Tanna

Tanna (2015) is a forbidden-love drama you can watch online on iFILM. Shot on a remote volcanic island in the South Pacific, this Australian-Vanuatu film cast the real Yakel villagers as themselves rather than professional actors.

Wawa loves Dain, the chief's grandson. But a truce between feuding tribes demands a price, and she is promised to a stranger to seal the peace. The couple flees toward an active volcano, caught between desire and the law of their ancestors. The villagers themselves shaped the story, drawing on something that happened among them back in 1987.

Directors Bentley Dean and Martin Butler lived with the community for seven months before rolling a single frame, lighting scenes by firelight and the glow of Mount Yasur. It went on to become the first Pacific film to land an Oscar nod for Best Foreign Language Film. Quiet, honest, and unlike anything else. Stream Tanna (2015) online on iFILM.