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18 Feet 2015 77'

Karinthalakoottam is an indigenous band that propagates the music of soul to connect people with a sense of historic resolution. 18 feet symbolizes the holy distance dalits, the downtrodden, were to

The 18-Year-Old Assembly Line 2016 30'

Directed by Luojunnan Yin .

We happened to make friends with this group of factory workers in the "post-90s" generation while we were working on another projects. We were quite fascinated by many things that we

Abraham and Sarah II. Hosting the Gundagundo Pilgrims 2019 41'

Directed by Tesfahun Haddis .

The film is part of the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series and a sequel to 'Abraham and Sarah I: Creators of a productive landscape'. A Tigrean farmer and his wife, who host pilgrims to a

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage

Abraham and Sarah. Creators of a productive landscape. 2017 53'

Directed by Ivo Strecker .

In the highlands of Tigray - northern Ethiopia - on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn

North and Northeast Africa Rural Agriculture / Farming

Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar 2008 54'

Directed by John Baily .

It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John

South Asia Refugees / Displaced populations Music / Ethnomusicology Religion / Belief / Faith

Across the Tracks - The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary 1988 52'

Directed by John Blake .

*'Across the Tracks' is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to

Central Europe Animals Labour Travellers / Roma

Andrè Singer in conversation '

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Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography '

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Anti-Racist Documentary Filmmaking Workshop '

Talks
Convened by Elena Guzman Miasarah Lai .

This workshop offers fundamental strategies for anti-racist documentary storytelling from concept to production. The need for anti-racist filmmaking has reverberated throughout the film industry with

Arandu - Listen to the Weather 2023 '

Special Programmes
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A curated programme streaming online 3-31 March 2023. Click here to buy an online festival pass. Live in Bristol 22-25 March 2023. At ICA (London), Sunday 19 March 2023, 18:15 The aim of ARANDU -

Archival resources and Ethnographic Film '

Workshop
Convened by Caterina Sartori .

This session brings together archivists and professionals who are involved in the preservation, cataloguing and digitisation of archival film and photographic material; and artists and ethnographers

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay 2023 '

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The Art Of Moving 2016 88'

Directed by Liliana Marinho de Sousa .

Daya Al-Taseh, a video activist group made up of 4 Syrian friends, are producing anti-ISIS satirical videos in Gaziantep, a city in south-eastern Turkey. Despite being threatened, the group doesn’t

The Art of Andrew Omoding 2016 9'

Directed by Trevor H. J. Marchand .

Andrew Omoding is a Ugandan-British artist. Andrew enters into partnership with his materials, allowing their sensible properties to guide his exploratory gestures and fingerwork. In stitching and

Artists’ Films and Ethnography '

Workshop
Convened by Marko Ray Wilkinson Al Cameron Barbara Knorpp .

Practitioners of ethnography and art have crossed paths multiple times in the 20th and 21st centuries - sometimes viewing each other with enthusiasm, sometimes suspicion. This programme consists

At Low Tide 2016 63'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

Every day, carrying the simplest of tools, diggers across coastal Maine set out at low tide to dig for clams on the wide mud flats that stretch far into the bay. It is backbreaking work. But it has

North America Material Culture Labour Hunting / Gathering / Fishing

Atieno 2018 64'

Directed by June Ndinya Effie Awino Ruth Njoki Lavine Atieno Dorcas Akin .

Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl

East Africa Health / Healthcare / Healing Children / Young people Gender Role and Identity Ethnofiction Dance / Theatre / Performance Participatory / Collaborative methods Sex / Sexuality

Authors at the Festival & Reception '

Gala event
Convened by Paul Henley .

A number of authors attending the Festival will present their books in the course of a Drinks Reception to which all Festival pass holders are cordially invited. Copies of the books will also be

Autumn’s Work 2013 47'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

"Autumn’s Work" follows Bill Coperthwaite as he prepares for winter. Wrestling with a large felled tree amidst its vast tangle of branches, Bill slowly and methodically breaks it down

North America Alternative culture Rural Everyday Life Art / Artists / Artisans

Awards Ceremony 120'

Gala event
Convened by Royal Anthropological Institute .

