A poetic testimony on the adversities the Ma’ohi people undergo in times of contemporary colonization, portraying the aftermath of nuclear testing in French Polynesia, which caused violent breaks in the region’s social, economic and cultural history. But the Ma’ohi spirit is resilient, it resists and survives. Ma’ohi poet Flora Devatine ethereal words recapitulate and empower the voice of a people seeking the path of independence.
Production : Iota Production
Co-production : CBA
With the support of Media développement, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Tax Shelter, Kasa Kafka
2020:
Ecofalante Festival, Brazil, 08/20
Ethnocineca, Austria, 08/20
2019:
Dreamspeakers International Film Festival, Canada, 04/19
Ethnocineca, Austria, 05/19
Ecofalante, Brazil, 06/19
Environmental Film Festival, Australia, 10/19
2018:
Berlinale, Germany, 02/18
TIDF-Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taïwan, 04/18
Barents Ecological Film Festival, Russia, 04/18 – Best Documentary Award
Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 05/18
Ethnocineca, Austria, 05/19
Wairoa Film Festival, New Zealand, 06/18
Valletta Film Festival, Malta, 06/18
Festival du Cinéma Aborigène Australien, France, 06/18
SoleLuna – Palermo, Italy, 07/18
Zones Portuaires, France, 07/18
Macao International Documentary Film Festival, Macao, 07/18
Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Estonia, 07/18 – Best Survival Story of Indigenous People
DokuFest, Kosovo, 08/18
Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez, France, 08/18
Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Île de Groix, France, 08/18
Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou, France, 08/18
SoleLuna – Treviso, Italy, 09/18 – Mention du Jury pour la Photographie
CineMigrante, Argentina, 09/18
ÂNÛÛ-RÛ ÂBORO, New Caledonia, 10/18
Festival Interférences, France, 11/18
Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), Hawaii, 11/18
Festival du Film d’Education d’Evreux, France, 12/18
Barents Ecological Film Festival (Russia) – Best Documentary Award 2018 SoleLuna Palermo (Italy) – Mention du Jury pour la photographie 2018
Pärnu Documentary and Anthropology FF (Estonia) – Best survival story of indigenous people 2018
