In Vivo Prod

JR show on November 12, 2023 on the facade of the Palais Garnier. Chiroptera in the cave. Darkness holds the grace of the light

Celebration of Fernando Arrabal, 90 years old, poet, playwright, member of the transcendent body of satraps of the college of pataphysics and founder of the panic movement with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roland Topor. With Alejandra Chulia Jordan, Arrabal specialist. With the contribution of François Naudin. Moderation Wanda Mihuléac. Caroline Corre for bibliophile books.

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.

When the name Hikueru is mentioned, all the other surrounding islands shudder with fear. Because in the story, when someone from Hikueru says anything it comes true. In Hikueru speech is sacred. Tapu was born in Hikueru. Until the age of nine, he grew up with his grandfather in Reka Reka. There is no better place in the universe than the Tuamotus, Tapu tells us. Tapu Bonnet descends from the great names of French Polynesia. He can recite his genealogy over several centuries. Forty years ago he was one of the seeds, one of those who renovated and restored this culture which was prohibited: walking on fire, tattooing... Incredible the flowering that there has been since that time of eighties.

Play by Hakim Bah directed by Thales Zokène.

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.

Tefana Tufaimea is a figure from the commune of Faa'a, on the island of Tahiti. He is the champion of traditional Maohi sports in the aito category (stone lifting, fruit carrier race and canoe). He is also a dancer and Mister Mini Heiva. Portrait of a discreet man who deserves to be known.

This film is the sequel to the film Coco Hotahota Te Maeva. It chronicles the exchanges between Coco Hotahota and the San Francisco troupe Hui Tarava, from the last Farereiraa organized in Tahiti to the first Farereiraa in San Francisco. A film dedicated to the memory of Coco Hotahota, the major choreographer of Tahitian dance.

Meeting with traditional tattoo artist Moana Heitaa. Moana uses the combs. Born in Tahiti, he learned with his Hawaiian mentor Heizea of Soul Pacific Signature, before traveling to the Pacific to deepen his knowledge and rediscover this ancestral art which has continued in Samoa and Tonga.

Hui Tarava is a Tahitian dance company based in San Franscico. Led by Angélique Bannag and Justin Froogie Atangan, a troupe of forty people responded to the invitation to Farereira'a launched by Coco Hotahota. Farereira'a is a gathering in Tahiti of international dance troupes practicing Tahitian dance. The film follows them throughout the week of the festival, from the Arahurahu site to the Grand Théâtre of Papeete.

Portrait of a silent old man, with a life full of drama. Moussake comes from the remote Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia. He makes a living from picking Tahitian tiaras and performing musical events at the Papeete market. The film follows him along the congested roads of the Tahitian capital, then into the cabin where he makes flower crowns and receives visits from his children.

Semetua was Sem Manutahi, master of ceremonies and central figure of the "Tipaerui Valley" association. His role in the association was to find legends, and to set up traditional activities or ceremonies, in the upper valley of Tipaerui in the heart of the island of Tahiti. "This valley has a soul, a spirit that we always respect when we come. He said. It is animated by the spirit of the Mamaia. These people that we rarely met, that we feared and respected also, in the days of royalty. Some say they were healers, others say they were seers." Speaker on several occasions for troops at Heiva i Tahiti, master of ceremonies for the Tipaeui Valley association, Semetua has made his voice resonate on numerous occasions, to tell stories, protect a valley or quite simply defend his convictions.

A day in the life of the painter Mériadeg Courtet, from the Pont des Arts to the Beaux-Arts in Paris. Mériadeg Courtet opened the biggest Parisian artistic quats during the golden age of this movement, between the 80s and 2000. He still practices raw and uncompromising art and has not calmed down. Far from there. From squats to zones to defend, often interned in psychiatric units, he is perhaps the last dinosaur of punk still active.

Tahiti, an island where people dance every night. We rehearse for the Heiva festivities, a dance competition where large troupes compete each July. The film follows a young girl from Raiatea, Calicia Taufa, second prize for best dancer at Heiva i Tahiti 2017, filmed day by day from the first rehearsals to the synod of the Maohi Protestant church in Taravao after the Heiva.

In Tahiti, Vaininiore has the reputation of being a red-light district. However, while walking there, we will meet young people full of joie de vivre, smiling, a little rowdy... They spend their days playing football on the field, and at five o'clock every evening they have training with Hentz Tinomoe, the neighborhood colossus, three times Polynesian Thai boxing champion in the super-heavyweight category. His club, Team Arupa, is one of those fairly tight sub-groups: to be admitted you must first run to the dike, then put on gloves and exchange blows. Unknown to the general public, they chose pragmatism.

In 2023, the Patutiki kakiu festival was held in Paris, the very first major international festival dedicated to the culture of the Polynesian archipelago of the Marquesas.

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.

Follow-up of the beekeeping training provided in Tahiti for six months by Stéphane Brouttier. The training takes place on the heights of the Tiapaerui valley. The most important thing is to learn how to look for wild swarms in the wild. Among the students, Romus Nanaia, who has lived in the heart of the valley for years, guardian of the Tipaerui Valley association.

Laetitia Ky in Paris. Laetitia Ky began by sculpting her hair, then she moved on to painting, writing, cinema, and recently modeling terracotta. She does nothing like the others, and multiplies projects... Meeting on the occasion of the finishing of his exhibition Who's that woman? LIS10 gallery in Paris. Also featuring Alessandro Romanini, curator of the exhibition, Alberto Chiavacci, gallery owner, and Jacobleu, Ivorian artist and cultural operator.

Almen Gibirila is a fashion icon, founder in 1980 of Black Experience, the first black modeling agency in Paris. Congolese journalist Nzoumba-Lissa invites us to discover her creations during the Top Model Africa Paris casting.