Short Films from New Caledonia Session 1 2026 2012 – 2025 Ages 15+
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Production still from Our Story 2012 / Director: Vincent Lépine / Image courtesy: Vincent Lépine / View full image
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When
1.30 pm, Sun 27 Sep 2026 (40 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema B
Accessibility
- Subtitled
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
Free
About
The first session of ‘New Voices: Short Films from New Caledonia 2026’ includes the films ‘The Can Tree', 'Head Turned', 'The Gift' and 'Our History'. The session will be introduced by Jean-Philippe Bottin, Director, Alliance Francaise de Brisbane.
L’arbre à canettes (The Can Tree) 2018
A mysterious plant is growing in New Caledonia: the can tree. In a documentary style, we follow a passionate botanist who tries to explain how this specimen manages to grow everywhere.
2 minutes | All Ages | The content is very mild in impact
La tête tournée (Head Turned) 2018
A young woman dies in a car accident. A typical case for two police officers, except that the victim's brother speaks of murder and mentions a mysterious element.
15 minutes | Ages 12+ | Coarse language
Le cadeau (The Present) 2025
After accidentally sending the wrong package for a birthday, two drug-dealing buddies find themselves having to repay a large amount of money to one of the neighborhood bosses. They'll have very little time to do it, and a lot of trouble ahead.
13 minutes | Ages 15+ | Strong drug use and coarse language
Notre Histoire (Our History) 2012
The embodied spirit of an old Kanak from New Caledonia will traverse space and time in search of peace and solutions, through chance encounters in the face of the suffering of his country and the indigenous Melanesian people.
10 minutes | Ages 12+ | Violence
Production Credits
L’arbre à canettes (The Can Tree)
- Director: Odile Dufant
- Script: Odile Dufant
- Cinematographer: Odile Dufant
- Editor: Odile Dufant
- Cast: Gautier Rigoulot
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 2 minutes
- Country: New Caledonia
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP
La tête tournée (Head Turned)
- Directors: Erwann Bournet, Fabien Dubedout
- Script: Fabien Dubedout
- Cinematographer: Marc le Chélard
- Editor: Erwann Bournet
- Cast: Sophie Guérin, Marc Lamaison, Jean-David Wahéo
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 15 minutes
- Country: New Caledonia
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP
Le cadeau (The Present)
- Director: Nicolas Parent
- Script: Nicolas Parent
- Cinematographer: Nicolas Parent
- Editor: Nicolas Parent
- Cast: Joshua Sanagheal , Benjamin Langlois
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 13 minutes
- Country: New Caledonia
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP
Notre Histoire (Our History)
- Director: Vincent Lépine
- Script: Vincent Lépine
- Cinematographer: Vincent Lépine
- Editor: Vincent Lépine
- Cast: Olivier Bilou
- Print Source: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Rights: Association Calédonienne des Producteurs de Fiction
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 10 minutes
- Country: New Caledonia
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: Digital
- Screening Format: DCP