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New Caledonia Film Festival

Programme 2025
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The New Caledonia Film Festival is a recurring event showcasing the best New Caledonian fiction short-films of the year. Screened in their original version (French and/or Kanak languages) with English subtitles, these short films are joined by a video interview of each director to give them the opportunity to introduce their work, allowing the public to watch them with a deeper understanding of their creators’ views.

All short films have been processed by the New Zealand Film and Video Labelling body prior to screening.

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Programme

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Boat Stop

Directors: Florian Sagez & Chavi

Producer: Florian SAGEZ

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Language: French / English subtitles

Starring: Marilyn DEAS, Damien DURIEUX, Zell LEROUGE, Sam KAGY, Stéphane PIOCHAUD, Gaël CHEVRIER, Karl BAUDOIN, Viviane DESCHAMPS

Synopsis: Heavy silences, skin-deep tension, an invisible threat… Boat Stop takes you into an open-air, closed-door world, between magnificent Caledonian landscapes and an oppressive atmosphere

Label: M

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I. A. T. - India Alpha Tango

Directors: Stéphane Ducandas

Producer: Cécile RIVIÈRE

Year: 2025

Genre: Thriller / Science-Fiction / Anticipation

Language: French / English subtitles

Starring: Céline SAMSON, Cécile RIVIÈRE, Océane LE GOFF, Julien DEL VALLE, Sébastien HERAL, Pierre VALLANCE, Cécile AMBLARD, Emmanuelle L’HOSTIS

Synopsis: Three people wake up in a room they don’t know. Against their will, a woman draws them into a mysterious tango. They have 24 hours to figure out the truth.

Label: M

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L'Arbre et la Pirogue

Directors: Sébastien Marquès

Producer: Sébastien Marquès

Year: 2018

Genre: Drama / Tradition / Identity

Language: Drehu / English subtitles

Starring: Iabe LAPACAS, Jean-Pierre SWAN, Maurice HAEWENG, Dylan Hnasawine WEJIEME, Draine HAOCAS, Sébastien PIDRA

Synopsis: The life of a Melanesian tribe is disrupted by the progressive arrival of modernity. Iabe, a young Melanesian, finds this change very hard to cope with and gets lost between his traditions and this modernity.

Label: PG

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KOLERE

Directors: Marceau Goulon

Producer: Marceau Goulon

Year: 2018

Genre: Drama

Language: French / English subtitles

Starring: Simane WENETHEM, Erwan BOTREL, Maïté SIWENE, Benoît NYIKEINE, Dominique JEAN, Djemila PABOU, Aleksandre DEDIEU, Danny BANREU, Joseph NEKARE

Synopsis: The daily routine at a radio station is disrupted when, during a broadcast, a listener speaks with an unusual message. (Short film adapted from the play ‘Paroles de Thio’ (The Argonauts of the Pacific))

Label: G

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Waika: l'enfant Dieu

Directors: Julien Del Valle

Producer: Colette ALONSO

Year: 2025

Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Tale

Language: Drehu / English subtitles

Starring: Voices of Aldo SIPA, Nolan HNAWÉONGO, Luc SIPA

Synopsis: The child with an epic destiny will have to face a thousand dangers in the hope of restoring the balance of the worlds

Label: G

Alongside the New Caledonia Film Festival, a variety of events are organised during the New Caledonia Season.