Join us to close the 16th RAI Film Festival as we announce the winners of this year's prizes and awards.

Ayouni 2020 75'

Directed by Yasmin Fedda .

Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to

Middle and Near East War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory Political Activists

Bang the Drum 2020 28'

Directed by William Nitzky .

For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in

Central Asia and Far East Music/ Ethnomusicology Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage Rural Shamans and Shamanism

Batusha's House 2016 70'

Directed by Tino Glimmann Jan Gollob .

KADRI BATUSHA has been building his tremendous house in the outskirts of Prishtina (Kosovo) for 15 years without any plans or permits. The architecture of this enormous building, with its towers,

The Bear Chase 2009 7'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Catalan-speaking southern France, a proper “Bear Chase”, of the kind that was once popular throughout Europe, has been revived in a carnival context. This film is part of **Carnival

Western Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The Beautiful White Masks of Rèsije 2017 15'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In a small community of Italian Slavic-speakers, the performance by the Beautiful White Masks, impersonated by women, comes to an abrupt end with the burning of the Babaz. This film is part of

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Between Jirina and Anna 2015 5'

Directed by Tereza Stehlikova .

My grandmother Jirina explains the history of a traditional costume that her own mother made. As Jirina's great granddaughter Anna tries the dress on, assisted by her own mother and grandmother, the

Beyond observation '

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Beyond observation: A history of authorship in ethnographic film. A discussion with Paul Henley. More than just introducing the best in new ethnographic films, the RAI FILM Festival also aims to take

Biographies of Struggle 2015 43'

Directed by Matteo Saltalippi Greca Campus .

Biographies of Struggle is a documentary analysing the longest steelworkers' strike in Italy since the last wave of labour unrest in the 80s. The Terni ThyssenKrupp factory threatened by 550 job cuts

Breaking the Yard 2018 21'

Directed by Richard Werbner .

"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still

Southern Africa Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Love Marriage

Burying Hallelujah 2014 51'

Directed by Richard Werbner .

Hallelujah, a 'bush mechanic' turned archbishop, gets the funeral he deserves, one of the very biggest in Botswana's railway town, Palapye. Many churches come together, their robes, splendid, their

Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Death

Camels of the Pitjantjara 1969 45'

Directed by Roger Sandall .

From the 1920s onwards, when motor vehicles displaced camels as a mode of supply in central Australia, camels gradually went feral. As this film shows, however, in the 1960s, the Pitjantjara were

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Infrastructure / Transport Animals

Careers in Ethnographic Film '

Workshop
Convened by Ed Owles .

What do people do with a degree in visual anthropology? A panel from a variety of roles across academia, TV and independent filmmaking discuss their career paths and how their training in

Carnival King of Europe '

Workshop
Convened by Giovanni Kezich .

European winter festival masquerades possess a number of common elements - relating to character and content as well as structure - that are astonishingly similar across great geographical distances,

Carnival King of Europe. Release 2.0 2011 38'

Directed by Michele Trentini Giovanni Kezich .

Award-winning ethnographic caleidoscope featuring over 50 different masquerades of some 13 European countries. Thanks to some careful editing, the underlying structure of European winter masked

Western Europe South-East Europe Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Caroling with the Star among the Bersntoler 2015 26'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the German-speaking Bersntol (Val dei Mòcheni) in the Italian Alps, the Three Wise Men have left in their stead a robust choir of young men, parading the Star from farm to farm. This film is

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Caught in Between 2016 56'

Directed by Richard Werbner .

The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled

Southern Africa Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Love Marriage

The Cellar 2018 84'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

George Sprague lives and works in Buck's Harbor, Maine. He is widely known for his "cellar" (affectionately called the whine cellar), where people gather to talk, make lobster traps, share

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

Centenary of Jean Rouch '

Gala event
Convened by Paul Henley .

