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On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.

Two people meet on a flight to Sydney. Although both are engaged to others, they fall in love during their evacuation after a forced landing, and agree to meet in New York City three months later if the attraction lasts.

On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner of the Republic and French government must investigate an ongoing rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.

When a doctor volunteers abroad, she discovers that her ex-fiancé's cute twin is also there. Can she love him for himself and not see him as her ex?

During World War II, love is found between a career Navy nurse (Glenn Close) and an enigmatic French plantation owner (Rade Serbedzija), while a Princeton-educated marine (Harry Connick, Jr.) fights against his own prejudice after falling for a Tonkinese girl (Natalie Mendoza).

THE ULTIMATE WAVE TAHITI plunges you into the stunning beauty of an island paradise on a quest to find the perfect wave-riding experience.

A look at the ocean in its wholeness. Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, presents us with an overview that explores the diversity of its living organisms, the necessity to protect it, the threats it faces due to human activities, but also the possibilities for preventing them and its extraordinary ability to regenerate itself when given the possibility.

The STONECUTTER is an inspirational Fairy Tale set in the tropical islands of French Polynesia with its shimmering turquoise waters, palm fronds, and white sandy beaches. A story about a stonecutter who struggles to support his family. With the help of an angelic young girl, he learns to appreciate what is most valuable possession in life: not money or power -but the love of his family!

Better known as Sampaguita Jay, Jade is one of the black and gray tattoo specialists in France. With the Mark of the Four Wawes Tribe collective, she helps popularize traditional Filipino tattooing, where she is from. In Moorea in French Polynesia she experienced one of the happiest days of her life during the Tatau i Moorea festival.

This film focuses on the links between Maori tattoo artists from New Zealand (James Webster, Juliee Paama Penguely, Moko de la Terre) and those from French Polynesia (Roonui Anania, Chimé, Laurent Purotu). With interventions by specialists Sébastien Galliot and Michael Koch.

Tatau i Moorea is a traditional tattoo festival held on the island of Moorea for a whole week in September 2018. The opportunity to honor the three musketeers of traditional Polynesian tattoo Roonui Anania, Chimé and Laurent Purotu, who welcome a large delegation from New Zealand and beyond.

Paulo is a 45-year-old Brazilian flight attendant. He is internationally famous in the after-hours world for the fabulous persona he has worked tirelessly to create, his artistic alter-ego, Gazelle. Paulo is HIV+ but never got sick before and now he sees his own life is in danger for the first time. With the sudden and tragic sad death of Eric, his partner of seven years, Paulo must pass through a life transformation. Looking to survive, he embarks on a conscious transformation, beginning with filtering what matters in his life. On his path, besides the new lover, he finds collaborators that push him forward in life and show more meanings for the word Love.

Kava is the drug of the Pacific. A soothing drink that puts everyone on the same level and encourages discussion. Michael Koch, a German linguist who lived in Fiji for a long time, explains to us why he is seeking to reintroduce this social act in Polynesia, while Sébastien Galliot, a researcher at the CNRS, sheds scientific light on this ritualized exchange.

Tatak ng apat na alon tribe, is better known in English as Mark of the four wawes tribe. Made up of just over 150 members, this collective based in Los Angeles popularizes traditional Filipino tattooing around the world. At its head for more than twenty years, we find the famous artist Elle Festin and his wife, Zelle Festin.

The animations featured on this DVD are part of an ongoing series of works that deal with sacred spaces and journeys of discovery.

Païwan People share a rich tattooing tradition which was closely related to cultural identity and social status before the vanishement during WWII. This contributes to give Cudjuy Patjidres the motivation of the tattoing revival. Cudjuy is actualy the only traditionnal tattooist in Taïwan. He learn his art to Bai Ai Païwan tatoo artist. Suliljaw Lusaujatj, student of the Departement of Anthropology of the College of Asia and the Pacific help him as stretcher. Suliljaw reccord also the tattooing.

In the 1980s almost no one was tattooed in Polynesia. With the cultural renaissance in general, and also political demands at different levels, tattooing has once again become a form of expression and also a certain attitude, sometimes described as maohitude. Today we no longer live in traditional societies. Tavana Salmon tattoos Chimé when he was fourteen years old. Chimé liked drawing and painting, and in addition his cousin Laurent Purotu began to learn engraving and sculpture at the arts and crafts center. And every time he left school, he showed his cousin what he had learned. Chimé introduces himself as Tahua Tatau. A tattoo artist from Moorea, he has been living in Europe for over twenty years. Today his salon is located in Bordeaux. Roonui Anania, Chimé and Purotu started tattooing themselves and tattooing in the street, by snatch, that means with sewing needles attached to match sticks, then electric razors. Indian ink in a beer cap and off we went. Then Tavana Salmon brought back the first pig tooth combs, which they were not able to use for long due to hygiene. Impossible to sterilize. We had to go back to the electric razor, look for solutions. This film tells the story of the rebirth of Polynesian tattooing, then its expansion, told by the three greatest masters of Polynesian tattooing.