French Polynesia Movies

The first time Patu joined a tattoo shop was in 2004 with Tavae Norbert. Wanting to deepen his knowledge of Polynesian history and culture, which he...

Michel Toofa Pouira Krainer, known as Chief Miko (born 3 April 1959) is a French Polynesian speaker, sculptor, traditional navigator, musician,...

Hui Tarava is a Tahitian dance company based in San Franscico. Led by Angélique Bannag and Justin Froogie Atangan, a troupe of forty people...

William Albert Robinson became famous in 1931 after a world tour of more than 3 years on a sailboat of only 10 meters long. In 2019, a research...

Te Puna Ora intertwines mythology and reality to tell a powerful story of resistance on the lush island of Mo'orea. Inspired by the legend of the...

Kava is the drug of the Pacific. A soothing drink that puts everyone on the same level and encourages discussion. Michael Koch, a German linguist who...

Sampaguita Jay is one of the black and gray tattoo specialists in France. With the Mark of the Four Wawes Tribe collective, she popularized...

They were unveiled to the world through Herman Melville's immortalizing novels, Gauguin's paintings and Jacques Brel's songs. The Marquesas Islands,...

A visual investigation into 12 abandoned luxury resorts in the Society Islands in the South Pacific. These sites tell unique stories of nature...

Pilot of an animated series dedicated to wildlife in the Rangiroa sector, an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago.

Chronicle of the first tattoo festival which was held at the end of March and beginning of April 2017 at the town hall of Faa'a in Tahiti. With Moana...

Everyone knows Pitore in Moorea. Pitore is a sculptor, farmer, fisherman, canoe builder, fare builder, masseur and tattooist. He also makes medicines...

Filmed between 1980 and 1983, Tärava is considered the founding work of documentary cinema in Tahitian and embodies the link between the...

“Ariipaea-Vahine” is originally a poem by Henri Hiro. This poem will become a play performed several times at the Grand...

A sound short from Gaston Guilbert's Tahiti Films studio.

The "Globe of Death" is a sensational, very dangerous circus act, which was popularized in the United States by Douglas Mac Valley. Mac Valley ended...