Minister for Human Rights Natalius Pigai, an Indigenous Papuan, rejected the forced shutdowns, stating that restrictions on ...

Directed by two young filmmakers, the documentary reveals how slogans such as “food security” and “energy transition” mask ...

In one scene a young man, perhaps not long ago a boy, named Douglas stands shirtless and in shorts as he runs a chainsaw into a massive tropical tree. Prior to this we have already heard from an ...

A new documentary film focusing on the lives of indigenous people in Indonesia's Papua region has ignited a national debate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Papua New Guinea has selected “Papa Buka” as its inaugural submission to the Academy Awards, marking the first time the Pacific ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORT MORESBY, October 17, 2016 – A new 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) film, filmed in the remote south of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is set to be exhibited in Papua New Guinea. The Price ...

Bijukumar Damodaran’s film Papa Buka, starring Tollywood actress Ritabhari Chakraborty, has been selected as Papua New Guinea's entry for the 98th Academy Awards in the International Feature Film ...

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 ...