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Filmography
Film entered my life a little by accident...
In 2023, while working as a nurse with a community in northern Vanuatu for several years, I was invited to document their traditional Chiefs Day. This is how the film Mota Lava came to life. With no experience, no particular intention… just an invitation, and the trust that came with it.
This first film opened a space I had not anticipated at all. Another way of listening, of staying, of sharing. Since then, other films have emerged… always from encounters, often spontaneous, never entirely planned.
Little by little, I became aware of the potential of film for those who wish to tell, to transmit. This led me to professionalize this practice. Still, my way of working remains very intuitive. Each film is built through relationships, over time, in the trust that develops… and in what wishes to be translated into images.
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BETWEEN THE LINES (2026)
Format : documentary film, 26 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production : Human Tales
Tents, tarpaulins, a few belongings hastily piled up… lives hanging in the balance. In the heart of the Cambodian displaced persons camps, born of an armed conflict along the Thai-Cambodian border, the violence of displacement exists alongside spontaneous and vital bursts of human solidarity. Marin ventures into the camps. A survivor of the Khmer Rouge era, he connects the exiles of yesterday with those of today. Through him emerge human voices, too often stifled by the clamor of conflict. An immersive narrative devoid of political discourse, centered on the human experience… that explores the paradoxes of conflict: violence and solidarity, loss and legacy, waiting and momentum… and reveals what endures when everything else crumbles.
CULTURE & CANOPY (2026 - in development)
Format : documentary film, 52 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production : Human Tales
At a time when culture is often reduced to folklore, secondary entertainment, or an inaccessible luxury, a collective of artists travels along the roads and rivers of western French Guiana, driven by a shared desire to keep culture lived, shared, and grounded in everyday realities.
Through the perspectives of musicians, educators, choreographers, and Indigenous knowledge holders, the film observes what unfolds in these spaces: forms of transmission, gestures, and ways of inhabiting and circulating culture today. Culture & Canopy sketches a sensitive portrait of a collective in motion, for whom culture is neither folklore nor luxury, but a set of living practices ; rooted in relationships, histories, memories, and identities.
Sacred Ink (2026 - in development)
Format : documentary film, 52 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg, Antoine Roulleau
Production : Foulala Productions
In Cambodia, Sombath has been training for several years in Sak Yant, a sacred tattooing practice rooted in lineages of transmission spanning several millennia. He follows a demanding path: becoming a Grand Master, in respect of the knowledge, gestures, and commitments it entails. Alongside him, the film explores the long process of apprenticeship, the role of disciples, and the transformations shaping these practices today. Between continuity and recomposition, Sacred Ink follows those who fight to preserve a tradition threatened with disappearance.
THE OTHER SHORE ( 2025)
Format : documentary film, 52 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg, Antoine Roulleau
Production : Foulala Productions
Original soundtrack : Karl Baudoin
Broadcast : Canal+ New Caledonia
After ten years of international aid work, a nurse questions her practice: how to provide support without creating vulnerability? On the isolated island of Motalava, in northern Vanuatu, she reconnects with a community that has traditionally welcomed her, a community now facing healthcare shortages and natural disasters. Alongside George, a local activist committed to prevention and community resilience, the film explores a different approach to humanitarian aid: one rooted in local dynamics, driven by the transmission of knowledge and respect for existing balances. The Other Shore tells the story of a shift in perspective... a path where aid strengthens what already exists.
MADRE MAR (2024)
Format : documentary film, 26 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Narrated by : Hannah Maher
Production : Human Tales
In the remote lands of Los Zorros, in northern Nicaragua, Ramon, a former poacher, transforms into a devoted protector of sea turtles. Initially alone, mocked for his madness, he persists... until he opens a door: the sea becomes “mother” once more, and one man's commitment begins to inspire others. Madre Mar is the story of an inner rebirth, where reconciliation with nature becomes a path of healing and passing on knowledge. What if, like Ramon, we learned to breathe new life into that which sustains us?
RESONANCE HUT (2024)
Format : documentary film, 43 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production : Human Tales
Original soundtrack : Madjas
Broadcast : Calédonia TV
Rooted at the foot of the Kanak house in the city of Brest (France) and carried by the rhythms of the music band Madjas, this film unfolds in a moment of tension, echoing the riots of May 2024 in Kanaky–New Caledonia. Through music, it follows intersecting paths, relationships and stories ; where questions of identity, recognition and belonging are lived, shared and negotiated. Resonance Hut explores this space, where cultural expression through art becomes a place of presence, transmission and relation.
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MOTA LAVA, NEVENAN GEN (2023)
Format : documentary film, 43 minutes
Author : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by : Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production : Human Tales
Original soundtrack : Karl Baudoin
Broadcast : Calédonia TV
Motalava… an island in the north of Vanuatu, where ways of living and transmitting knowledge continue to take shape within a closely connected community. Through everyday gestures and shared experiences, the film follows those who carry these practices forward in a changing world - not as a fixed heritage, but as a living reality, constantly evolving.
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Human Tales is a series that explores connections, transmission and ways of inhabiting the world. Each story emerges from an encounter, a place, a shared moment… a way of reflecting what unfolds, and those who carry it.
