOARAU Gérard – RFO – France
KOTRA Wallès – AFIFO
MARANGO Tom Lorry – SRTV [...]

JUSTICE DURIE

Nouvelle Zélande – 2008 – 60 mn
Réalisateur : Moana Sinclair
Production :  Te Haa Production Ltd
Version anglaise sous-titrée en français
Justice Edward Taihakurei Durie descends from Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata and Ngai Raukawa. He has played a significant role in resurrecting the Treaty of Waitangi – alongside the Maori land rights movement. His work has made a [...]

Fiction night

25th January 2010 – 7pm
FIFO’s dream night preview
‘API ROA’ FIFO for 2010! This seventh edition will in fact begin from Monday evening, the eve of the official opening, with ‘fiction night’. To announce the arrival on the festival menu, the works of fiction will make a spectacular entrance with this extraordinary evening which will allow [...]

The jury

Chairperson – Elie Chouraqui, France
Director of the film “Paroles et Musique”, producer of the musical “The 10 Commandments”, a scriptwriter and a writer, Elie Chouraqui, whose work is eclectic and diverse, will be the President of the 9th FIFO Jury.
Marie-Claude Tjibaou, New Caledonia
President of the Tjibaou Cultural Centre and a Member of the Economic and [...]