Papua New Guinea Movies

During the Pacific war on the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Papuans want to claim the god Cargo's gifts by developing a new rite.

On the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, victims and perpetrators are coming together in traditionally based reconciliation ceremonies...

In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a grassroots family makes a precarious living by trading in betelnut, one of the world's most widely used...

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

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...

My Name is Pengungsi (Refugee) follows the lives and families of two children, both named “refugee”, who were born and currently being...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

In the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, tribal fighting is no longer practiced with bows, arrows, and wooden shields. Commissioned by the Jolika...

Filmed among the Bedamini people of the Great Papuan Plateau, this documentary focuses on Tidikawa, a spirit medium whose role is to communicate with...

This film reveals the rich tribal heritage of women in New Guinea by examining ancient customs and beliefs. It also reveals a modern woman...

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

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

Exposing the so-called “Act of Free Choice” referendum in 1969 which saw the United Nations vote for West Papuan inclusion into the...

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