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Papua-Neuguinea (Tok Pisin Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini) ist nach Indonesien und Madagaskar der flächenmäßig drittgrößte Inselstaat der Welt. Er liegt im Pazifik, wird zum australischen Kontinent gerechnet und umfasst den Osten der Insel Neuguinea (Westneuguinea gehört zu Indonesien) sowie mehrere vorgelagerte Inseln und Inselgruppen. ()
Genutzte Sprachen in Papua-Neuguinea: Englisch | Hiri Motu


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Mr. Pip(2012)

1 Std. 56 Min. | Drama
3,1/5 (bei 24 Stimmen)

As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village. In 1991, a war over a copper mine in the South Pacific tore the island of Bougainville apart. The reclusive “Popeye” (Hugh Laurie) offers the children in fourteen-year-old Matilda’s tiny village an escape with Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. But on an island at war, fiction can have dangerous consequences.

Cannibal Tours(1988)

1 Std. 12 Min. | Dokumentation
3,0/5 (bei 4 Stimmen)

The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New Guinea, driving hard bargains for local handcrafted items, paying to view formerly sacred ceremonies and taking photographs of every aspect of "primitive" life. With some prodding, the tourists unwittingly reveal an unattractive and pervasive ethnocentrism to O'Rourke's cameras. The tourists thus become somewhat dehumanized by the camera, even as the tourists themselves are busy exoticizing even the most mundane aspects of Sepik River life.

Lukim Yu(2016)

1 Std. 23 Min. | Drama

Melissa and Jonathan are worlds apart and when they meet, Jonathan's controversial ideas mean their conversations erupt in a fiery clash of minds.

Into the Jungle(2018)

1 Std. 30 Min. | Dokumentation
3,8/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.

Dead Birds(1963)

1 Std. 24 Min. | Dokumentation
2,9/5 (bei 5 Stimmen)

The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mountain people," believe that there was once a great race between a bird and a snake, which was to determine the lives of human beings. Should men shed their skins and live forever like snakes, or die like birds? The bird won the race, dictating that man must die. The film's plot revolves around two characters, Weyak and Pua. Weyak is a warrior who guards the frontier between the land of his tribe and that of the neighboring tribe. Pua is a young boy whom Gardner depicts as weak and inept.

Trobriand Cricket(1975)

53 Min. | Dokumentation
2,9/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

An anthropological documentary about the people of the Trobriand Islands and their unique innovations to the game of cricket.

Black Harvest(1992)

1 Std. 30 Min. | Dokumentation
3,3/5 (bei 3 Stimmen)

Joe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. The documentary explores his relationship with the tribes that work his coffee plantation and explores what happens when the coffee market situation becomes more difficult.

Wokabaut Bilong Tonten(1974)

1 Std. 27 Min. | Drama
2,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

A Pidgin language drama based upon the emergence of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation. A young coastal man, Tonten, is searching for his missing brother. During his travels Tonten meets and marries a Chimbu girl in the highlands, and then he makes his way over the mountains to Port Moresby, the capital of PNG. After finding his brother, Tonten and his wife return to a peaceful life in his village. Wokabaut Bilong Tonten was the first feature film shot in Papua New Guinea with an all-Indigenous cast.

Minutes to Die: The World's Ignored Health Crisis(2017)

1 Std. 18 Min. | Dokumentation

From a Kenyan hospital to a rice paddy in India, victims of venomous snakebites are the faces of death and disability, caught in a global crisis the world knows little about.

Bridewealth for a Goddess(2000)

1 Std. 12 Min. | Dokumentation

The film documents the last performance of the ritual for the fertility goddess Amb Kor, in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Shot over a period of approximately 15 years, the anthropologists and filmmakers have been participant-observers during a time of pivotal change for the clans of the Kavelka tribal group.

Idodo(2022)

This short film, based on a folk tale from Papua New Guinea, retells the story of how reef fish got their beautiful colouring. Long ago the fish had transformed into humans and came onto land to celebrate and dance. Once the sun had set, they hurried back into the sea, leaving behind a big mess. Curious as to who had been occupying the village in their absence, the villagers of one island plan to find out who those uninvited visitors were. What they would soon discover, leaves them amazed and mesmerized.

Malangan Labadama: A Tribute to Buk-Buk(1980)

58 Min. | Dokumentation

For the people of Mandak region, New Ireland,the most dramatic and complex ceremonial events are those surrounding death. The creation and presentation of the Malangan Labadama with its carved figures, masked dancers and feasting is the final tribute by three brothers to a deceased clansman and former leader.

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Following the Way(2010)

41 Min. | Dokumentation

A documentary made by Papua New Guinean-born filmmaker Steve Ramsden about the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. A story from each of the country's five dioceses reveals Anglican life in this astonishingly beautiful but little-known Pacific country.

Marabe(1978)

1 Std. 45 Min. | Drama
2,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Two sons of Marabe, a village councilor, borrow money to finance an ill-fated trip to Port Moresby to seek their fortunes. One son is killed and the other corrupted by the demoralizing effects of life in the city. Marabe is forced off his land to repay the debt and must resettle his family elsewhere.

