BIKPELA BAGARAP
(Big damage)
The Human Face of Logging in Papua New Guinea
A film by David Fedele (43mins / 2011)
NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE FOR FREE
ORIGINAL - DIRECTORS VERSION (43mins)
SHORTER - NARRATED VERSION (24mins)
SYNOPSIS
Bikpela Bagarap (Big Damage) reveals the human face of logging in Papua New Guinea.
It is a tale of exploitation and broken promises, where local people are treated as second-rate citizens in their own country by Malaysian logging companies and corrupt politicians.
Customary landowners are forced into signing documents they don’t understand, for the promise of “development”, such as fresh water, health and education, but these essential services are rarely provided. Instead, their traditional hunting grounds are destroyed, waterways polluted, and their way of life ruined forever.
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– Winner “Best Newcomer – ROSCAR Award” – Wild Talk Africa Film Festival 2013 – South Africa
– Finalist “Best Documentary Short” – Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) 2013 – U.S.A.
– Winner “Audience Choice Award” – Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2012 – Malaysia
– Awarded “Special Mention” at The Village Doc Film Festival 2012 – Milan, Italy
FILM FESTIVALS - OFFICIAL SELECTION
2016
– Cinema Politica: The University of British Columbia – Vancouver, Canada
2015
– Dakar Vert Environmental Film Festival – Dakar, Senegal
– Travelers and Backpack Journalists Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
– Kolkata International Wildlife and Environment Film Festival – Kolkata, India
– BIFED International Festival of Ecological Documentary – Bozcaada, Turkey
– Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival – Kabul, Afghanistan
2014
– Tinai Eco Film Festival – India
– SembrandoCine – Lima, Peru
– Migrant Film Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013
– FICIP Argentinian International Political Film Festival – Buenos Aires, Argentina
– 2013 SSGM Pacific Research Colloquium – Canberra, Australia
– Terra Film Festival – Guadeloupe
– Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival – Doha, Qatar
– Festival Delle Terre – Rome, Italy
– Kopin Environmental Film Festival – Malta
– Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) – U.S.A.
– Pasifika Film & Arts Festival – Marrickville, Australia
– Forests of the World and their Residents – Krakow, Poland
– Pacific Islands Society of the UK and Ireland – London, United Kingdom
– Infocycle BTC (Belgian Development Agency) – Brussels, Belgium
– Wild Talk Africa Film Festival – Durban, South Africa
– FIFI Film Festival – St Germain de Salles, France
– Native Spirit Film Festival – London, UK
2012
– Steps International Film Festival – Kharkov, Ukraine
– Barents Ecology Film Festival – Petrozavodsk, Russia
– Addis International Film Festival – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
– Cinema Planeta Film Festival – Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
– Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival – Palmerston North, New Zealand
– The Village Doc Festival – Milan, Italy
– Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival – Torino, Italy
– Scinema Festival of Science Film – Travelling Festival, Australia
– Matsalu Nature Film Festival – Matsalu, Estonia
– Montreal International Black Film Festival – Montreal, Canada
– Terra Di Tutti Film Festival – Bologna, Italy
– Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Freedom Film Fest – Sarawak, Malaysia
– Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto International Festival – Trento, Italy
– FICAMS International Environmental Film Festival – Punta Arenas, Chile
– Wildlife Vaasa International Nature Film Festival – Vaasa, Finland
– Social Change Film Festival and Conference – New Orleans, U.S.A.
– Cinema Politica – Montreal, Canada
2011
– Agitprop International Film Festival on Peoples’ Struggles – Manila, the Philippines
– Portobello Film Festival – London, United Kingdom
– Docubazaar Independent Documentary Film Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia
– ânûû-rû âboro (a man’s shadow) Film Festival – Pwêêdi Wiimîâ, New Caledonia
– Papua New Guinea Human Rights Film Festival - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
television broadcast
– NCTV Television : New Caledonia (July 2016)
– NBC Television : Papua New Guinea (April 2016)
– National Indigenous Television Channel (NITV) : Australia (March 2014, January 2015, September 2016)
– FACE Television : Auckland, New Zealand (August 2013)
– EMTV : Papua New Guinea (December 2012)
– KUNDU 2 : Papua New Guinea (May 2012)
– Channel 31 : Melbourne, Australia (February 2012)