EDEN TRIBAL
Documentary - France - 2020 - 52 minutes
A film by Martin Jayet and Mathilde Lefort
Box Fish Productions
France Télévisions
SYNOPSIS
New Caledonia, October 2018. In the lead up to the country's independence referendum, a Kanak woman fights to preserve her culture, as well as the future of her tribe, Vieux-Touho.
This documentary goes beyond dressing her portrait. It also tells the story of a tribe and its members, as seen through the eyes of her soon-to-be chief: Maggy Thyem. Is this community ready to welcome a woman as head of its tribe?
Filmed during the referendum, EDEN TRIBAL follows the daily tribulations of the Vieux-Touho clans, as they are faced with the need to transfer their customs in order to survive. The group also tackles social pressure and the ghosts of colonisation. In their fight for a better future, their only way to shape their new geography and solve this ancestral conflict is to deal with both present and past issues.
This documentary goes beyond dressing her portrait. It also tells the story of a tribe and its members, as seen through the eyes of her soon-to-be chief: Maggy Thyem. Is this community ready to welcome a woman as head of its tribe?
Filmed during the referendum, EDEN TRIBAL follows the daily tribulations of the Vieux-Touho clans, as they are faced with the need to transfer their customs in order to survive. The group also tackles social pressure and the ghosts of colonisation. In their fight for a better future, their only way to shape their new geography and solve this ancestral conflict is to deal with both present and past issues.
ABOUT
Writers and Directors
Martin Jayet & Mathilde Lefort
Associcate Producer
Eve Pajot-Brémond - Box Fish productions
Executive Producer
Pascal Jayet - Leamar Productions
Directors of Photography
Thomas Brémond & Thomas Favel
Chief Picture Editor
Audrey Maurion
Translator
Marie-Bernard Toutikian
Sound Engineer
Nicolas Zezymbrouck
Sound Editor
Aurélin Bony
Sound Mixer
Marc taillardatColor
Post-Production Director
Catherine Wartel - LYL0
Post-Production Manager
David Collet -LYLO
Grading
Nicolas Perret
Music Composer
Fabien Bourlier
With the support of
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Fonds de soutien audiovisuel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie,
Ministère de la Culture, Région Normandie, SCAM Brouillon d'un Rêve,
Procirep-Angoa, SACEM, Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Screenings & festivals
France Télévisions, Musée du Quai Branly, Indie film festival, FIFO film festival Tahiti, Doc without borders,
Ethnocineca film festival, FIFIG, Sheffield doc festival market,
IDFA, FIFIG, Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival Cinema at sea
Box Fish Productions - 2020
Martin Jayet & Mathilde Lefort
Associcate Producer
Eve Pajot-Brémond - Box Fish productions
Executive Producer
Pascal Jayet - Leamar Productions
Directors of Photography
Thomas Brémond & Thomas Favel
Chief Picture Editor
Audrey Maurion
Translator
Marie-Bernard Toutikian
Sound Engineer
Nicolas Zezymbrouck
Sound Editor
Aurélin Bony
Sound Mixer
Marc taillardatColor
Post-Production Director
Catherine Wartel - LYL0
Post-Production Manager
David Collet -LYLO
Grading
Nicolas Perret
Music Composer
Fabien Bourlier
With the support of
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Fonds de soutien audiovisuel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie,
Ministère de la Culture, Région Normandie, SCAM Brouillon d'un Rêve,
Procirep-Angoa, SACEM, Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Screenings & festivals
France Télévisions, Musée du Quai Branly, Indie film festival, FIFO film festival Tahiti, Doc without borders,
Ethnocineca film festival, FIFIG, Sheffield doc festival market,
IDFA, FIFIG, Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival Cinema at sea
Box Fish Productions - 2020