OPHIR
Feature documentary • 97 min
PRODUCTION • Arsam International - France Télévisions - Ulster University - Fourth World Films
PRODUCTION • Arsam International - France Télévisions - Ulster University - Fourth World Films
Ophir tells the story of an extraordinary indigenous revolution for life, land and culture, leading up to the potential creation of the world’s newest nation in Bougainville island, Papua New Guinea. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst for freedom, culture and sovereignty, the film sheds light on the biggest conflict in the Pacific since World War II, revealing the visible and invisible chains of colonisation and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.
Shot in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
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Website www.ophir-film.com
Broadcast
Broadcast
TV: France 2 '25 Nuances de Doc' (France Télévisions), French overseas channels (France Télévisions), TV5 Monde, ABC Australia, SBS Australia, Maori TV
30 international awards, including 19 Grand Prix
Full prize list on www.ophir-film.com
🏆 Winner Grand Jury Prize at FIFO, Oceania International Film Festival - French Polynesia
🏆 Winner Golden Sun Award (Grand Jury Prize), Suncine Environmental Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain
🏆 Winner Rigoberta Menchú Award (Grand Jury Prize), Montréal International First Peoples Festival - Montréal, Canada
🏆 Winner Silver Award, Best Film On Sustainable Development, Millenium Film Festival - Brussels, Belgium
🏆 Winner Best International Feature Film Award, Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos de Sucre - Sucre, Bolivia
🏆 Winner Best Foreign Film Award, AegeanDocs International Documentary Film Festival - Lemnos, Greece
🏆 Winner Best International Documentary Feature Award, Dili International Film Festival - Dili, Timor-Leste
🏆 Winner Benedetto Senni Award, Terra di Tutti Film Festival - Bologna, Italy
🏆 Winner Best International Feature Award, Youth Jury, CineEco International Environmental Film Festival - Seia, Portugal
🏆 Winner Best Environmental Film Award, Bogota Film Festival - Bogota, Colombia
🏆 Winner Best Feature Film, Mallku Feature Films Competition, Arica Nativa Film Festival - Arica, Chile
🏆 Winner Grand Jury Prize, Film of the Year Award, FICA - Goias, Brazil
🏆 Winner Lucia Award, Best Feature Documentary, Gibara International Film Festival - Gibara, Cuba
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Awards / Nominations
Awards / Nominations
130 festivals in 45 countries: Doc Edge, Durban IFF, FIFO, FICA, Escales Documentaires, Human Rights FF Berlin, Human International Documentary Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific FF...
Full events list on www.ophir-film.com
Festivals
Festivals
Team
Written & directed by Alexandre Berman & Olivier Pollet
Producers • Ilann Girard - Olivier Pollet - Kristian Lasslett - Jennifer Sabbah
DOP • Alexandre Berman & Olivier Pollet
Assistant director • Nathan Matbob
Fixers & translation • Nathan Matbob - Theonila Roka Matbob - Clive Porabou
Editors - Alexandre Berman - Marie Estelle Dieterlé
Colorist • Jean-Christophe Savelli - SerialB Studio
Original score • Xavier Thiry
Additional tracks • David Bridie - Allan Gioni
With the voice of • Black Sifichi
Voice recording & sound mix • Thomas Musso - Benzene Paris
Team
Poster
Poster
