Into the Jungle (2018)

Группа дайверов предпринимает очень рискованную экспедицию в самую большую систему пещер на Земле — невероятно красивую и почти недоступную. Неожиданный тропический шторм вынуждает их спуститься глубоко в пещеры. Единственное спасение для исследователей — найти неизвестный второй выход к морю, преодолевая неистовую стихию бушующих вод, коварные ловушки подземелий и смертельный ужас…

Ежедневно подвергаясь угрозе со стороны смертоносных обитателей и суровых условий Австралии, одинокий билби становится невольным защитником и другом для беспомощного, но очаровательного птенца.

Профессор антропологии Джеймс Криппендорф получает 100,000 долларов на свои исследования и отправляется в Новую Гвинею, чтобы найти последнее на земном шаре племя дикарей. Вскоре он возвращается без денег и без племени. Коллеги с нетерпением ждут его доклада и пленки, на которой ученый запечатлел таинственных обитателей джунглей. Понимая, что обман вот — вот раскроется, находчивый профессор сооружает на заднем дворе своего дома первобытные шалаши и поселяет туда самых неуправляемых дикарей — своих собственных детей! Съемки прошли удачно, но кое — кто по — прежнему не верит в великое племя Криппендорфа.

Американский ученый провел не один год в поисках доказательств того, что оборотни существуют на самом деле. И наконец-то удача улыбнулась ему: в далекой Австралии он нашел то, что так долго искал. Правительство, видя в оборотнях угрозу всему человечеству, отдало военным приказ об их уничтожении. Но профессор, влюбившись в представительницу этого племени, любым путем стремится защитить оборотней от тотального истребления.

Этот австралийский биографический фильм рассказывает историю приключений Эролла Флинна, которые происходили с ним до того, как он стал известным голливудским актёром.

История мистера Уоттса, последнего белого парня в Бугенвиле. Он открывает школу и читает детям свой любимый роман — «Большие надежды» Чарльза Диккенса. Это помогает ему наладить связь с ними и помочь разобраться в собственных проблемах.

David Attenborough tells the remarkable story of how these " birds of paradise " have captivated explorers , naturalists, artists, filmmakers and even royalty.

Tells the story of a university drop out who returns to his village in Buka Passage, Bougainville. He drifts into rootlessness among bad companions, becoming progressively alienated from his parents and village life, with tragic results.

Joe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. The documentary explores his relationship with the tribes that work his coffee plantation and explores what happens when the coffee market situation becomes more difficult.

A man encounters colorful characters while driving a taxi in Papua New Guinea.

Фильм о битве за Рабаул, ключевом форпосте обороны японцев во второй мировой войне на Тихом океане. Фильм не только о войне, но и о любви, человеческих взаимоотношениях в таких тяжёлых условиях жизни.

A Pidgin language drama based upon the emergence of Papua New Guinea as an independent nation. A young coastal man, Tonten, is searching for his missing brother. During his travels Tonten meets and marries a Chimbu girl in the highlands, and then he makes his way over the mountains to Port Moresby, the capital of PNG. After finding his brother, Tonten and his wife return to a peaceful life in his village. Wokabaut Bilong Tonten was the first feature film shot in Papua New Guinea with an all-Indigenous cast.

Перед началом Второй Мировой войны молодой антрополог Эвелин вместе с мужем, известным ученым, приезжает на острова Папуа — Новой Гвинеи для изучения сексуальных обычаев местных племен. На островах живет еще один белый — торговец жемчугом Мик, которого дикари почитают за бога.

The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mountain people," believe that there was once a great race between a bird and a snake, which was to determine the lives of human beings. Should men shed their skins and live forever like snakes, or die like birds? The bird won the race, dictating that man must die. The film's plot revolves around two characters, Weyak and Pua. Weyak is a warrior who guards the frontier between the land of his tribe and that of the neighboring tribe. Pua is a young boy whom Gardner depicts as weak and inept.

An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns out to be far from the imagined romantic ideal.

John Waiko is the first Papua New Guinea man to graduate with a PhD and be appointed a professor. He returns to the Binandere clan and his small village of Tabara in the Northern Province of PNG. Once there, he has to organise a celebration for his achievements with his family’s help. Since he has been away for most of his life, he has no recognised wealth in the village (the pigs used for gift giving), nor a network of supporters or knowledge of the preparation and rituals for having such a celebration. He wants the event to happen quickly but that’s not the way it works in Tabara. Man without pigs focuses on the antagonism aroused by the clash between traditional customs and Western values in this remote PNG community.

The western half of the island of New Guinea has been known by many names including Netherlands New Guinea, West Papua, Irian Jaya and Papua. It is an extraordinary place where snow-capped mountains drain into massive rivers and 250 languages are spoken. For centuries, the world has jostled for control of this rugged, isolated region, with its abundant natural resources and strategic position. Through eyewitness accounts and rare archival film, this fascinating documentary paints a picture that is intimate in detail but epic in scope. It is a sweeping saga of colonial ambitions, cold war sellouts and fervent nationalism, which highlights the role of players such as Australia and the UN at crucial points.

National Geographic joins author and explorer Piers Gibbon as he investigates one of mankind's ultimate taboos: cannibalism. Gibbon treks into the rain forest of Papua New Guinea to find tribe members who ate human flesh. And, meets the members of the once-feared Biami tribe to witness their ritual techniques.

The Road to Home (2015), tells the story of Benny Wenda, the Nobel Peace Prize nominated West Papuan independence leader, in his ongoing struggle to free his people from Indonesian colonial rule. Since his dramatic escape from an Indonesian prison in 2002, where he was held in isolation and tortured as a political prisoner, Benny has been an unceasing crusader on the international scene, campaigning to bring about an end to the suffering of his people at the hands Indonesia's brutal colonial regime. Granted political asylum in the UK, Wenda's freedom of movement was restricted in 2011 when, at the behest of the Indonesian government, Interpol issued a 'red notice' putting him at extreme risk of extradition should he travel.

A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex web of interests that span the earth from powerful nations and multinational corporations to tribal and village leaders. This documentary offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.