Short Films from New Caledonia Session 2 2025 Ages 15+
Production still from The Tree and the Canoe 2025 / Director: Sébastien Marques / View full image
When
2.45 pm, Sun 28 Sep 2025 (50 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema B
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
The second session of ‘New Voices: Short Films from New Caledonia 2025’ includes the films ‘Waika, l'enfant dieu’, ‘Kolère' and 'L'abre et le Pirogue'. The session will be introduced by Dr Ruari Elkington, Senior Lecturer in QUT's School of Creative Practice.
Waika, l'enfant dieu (Waika, the Child God) 2025
The child with an epic destiny will have to face a thousand dangers in the hope of restoring the balance of the worlds.
4 minutes | All Ages | Contains very mild themes
Kolère (Rankor) 2025
The daily routine at a radio station is disrupted when, during a broadcast, a listener speaks with an unusual message.
14 minutes | Ages 12+ | Contains mild themes, mild drug references and coarse language
L'abre et le Pirogue (The Tree and the Canoe) 2025
The life of a Melanesian tribe is disrupted by the progressive arrival of modernity. A young Melanesian, labe, finds this change very hard to cope with and gets lost between his traditions and this modernity.
26 minutes | Ages 15+ | Contains adult themes, sex scenes and coarse language
Production still from Waika, the Child God 2025 / Director: Julien Delvalle / View full image
Production still from Kolère 2025 / Director: Marceau Goulon / View full image
Production still from The Tree and the Canoe 2025 / Director: Sébastien Marques / View full image
Production Credits
Waika, l'enfant dieu (Waika, the Child God)
- Director: Julien Delvalle
- Script: Julien Delvalle, Nicolas Mornard
- Cinematographer: Romain Flamand
- Editor: Julien Delvalle
- Cast: Aldo Sipa, Nolan Hnawéongo, Luc Sipa
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 4 minutes
- Language: Drehu
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP
Kolère (Rankor)
- Director: Marceau Goulon
- Script: Marceau Goulon, FLY
- Cinematographer: Florian Sagez
- Editor: Marceau Goulon
- Cast: Simane Wenethem, Erwan Botrel, Maïté Siwene
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Country: New Caledonia
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP
L'abre et le Pirogue (The Tree and the Canoe)
- Director: Sébastien Marques
- Script: Sébastien Marques
- Cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky
- Editor: Grégoire Pontécaille
- Cast: Iabe Lapacas, Jean-Pierre Swan, Maurice Haeweng
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 26 minutes
- Countries: New Caledonia, France
- Language: Drehu
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP