Can't move a movie from Mac to external hard drive

Hi community!
I have troubles with moving already finished movies from my mac to an external harddrrive. My ext. hard drive is 2 TB so space is not an issue. When I try to move my movie-file (15,77 GB) to my ext. hard drive it says:
"The item “(title)” can’t be copied because it is too large for the volume's format"
This is really a problem. I want to share the movie with my family since it is their holiday that I clipped together. Can anyone help me out?
Best regards,
Sune

A FAT32 drive can't store files which are 4GB or larger. You need to reformat or repartition the drive to include an exFAT, NTFS, or Mac OS Extended volume, or use a different drive, or use a way other than an external drive to transfer it.
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