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Film Festival to bring Pacific human rights issues into focus
| Leave a CommentBy Ben Wheeler The Fourth Pacific Human Rights Film Festival is gearing up for what organisers expect to be its biggest and most successful year yet. This October audiences will be treated to the Fijian premiere of the sumptuous ecofeminist feature Pacific Mother and an exclusive director’s cut of the stunning reef renewal documentary Protecting […]
Film Festival aims to create more awareness and empathy
| 1 Comment on Film Festival aims to create more awareness and empathyThe third Pacific Human Rights Film Festival starts tomorrow at the University of the South Pacific’s Japan ICT Performance Theatre in Suva with an important film about rugby in the Pacific. The opening film is Oceans Apart, which will be screening in Fiji for the first time. Festival Director, Ben Wheeler, says this year’s festival […]
‘Tuna Bites’ for food security
| Leave a CommentBy Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti Tuna, a vital “blue food,” could be the answer to the Pacific’s growing challenge of food security. In an effort to highlight the significance of tuna as a source of protein in Pacific diets, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have organised the “Tuna Bites“ campaign, […]