Tag: Feature films
West Papua’s human rights issues under spotlight for Jubi film launch
Jubi News in Jayapura
Director Latifah Anum Siregar of the Democracy Alliance for Papua (ALDP) has emphasised the importance of raising awareness about human rights...
Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the...
ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley, University of Adelaide
While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese...
Papua Film Festival back to Jayapura – focus on cultural stories,...
Jubi News
Jayapura will once again host the sixth edition of the Papua Film Festival (FFP VI), scheduled to take place next month from August...
Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary
REVIEW: By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
One of New Zealand's most celebrated athletes is opening up her on life journey on the big screen.
Double...
They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to...
COMMENT: By Saziah Bashir
It was announced yesterday that Australian actress Rose Byrne will star as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an upcoming...
Actress Rose Byrne to play Jacinda Ardern in mosque attacks film
RNZ News
Australian actress Rose Byrne is set to play NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the week following the 15 March...
A Thousand Cuts wins best global feature at NZ’s Doc Edge...
By Rappler
A Thousand Cuts, Ramona Diaz’s documentary on democracy and press freedom in the Philippines, has won the top prize at the 2020 Doc...
Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University
Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a...
‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic
By Nicola Igusa
The value of different perspectives in film making is valued now more than ever, says Auckland University of Technology screen production Associate...
Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...
Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas
By Justin Fa’afia in Apia
The Samoa Censorship Board has banned the screening of Rocketman – a biographical movie about the life of British rock...