The film, which earned an Oscar nomination, offers a meditative journey into the forgotten chapters of World War II in Papua ...

Papua New Guinea government censors must withdraw their ban order on a film highlighting human rights abuses, says PFF, the Pacific Freedom Forum. “That ban now makes the film more important than ever ...

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Recently, I watched Pride of Warriors, a documentary about resistance in West Papua. The film maker, Jono Van Hest had asked me to comment on the film’s content as he prepared it for public broadcast ...

Papua New Guinea has selected “Papa Buka” as its inaugural submission to the Academy Awards, marking the first time the Pacific nation has entered the international feature film category at the Oscars ...

Papuan Voices, a video advocacy organization, has organized two independent film festivals since 2017 to celebrate the lives and struggles of indigenous Papuans in the southeastern province of ...

A scene of "Cinta dari Wamena" (Love from Wamena). Cintadariwamena.com TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A new film entitled Cinta dari Wamena (Love from Wamena) is scheduled to hit theaters today. Unlike many ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua hosted its first independent film festival this week, showing documentaries on social issues such as land rights and grinding poverty, but ...