After a brief introduction to the work of Jean Rouch, there will be a screening of one of his major works, "Moi, un Noir". This will be followed by a Round Table discussion and Q&A,

The Child's Eye 2018 '

Directed by David MacDougall .

This video is a series of 12 short films that are the result of ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall’s a five-year project video workshop project with Indian children. In six workshops held in

South Asia Children / Young people Informant-researcher relationship Participatory / Collaborative methods

Chosen People 2016 18'

Directed by Qihui Wu .

Responding to systematic racism and historical erasure, the African diapora has developed a multitude of tactics for mitigating oppressive ideological conditions. Among them, the Hebrew Israelite

The Chronotopes of Palestine 2015 38'

Directed by Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek .

The Chronotopes of Palestine (38’) is a collection of five ethnographic short films, which explore different modes of remembering the homeland among three generations of exiled Polish and British

Cine Rabeca 2022 55'

Directed by Marcia Mansu .

Time dimensions emerge from the relation between the visible and the imagined, between memory and the experience of the present. A unique place emerges through the entanglement of music and archive

Latin America Music / Ethnomusicology Art / Artists / Artisans Dance / Theatre / Performance

Closing Reception & Awards Ceremony '

Gala event
Convened by Paul Henley .

Steven Hughes, chair of the panel of judges will invite his fellow judges to announce the 2017 film prizes and to give a brief explanation of the reasons for their decision. After each prize

A Cobra 2016 19'

Directed by Carlos Sautchuk .

What we call Amazonia is actually a diversity of environments, artifacts, actions and actors. These elements are in a constant relation of genesis, producing each other in particular places and

Come Here Come Here 2019 28'

Directed by Julia Sterre Schmitz .

As a poetic manifesto for a more plural understanding of female sexuality, this associative film interweaves many theories, images, fantasies, memories and confusions drawn from popular culture,

Western Europe Sex / Sexuality Love Gender Role and Identity Research Methods

Coraggio coscritti: take heart, all new recruits! 2016 25'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The yearly parade of the new recruits is the perfect occasion in which to vent an extraordinarily wide repertoire of traditional songs. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 -

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Cracks 2018 54'

Directed by Dimitra Kofti .

Shiny supermarkets stand next to dilapidated factory buildings in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, one of the Balkans once most important industrial areas. Pernik used to be a symbol of

Creative Mentorship - Session 1 105'

Forum
Convened by Caterina Sartori .

This special event provides a chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their

Creative Mentorship - Session 2 105'

Forum
Convened by RAI Film Festival .

A chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their works-in-progress. They will

Dancing Grass. Harvesting teff in the Tigrean highlands 2018 40'

Directed by Mitiku Gabrehiwot .

Dancing Grass is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). It captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water

The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze 2020 27'

Directed by Nina Ross .

As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist

British-Irish Isles Art/ Artists/ Artisans Personal Narrative Health/ Health care/ Healing Life Story/ Life History

David MacDougall 2023 90'

Special Programmes
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This conversation will take place on Monday 6 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time, online. It will be live streamed here. Click here to buy a Full Festival Pass for entry to all the festival’s

The Day of the Masks on the Karst 2017 14'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

A small village in the Slovenian Karst is entirely taken over by the local masks, the so called “Škoromati”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 7 - THE PASTORAL LEGACY**. The

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

The Day of the Pustje on Mt. Matajur 2015 11'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Throughout western Slovenia, Pust or Pustje are the names given to the Carnival dummy and the same names are also used in the Italian side of the Julian Alps. This film is part of **Carnival King

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

The Day of the Rams in Gljev 2012 17'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Didi of Gljev, in the Dalmatian hinterland, are fully-fledged rams and for the duration a day they act and behave as if they were a single magical flock. This film is part of **Carnival King

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The Day of the Zanni 2016 17'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Zanni of central Italy, are the same as the Pulcinella of the South of Italy or the Lachè in the North. They are Carnival heralds, clad in white, with a pointed, ribboned, imposing headpiece.

