2017 Academy Award Nominee - Best Foreign Language Film
Tanna is set in the South Pacific where Wawa, a young girl from one of the last traditional tribes, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an intertribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by enemy warriors intent on killing them. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom. Tanna is based on a true story and performed by the people of Yakel in Vanuatu.
Press
"The movie is a tremendous accomplishment, especially considering that the cast had never seen cameras before - much less movies - yet still agreed to star in the drama." - Washington Post
"The most interesting interpretation of Romeo and Juliet since Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking 1996 version." - Daily Telegraph
"Gorgeous close-ups of its non-professional actors’ faces capture an immediate, poignant sense of true love’s inextinguishable, transformative power" - Village Voice