Papua New Guinea Movies

  • 1970
    Black Pearl and General of the Field

    Black Pearl and General of the Field

    Black Pearl and General of the Field

    01970HD

    The film follows the Jayapura-based Persipura Football Club which captures the imagination of many Papuans and the broader Indonesian football...

    Black Pearl and General of the Field
  • 2022
    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    02022HD

    An anthropological documentary that gives voice to the Orokavia women in Papua New Guinea and shows their daily lives.

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women
  • 2006
    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville

    02006HD

    A story that uncovers the insanity of the ten years of violence which followed, and the terrible lasting impact of war on women, children and...

    Picking up the Pieces: Bougainville
  • 1952
    The Trobriand Islanders

    The Trobriand Islanders

    The Trobriand Islanders

    01952HD

    During his field work in the region of Omarakana, H.A.Powell filmed various sequences from which the film is assembled. In spite of the technical...

    The Trobriand Islanders
  • 1984
    The Metal Foundry

    The Metal Foundry

    The Metal Foundry

    01984HD

    A Lae is a little metal foundry whose owner has gone back to Australia and which the workers have taken over, with some help from the provincial...

    The Metal Foundry
  • 1984
    Tupela Tingting

    Tupela Tingting

    Tupela Tingting

    01984HD

    A new water pump has been proposed by a local firm. The film traces the parallel portraits of a technician-demonstrator of the new pump and that of a...

    Tupela Tingting
  • 2000
    Bridewealth for a Goddess

    Bridewealth for a Goddess

    Bridewealth for a Goddess

    02000HD

    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...

    Bridewealth for a Goddess
  • 1978
    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

    5.81978HD

    A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s...

    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea
  • 2014
    Yu Ken Mekim

    Yu Ken Mekim

    Yu Ken Mekim

    02014HD

    Yu Ken Mekim is a story that resonates with many Papua New Guinean women going into business. It is a glimpse into the motivations, heart-aches and...

    Yu Ken Mekim
  • 2014
    Voice of Change

    Voice of Change

    Voice of Change

    02014HD

    Voice of Change is set on Bougainville, an autonomous region of PNG coming out of a 10 year civil war. Humanitarian Sister Lorraine lived through the...

    Voice of Change
  • 1987
    Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya

    Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya

    Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya

    01987HD

    Anthropological tourism in New Guinea. Ten days of immersion in Irian Jaya.

    Among the Papoo of Irian Jaya
  • 2009
    Moresby Modern

    Moresby Modern

    Moresby Modern

    02009HD

    For many people, the mention of Papua New Guinea will evoke images such as remote highlands cultures and tribal warriors; or perhaps tropical islands...

    Moresby Modern
  • 2012
    Bougainville after the War

    Bougainville after the War

    Bougainville after the War

    02012HD

    A native Bougainvillian, Clive, wants to illustrate the beauty of his Island and the changes which have taken place, since the war and the closure of...

    Bougainville after the War
  • 2008
    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    Panguna Mine Dilemma

    02008HD

    Land is our Mother, Land is our Lifeline, Land is out Future, No, no mining. In this film the people of Bougainville speak their mind about the...

    Panguna Mine Dilemma
  • 2012
    Canning Paradise

    Canning Paradise

    Canning Paradise

    02012HD

    Decades of over-fishing by the global tuna industry have now pushed the final frontiers to the waters of Papua New Guinea. In the 1950s, the world...

    Canning Paradise
  • 1970
    Voice-Over

    Voice-Over

    Voice-Over

    01970HD

    In the tropical rainforest Papuans make a large traditional wooden state to commemorate their recently deceased relative Omomá. The...

    Voice-Over
  • 2011
    Unity Through Culture

    Unity Through Culture

    Unity Through Culture

    02011HD

    Soanin Kilangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island in the South...

    Unity Through Culture
  • 1986
    Quarantine

    Quarantine

    Quarantine

    01986HD

    The aim of this film was to develop awareness of the dangers of infectious disease. Agriculture was beginning to rapidly intensify when overland...

    Quarantine
  • 1989
    Breaking the Bush

    Breaking the Bush

    Breaking the Bush

    01989HD

    Examines the destruction, waste, profiteering and corruption that is stripping Papua New Guinea of its forest resources. Interviews with villagers...

    Breaking the Bush
  • 1992
    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel

    01992HD

    In the Baruya tribe on the highlands of Papua, far from the sea, men make vegetable salt and pass on this knowledge from father to son. But this salt...

    Comment nous fabriquons le sel