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

The Devil and the Holy Water 2016 12'

Directed by Diego Maria Malara .

For centuries, exorcism has been a daily practice in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. But as Ethiopia has undergone extensive social change, exorcism has been revolutionized. New problems produce new

Disability Futures 2023 '

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Don’t miss the plenary session with Anneleis Kusters and Erin Moriarty: Birth of a genre: Re-framing language in deaf ethnographic film

The Double Walk of the Joaldunak 2011 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Joaldunak are “those who resound”, the great bell ringers heralding the Carnival parade between the twin villages of Ituren and Zubieta in the Basque-speaking Spanish Naffaroa. This film is

Western Mediterranean Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Eid AI-Fitr 2015 70'

Directed by Xiangchen Liu .

Kirghiz people in western China celebrate the end of Ramadan with religious ceremonies, meals and other activities.

Emails to My Little Sister 2018 35'

Directed by Solomon Mekonen .

An autoethnographic phenomenology of blackness in Berlin via Ethiopia. The film explores the historical and ongoing relationship between the so-called West and Africa. A brother who lives north of

Western Europe North and Northeast Africa Migration Race / Racism / Antiracism Colonialism / Postcolonialism Reflexivity

The Enemy: a Partisan Hymnbook 2015 80'

Directed by Federico Spinetti .

A gunshot echoes from 1944, leading Italian post-punk musician Massimo Zamboni to uncover his family’s past. Long after the break-up of C.S.I., the historic band that he co-founded, Zamboni calls

Engaging Media Worlds [NYU] '

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Engaging/Empowering Image-Voices '

Conference
Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .

How can anthropologists and filmmakers engage with and empower marginalised individuals and communities? Since the 1950s, ethnographic filmmakers and theorists have advocated for participatory

Entretejido 2015 33'

Directed by Patricia Alvarez .

Peruvian alpaca wool is a material of significance among Andean highland communities and their rich textile traditions. Within global fashion worlds, it is considered a luxurious material,

Ethnographic Film and Mental Health: Transformations and Impact '

Workshop
Convened by Mike Poltorak .

This interactive workshop explores the challenges and possibilities that emerge when visual anthropologists engage with ideas and experiences associated with mental health – and, in particular,

Ethnographic Film in the Marketplace '

Forum
Convened by André Singer .

This Forum will consider the distribution of films of an anthropological nature to broad general and international audiences as well as within the academic sphere. Chaired by André Singer, President

Even Asteroids Are Not Alone 2018 17'

Directed by Jón Bjarki Magnússon .

Eve Online is a computer game in which players mine, trade and fight their way through computer-generated galaxies. Whilst computer game aficionados are often depicted as isolated, this game is

Internet

Faces Voices 2018 18'

Directed by Paul Basu Christopher Thomas Allen .

The film complicates any simple reading of a colonial photographic archive from Southern Nigeria and Sierra Leone that was collected between 1909 and 1915. Through a collaborative creative effort

West Africa British-Irish Isles Archival material / Museum displays Colonialism / Postcolonialism Race / Racism / Antiracism

Family Subsistence in the Hills of Hamar. We are guests of Shawa 2019 58'

Directed by Jean Lydall Kaira Strecker .

The film is a sequel to former films on Hamar directed by Jean Lydall and Kaira Strecker, and contributes to the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series. Kaira's childhood friend Shawa moved as a

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Everyday Life Food / Water

The Family and the Animals 2015 15'

Directed by Jacob Hesmondhalgh Marie-Josephine Hobson .

Sunrise to set. An ethnographic film, using no subtitles or narration to depict and illustrate the co-existence of a rural Zimbabwean family and their animals.

A Feeling Greater Than Love 2017 93'

Directed by Mary Jirmanus .

In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and Gandour chocolate factories. These events from

Fiddling away Carnival in Caffaro 2017 12'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Bagolino and Ponte Caffaro host the largest surviving ensemble of folk violin in the Alps, which makes Carnival a leap back into the Renaissance roots of the violin itself. This film is part of

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Film, Identity and Nation-Building '

Workshop
Convened by Jeremy MacClancy .

