The Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien (FIFO), in English literally "International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival", is an annual

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held on the French Polynesian island of

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austra ...

. Variant names in English include Pacific International Documentary Film Festival and International Documentary Film Festival of Oceania, but the event is commonly referred to in English as just FIFO, FIFO film festival, or FIFO Tahiti. The festival was founded in 2004 and quickly drew attention from filmmakers both in the

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...

region and elsewhere in the world. The festival celebrates

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s from all over the world, and the event includes conferences, an Oceanian fiction night, workshops and other side-events. The festival has links and relationships with other festivals in France as well as other countries in the

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such as New Caledonia and Australia. The festival includes

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documentaries (in competition) as well as

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documentaries and both documentary and fiction

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Selected films shown at FIFO

* In 2015, the Hawaiian film ''

Kumu Hina ''Kumu Hina'' is a 2014 American LGBTQ related documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson. It is based on the story of Hina Wong-Kalu, and stars Wong-Kalu, Haemaccelo Kalu and Ho'Onani Kamai. The film premiered a ...

'' won the Second Jury Prize and the Public Prize (Audience Award). * In 2016, Australian film '' Another Country'' took out the Grand Jury Prize. * In 2019, ''

Island of the Hungry Ghosts ''Island of the Hungry Ghosts'' is a hybrid documentary film by director Gabrielle Brady that explores the conflict faced by trauma therapist Poh Lin Lee, who works in the Australian Detention Centre for Asylum Seekers on Christmas Island. It prem ...

'', '' Gurrumul'' and ''Au Nom du Père, du Fils et des Esprits'' won the three Grand Jury Special Prizes (Prix spécial du jury). * In 2020, Angus McDonald's short film '' Manus'' won Best Documentary.

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.fifotahiti.com/ Film festivals in Oceania Film festivals established in 2004