Aliko & Ambai(2018)

1 Std. 42 Min. | Drama, Kinder & Familie
4,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Aliko & Ambai is a feature film about two young women facing the challenges of growing up in the beautiful Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The challenges are significant: tribal conflict, poverty, bullying, domestic violence,and forced marriage. Aliko struggles to complete her education and Ambai searches to escape her abusive home and reunite with her biological father. They navigate the many obstacles in their lives and endeavour to build brighter futures for themselves, supported by the strength of friendship.

Tukana - Husait i Asua?(1984)

2 Std. | Komödie, Drama
2,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Tells the story of a university drop out who returns to his village in Buka Passage, Bougainville. He drifts into rootlessness among bad companions, becoming progressively alienated from his parents and village life, with tragic results.

I'm Moshanty. Do You Love Me?(2019)

1 Std. 22 Min. | Dokumentation

I'm Moshanty. Do You Love Me? is a musical profile of the late South Pacific recording artist and transgender activist Moses "Moshanty" Tau and members of the LGBTQI community of Papua/New Guinea.

The Red Bowmen(1978)

58 Min. | Dokumentation
2,8/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Every year, a ritual known as ida is performed by the Umeda people, who inhabit the dense primary forest of the Waina-Sawanda district of West Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ida, the central social and cultural drama of the Umeda, is a fertility ritual, in which a dominant theme is the metamorphosis of the cassowaries. An ethnography by anthropologist Alfred Gell, Metamorphosis of the Cassowaries, complements the film.

The Church of the Open Sky(2018)

54 Min. | Dokumentation

'The Church of the Open Sky' is a luscious visual love poem that explores gratefully lived surfing journeys. It is a sea soaked celebration of the exquisite preciousness of being alive.

P.N.G Style(2018)

1 Std. 28 Min. | Dokumentation

Papua New Guinea "Land of the Unexpected", a country of rugged mountain ranges, impassable terrain and isolated villages. With over 850 indigenous languages and cultural groups, people align themselves with their tribe before their nation. P.N.G. Style follows adventurer and one-man film crew David Fedele's 3 month solo journey through Papua New Guinea, armed only with a backpack, camcorder and traveling guitar.

What Lies That Way(2017)

1 Std. 29 Min. | Dokumentation

Filmmaker Paul Wolffram immerses himself in the spiritual world of the Lak people in the rainforests of southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea in this heady combination of ethnography and lyrical expressionism.

Jungle Woman(1926)

1 Std. 7 Min. | Abenteuer
2,8/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Englishman Martin South (Eric Bransby Williams) is leading an expedition into the Dutch New Guinea hinterland to search for gold, being joined by George Mardyke (Jameson Thomas), who he thinks is his friend. The expedition is attacked by headhunters and Mardyke leaves Martin for dead so he can pursue the latter's fiancee, Eleanor (Lillian Douglas), the daughter of a plantation manager. Meanwhile, Martin is nursed back to health by native girl, Hurana (Grace Savieri), who falls in love with him and helps him escape from some angry natives. Hurana is bitten by a snake and dies, and Martin arrives back to civilisation in time to rescue Eleanor from Mardyke. Was partially filmed back to back on Thursday Island with 'The Hounds of The Deep'.

Regie: Frank Hurley - Schauspieler: Eric Bransby Williams

Savage Memory(2011)

1 Std. 20 Min. | Dokumentation

Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing questions today. This is a look at his legacy and the imprints it has made on the generations that followed.

Tinpis Run(1991)

1 Std. 34 Min. | Komödie, Drama
2,7/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.

Man without Pigs(1990)

1 Std. 2 Min. | Dokumentation
3,2/5 (bei 3 Stimmen)

John Waiko is the first Papua New Guinea man to graduate with a PhD and be appointed a professor. He returns to the Binandere clan and his small village of Tabara in the Northern Province of PNG. Once there, he has to organise a celebration for his achievements with his family’s help. Since he has been away for most of his life, he has no recognised wealth in the village (the pigs used for gift giving), nor a network of supporters or knowledge of the preparation and rituals for having such a celebration. He wants the event to happen quickly but that’s not the way it works in Tabara. Man without pigs focuses on the antagonism aroused by the clash between traditional customs and Western values in this remote PNG community.

Sinmia(1988)

45 Min. | Dokumentation

The first film by a Papua New Guinean working in his own language. A Baruya perspective on male initiation.

I Am a Girl(2013)

1 Std. 28 Min. | Dokumentation
2,8/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

Six girls coming of age, ready to become something extraordinary.

Regie: Rebecca Barry

Joe Leahy's Neighbors(1988)

1 Std. 30 Min. | Dokumentation
3,5/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Joe Leahy and his complicated relationship with the Guniga people in the Papua New Guinea highlands.

Sun Come Up(2010)

38 Min. | Dokumentation
3,1/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Sun Come Up tells the story of some of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders. The film follows relocation leader Ursula Rakova and a group of young families as they search for new homes in war torn Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.