This workshop will consist of two presentations that query the relations between film, identity, and nation-building. They will interrogate the connections between an ever-developing technology, a

Filmmaking for Fieldwork '

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Finn Beach 2020 63'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

The summer draws to a close, but the season is not yet over. Work continues -- baiting and hauling traps, sorting and shipping lobsters. There are always tasks to be done. But within the daily

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

The Five Breakfasts of Mr Podgoretsky 2016 21'

Directed by Carl Rowlinson .

In the shadow of Brexit an expat is deported from a country that he has made his home over the last 50 years. This documentary asks what it means to make a country a home.

The Float 2020 75'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

The peak of the lobster season has arrived. George works closely with his son and grandson to repair their float ravaged by high tides, strong winds and the constant erosion of salt water. Towing

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

Flores, little Jamaica 2017 49'

Directed by Maude Katz .

The fact that a type of music specific to one place could touch a distant listener has always intrigued me. When I met young people of my generation who were fans of reggae music at Flores, a small

Forget Alberto For Now 2020 19'

Directed by Beina Xu .

A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things

Western Europe Western Mediterranean Reflexivity Migration Resettlement Refugees/ Displaced populations

The Forgotten Generation 2015 40'

Directed by Deepa Dhanraj .

In the Forgotten Generation older people aged over 60 in urban Tamil Nadu, rural Rajasthan and tribal Maharashtra reveal the realities of their lives, relationships and work as well as their

From There to Here 2019 30'

Directed by Qi Yu Teo .

In 1949, the author’s young grandfather migrated from An Xi, China, to Singapore. Spending almost 70 years in Singapore, he has only been back home four times. As an immigrant from China,

Central Asia and Far East Migration Intergenerational relations Life Story / Life History

The George Brandt Lecture - An Open Conversation with Hugh Brody '

Gala event
Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Angela Piccini .

The RAI Life Achievement Award, which has been given at a number of RAI Film Festivals since 1990, has been awarded in 2017 to anthropologist, filmmaker and writer Hugh Brody. In collaboration with

The Gilles of La Louvière and the Chinels of Fosses-la-Ville 2014 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Catholic, French-speaking part of Belgium, monumental, all-encompassing masquerades take place in the middle of Lent. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 - RITUAL

Western Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Global racialisations - Q&A with directors '

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The Gnaga 2017 8'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Gnaga is an old hag, carrying her drunk husband back home in a pannier. This film is part of Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE. On Carnival days, the village is brought back

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Got High With Only One Day Singing 2015 33'

Directed by Meng Ziwei .

Huaer sing the oldest and most renowned folk songs in Gansu Province, China.

The Great Epiphany of Wörth 2017 13'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On the day of the Epiphany, a grand parade half-way between Christianity and paganism is staged, incorporating all the ancient characters of Alpine fables, the Twelve Days of Christmas, and the Three

Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Gula - Music for a sacred time 2020 15'

Directed by Remigiusz Sowa .

Introduces the rich and varied Hindu-Buddhist religious and ritual musical heritage of the ancient royal city of Bhaktapur (Nepal).

South Asia Music / Ethnomusicology

Guli Armug'on 2019 23'

Directed by Iqbol Meliqo’ziev .

Uzbek and Tajik women in eastern Uzbekistan celebrate the arrival of spring by gathering at the grave of an Islamic saint. The Afghan redbud trees growing on the site are in full bloom. The magical

Central Asia and Far East Religion / Belief / Faith Ritual

Guru, a Hijra Family 2016 75'

Directed by Laurie Colson Axelle Le Dauphin .

Guru documents the work and daily life of a family of hijras in a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Silky, Mahima, Trisha, Durga, Kuyili, Priyanka, Vasundhara and Yamuna,

HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER 2021 98'

Directed by Erminia Colucci .

