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"Each cultural exchange
is a bridge of understanding between our differences
a thread woven through diversity that affirms and values our identities."
Human Tales
Coline Stagnitto Woleg
HUMAN TALES SERIES
Coline Stagnitto Photo & Film
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Episode 1 | Khmer Sak Yant (2025)
Kru Vorng Rith is one of the last great Sak Yant masters in Cambodia. Through this sacred art - where spirituality, sacred geometry, martial arts, and traditional medicine intertwine - he embodies a living, fragile, and invaluable memory. Nineteen young disciples, known as “Ajaas,” have come to learn from him. Together, they draw, study, and pass on this ancient knowledge, refusing to let it fade into silence. This episode was filmed with deep respect for the words and wisdom shared - between ancestral gestures and forward-looking perspectives. Human Tales is a documentary series dedicated to human stories, cultural legacies, and voices we don’t always hear. To honor, understand and preserve.
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MOTA LAVA (2023)
Documentary film 43 minutes
Writing, direction, images and narration: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production: Human Tales
Original soundtrack: Karl Baudoin
Original version: French
Broadcast: Caledonia
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Mota Lava, a remote jewel in the waters of Vanuatu, is home to deeply rooted traditions and a community resilient in the face of untamed natural forces. This film offers a look at the richness of ancestral customs and the passionate efforts made to preserve a heritage threatened by the uniformity of the modern world. Born from a strong bond between the filmmaker and the community, Mota Lava inaugurates a series of documentaries dedicated to the transmission and preservation of this knowledge.​
RROM POACHER TO PROTECTOR (2024)
Documentary film 26 minutes (52 minutes project in 2026)
Writing, direction, images: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Narration: Hannah Maher
Production: Human Tales
Original version: English
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In the remote lands of Los Zorros in northern Nicaragua, Ramon, a former poacher, transforms himself into a devoted protector of sea turtles. With determination and few resources, he rallies the community to his cause, gradually transforming the scene of poaching into a sanctuary for these iconic creatures.
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SACRED INK (2025)
Documentary film 52 minutes - in progress
Writing: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Directed by: Coline Stagnitto Woleg , Antoine Roulleau
Production: Foulala Productions
Original version: French
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Sombath, a young Khmer disciple, has been training for years in Sak Yant, a thousand-year-old tradition of sacred tattooing. At the dawn of his 30th birthday, he continues his life's quest: to become a grand master tattooist to save this unique art and teach in turn. In his footsteps, we discover the intense beauty of sacred tattooing, the long and humble apprenticeship of the disciples; the threats, too, that weigh on ancient traditions. A race against time begins: will Sombath and his people succeed in preserving the sacred Sak Yant, threatened by oblivion and modernity? As the story of their quest and their rediscovered gestures unfolds, all the beauty of a secret Cambodia is revealed...
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RESONANCE HUT (2024)
Musical documentary 43 minutes
Writing, direction and images: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production: Human Tales
Original version: French
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Anchored at the foot of the Kanak hut in Brest, a symbol of respect and dialogue, and carried by the captivating rhythms of the Madjas group, this film bears witness to the power of cultural sharing in times of tension. Made in the midst of unrest in New Caledonia, Echoes from Lifou to Brest takes a sensitive look at mutual recognition and the importance of art as a vector of identity and rapprochement. Between music and transmission, it sketches a space where voices meet, where diversity becomes a richness and where artistic expression builds bridges between peoples.
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THE OTHER SHORE (2025)
Documentary film 52 minutes - in progress
Directed by Coline Stagnitto & Antoine Roulleau
Production: Foulala Productions
Original version: French
A nurse in international solidarity returns to Mota Lava, an island in Vanuatu, where she was adopted years ago. Facing a community whose health is deteriorating, she realizes the limits of external aid. Alongside George, a young committed father, she supports the creation of a local aid program, designed from within. Gradually, the roles shift: George leads the training, and the nurse steps back. The Other Shore explores a different way of caring - based on trust, autonomy and respect for local dynamics.
IDIGENOUS RANGERS, learning from the root (2023)
Reporting
Director: Human Tales - Coline Stagnitto Photo & Film
Production: Consulate General of Australia in NC
Original version: French
Broadcast: Tjibaou Cultural Center (Noumea)
" Why invite Aboriginal rangers from Australia, have them travel around New Caledonia, link customs and meetings, visit natural sites, present their work to the general public? Because we are convinced that these exchanges can nourish, on both sides of the Coral Sea, our reflections on environmental management. Because the first peoples share this very close link between geography, biodiversity, mythological stories, genealogies and traditional knowledge. Because it is thanks to this type of exchange, under the trees, feet in the sand or sitting on the edge of a river that we hope to contribute, modestly, to mutual knowledge between Caledonians and Australians."
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BUILD YOUR FUTURE TODAY (2024)
NGO short-film
Writing, direction, images: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production: Human Tales
Original version: English
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What does it take to rebuild a nation? Discover how Sedtha Long and the Build Your Future Today (BFT) organization contribute to transforming Cambodia’s most remote communities. From building schools and providing clean water to empowering families with education and sustainable livelihoods, BFT is creating lasting change...
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Support BFT’s mission: visit buildyourfuturetoday.org
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SMILES IN NICARAGUA (2024)
NGO short-film
Writing, direction, images: Coline Stagnitto Woleg
Production: Human Tales
Music: August Wilhelmsson
Original version: English
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“ Every human being has the Right to Health ” – these are the words and motivation of Cecilia, a dentist from northern Nicaragua. Accompanied by her cousin Carlos, they come to lend a hand to a team of volunteers who provide free dental care in an isolated community in the Nicaraguan countryside.