As a nation of 270 million, Indonesia is facing the grave task of caring for millions of people living with mental illness. Many have experienced human rights abuses in their lifetime. In communities

South-East Asia Health / Health care / Healing Religion / Belief / Faith

Heart of the Village 1985 52'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

The second film of the Caught in the Web trilogy, which compares and contrast aspects of life in a Dorset community in the Bride Valley and a French village in Provence, Villes-sur-Auzon,

Western Europe British-Irish Isles Rural Socioeconomic conditions

Honouring Professor Stephen Nugent '

Conference
Convened by Renato Athias .

Professor Stephen Nugent, a major figure in the field of Visual Anthropology, passed away in November 2018. At Goldsmiths, Steve set up the pioneering MA in Visual Anthropology, and more recently

Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine 2007 27'

Directed by Ester Hertog .

Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities

Middle and Near East Development projects Dance / Theatre / Performance Children / Young people

House No. 15 2018 7'

Directed by Aryo Danusiri .

Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera

South-East Asia Everyday Life Children/ Young people Sensory Ethnography

Imagine(ing) migration '

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Imagine(ing) migration. The aesthetics of borders and resistance [SOAS]. What is migration? Is this the “age of migration”? What is diaspora? What challenges do diasporic communities bring to

In Aiye's Garden. Propagation and Processing of Enset in the Gamo Highlands 2019 58'

Directed by Eyob Defersha .

In Aiye’s Garden is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). Enset, which is related to the banana plant, is very drought resistant and a good source of

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water

In the dooryard 2020 71'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

Spring in Buck’s Harbor is about preparing for the fishing season ahead. Work on lobster traps and on halibut hooks begins in earnest. But it is rarely a solitary activity. Every day people

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

The Intelligent Hand 2015 21'

Directed by Trevor H. J. Marchand .

The Intelligent Hand introduces us to a first-year cohort of British fine woodwork trainees at the Building Crafts College in Stratford, East London. Through the narratives of the course tutor and

Interactive Documentary and Ethnographic Film '

Workshop
Convened by Judith Aston Paolo Favero .

This workshop will aim to generate a constructive dialogue between innovative or emerging non-linear (or interactive) documentary practices and the terrain of ethnographic film. It will be structured

IntranQu’îllités 2019 20'

Directed by Edward Owles .

Lyrically narrated by award-winning Haitian poet James Noël, the short film interweaves the work of several Haitian artists who want to redefine how their nation is perceived. The film explores the

Caribbean Islands Art/ Artists/ Artisans Nationalism Social Organisation

Istanbul Notes 2016 69'

Directed by Özlem Sariyildiz Yunus Emre Aydin .

‘Istanbul Makamı’ is a cinematographic improvisation with 5 musicians from abroad who fall in love with the Maqam Music (Classical Ottoman Music) and decide to live in Turkey believing that

Janitzio its fishing, its pinatas 2015 31'

Directed by Jose Figueroa Paola Rodriguez David Figueroa Omar Foglio .

Since the 80s around 250 Purepecha families settled in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. They traveled more than 2,500 miles from Janitzio island, where they were fishermen and weavers of nets,

The Jiama Paper of Bai With My Heart 2016 21'

Directed by He Zi Jian Li .

Traditional Jiama imprinted paper production in the Bai cultural region, southwest China, presented through the experiences of one particular family.

John Baily Masterclass - Afghan Music '

Masterclass
Convened by Barley Norton .

In this revelatory masterclass John Baily will trace his ‘career’ as an ethnomusicological film maker, starting with the films he made as a result of research in Herat, Afghanistan, in the 1970s:

Join Me in Shambala 2001 30'

Directed by Anya Bernstein .

Once brutally persecuted under the Soviet regime, Buddhism is re-emerging in Siberia. But with a past where Lamas were killed in prisons and temples burnt to the ground, there are few masters left to

Central Asia and Far East Religion / Belief / Faith Post-communism

Journey into Europe 2015 122'

Directed by Akbar Ahmed .

In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam

Central Europe Western Europe South-East Europe History Religion / Belief / Faith Collective / Community identity

Kat Cizek 2023 90'

Special Programmes
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This conversation is taking place online on Friday 10 March 2023 17:00 - 18:30, UK time, online. This event will be live streamed on https://www.facebook.com/raifilmfest Why co-create – and why

Keynote by Faye Ginsburg '

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Indigenous Media and Archival Imaginaries This talk considers archives created by Indigenous mediamakers who, over the last three decades, have produced an astonishing array of work -- from

Keynote by Stephanie Spray '

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Stephanie Spray, Director, Center for Visual Anthropology at USC Dornsife, Los Angeles, USA. She is a filmmaker, phonographer, and anthropologist whose work explores and exploits the poetics of

Kim Longinotto 120'

Gala event
Convened by Angela Piccini .

This year, the RAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded in 2019 to multi award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto. Marking this occasion, Longinotto will give the 2019 George Brandt Lecture at a

Kokota: The Islet of Hope 2015 29'

Directed by Craig Norris .

Mbarouk Mussa Omar is from an East African Island called Pemba. Nearly ten years ago he visited a tiny neighbouring islet called Kokota and was shocked by what he saw. Kokota was teetering towards

Komian 2015 72'

Directed by Jordi Esteva .

Four years after the filming of “Return to the Land of Souls”, about the rituals of trance and possession, the narrator travels to Ivory Coast in search of a priestess possessed by the Spirit of

West Africa Possession Ritual Music / Ethnomusicology

Koza Szymborska. The Day of the Goat in Szymborze 2011 14'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Koza or Goat is animal that gives the masquerade its name throughout Eastern Europe, from Romania to Moldavia and the Ukraine, and all the way to northern Poland where we filmed it. This film

Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Land Lot S7 2020 28'

Directed by Abtin Sarabi .

Following sugar cane field workers in Senegal as they chop and burn their way through seemingly endless fields, this poetic film takes an unconventional approach to understanding the gruelling work

West Africa Labour Agriculture / Farming

Last Days. Last Shot 2016 52'

Directed by Sumira Roy .

In ancient Eastern thought, there are no absolute truths and even in death there is no one model. Through the film’s two characters and their simple acts of daily life we explore two contrasting

Last Round of Jaldi Five 2017 26'

Directed by Ellen Lapper .

2017 marked seventy years since the decolonisation and Partition of India, sparking one of the largest mass migrations in history. One particular community uprooted by this event were the

La forma del mundo 2017 88'

Directed by David Delgado San Ginés .

A sound is born from the root of the earth. Those are the voices that sing for the animas of Purgatory. Every year for centuries los Cantadores de Arbejales, in the misty mountains of the island of

Limpiadores 2015 39'

Directed by Fernando Mitjáns .

Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant cleaners outsourced at the School of Oriental and

Lives and Deaths between Ebbs and Flows 2019 14'

Directed by Futuru C.L. Tsai .

Futuru Tsai explores the relationship between Amis people and the sea in this playful portrait of maritime culture in coastal Taiwan. The film focuses on various social and practical activities in

Central Asia and Far East Animals Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples

Maboan - notes on the construction of a dam 2015 25'

Directed by Ana Luísa Luz Joana Sousa Zaino Zauad Ansomane Dabo Braima Indjai .

The colonial military offensive and consequent population exile during the Independence Struggle in Guinea-Bissau (1963-1974) led to the destruction of many mangrove rice fields. In every corner of

MacDougall Masterclass - Turkana Conversations Revisited '

Masterclass
Convened by Michael Stewart .

Marking 40 years since its original release as well as its more recent digital remastering, David MacDougall will present the classic trilogy he made with his wife Judith on the Turkana pastoralists

Making a Living in the Dry Season 2016 35'

Directed by Ines Ponte .

Set in the highlands village of Katuwo, the film is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a family living in an agro-pastoralist farm in Namibe, Angola. Through my request to my host

Making Worlds Otherwise 2020 28'

Directed by Paul Gurrumuruwuy Jennifer Deger Enid Guruŋulmiwuy Warren Balpatji Meredith Balanydjarrk James Ganambarr Kayleen Djingadjingawuy Victoria Baskin Coffey Sebastian Lowe .

An exuberant experiment in the ethnographic art of remix that gives new form to Miyarrka Media’s project of yuṯa, or new, anthropology. Sound, images, colour, light, and deeply felt patterns of

Australia Collective / Community identity Colonialism / Postcolonialism Internet Digital media Participatory / Collaborative methods

Marriage, Maoism and Modernity 2009 30'

Directed by Zhifang Song Gary Seaman Steven Rousso-Schindler .

This film outlines the types of marriage exchange practiced in a Chinese village over the last fifty years. Dowry, brideprice and exchange marriages have dominated the marriage market in turn as

Central Asia and Far East Marriage History Social Change

Masterclass: Laurent Van Lancker 105'

Masterclass
Convened by Chris Wright .

This year's RAI Film Festival Masterclass will be delivered by award-winning filmmaker Laurent Van Lancker, in conversation with Chris Wright. Van Lancker won the Basil Wright Prize at the RAI

A Miscellany of Families 2015 36'

Directed by Eluned Zoe Aiano .

This multi-layered documentary explores the way we navigate the stories that are presented to us during childhood and how we choose to pass them on through ideological influences and shifting values.

Mongolia part 2: The City on the Steppes 1975 52'

Directed by Brian Moser .

The second of two films on Mongolia made by Granada Television in 1974–75 looks at life in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia and home of a quarter of the population. The city celebrates the 53rd

Central Asia and Far East Festivals / Carnival Urban Everyday Life

Motels 2020 27'

Directed by Claudia F. Quigua .

Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the

South America Sex / Sexuality Love Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage

Muir ar n-Athraichean (Our Fathers’ Sea) '

Talks
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Filmmaker Alastair Cole and anthropologist Magnus Course in conversation around the questions posed by their award-winning short film Muir ar n-Athreaichean (Our Fathers’ Sea). The film’s

My Eyes as a Stranger 1984 53'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

This film tells the story of the friendship between an English filmmaker and Nicola, a Sicilian ex-gangster who lives in Florence. The film moves to and fro between a street of ill repute, and the

South-East Europe Gender Role and Identity

Namatjira Project 2017 87'

Directed by Sera Davies .

An extraordinary first-hand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australia’s most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was

Australia Art / Artists / Artisans Collective / Community identity Colonialism / Postcolonialism Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Political Activists Race / Racism / Antiracism

Negotiating Amnesia 2015 30'

Directed by Alessandra Ferrini .

Negotiating Amnesia takes as its starting point two collections of photographs found within the Alinari's photographic Archive in Florence (Italy): a series of black and white images of the Ethiopian

Never Hold Your Breath 2016 34'

Directed by Gil Orr Urtreger .

Utila is a tiny island in the Western Caribbean, part of the Republic of Honduras. It is a mixed community established in the 1800s by Caymans, outlaws and former slaves. We arrive as travelers and

The New Boys 2003 100'

Directed by David MacDougall .

The social dynamics of the group is the focus of this study of life in Foot House, one of Doon School’s dormitories for new boys. It begins a few days before the boys appear and shows them

South Asia Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission Collective / Community identity

New Images 1964 27'

Directed by Ulli Beier Frank Speed .

The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the

West Africa Art / Artists / Artisans Religion / Belief / Faith Archival material / Museum displays

New York Just Another City 2019 18'

Directed by André Lopes Joana Brandão .

Brazilian Guarani filmmaker Patrícia Ferreira reflects on New York City and Indigenous representation in dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. This film is part of the collected DVD

North America Archival material / Museum displays Colonialism / Postcolonialism Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples Race / Racism / Antiracism

Ngarap: fighting over a corpse 1973 17'

Directed by Anthony Forge .

In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the

South-East Asia Death Ritual Art / Artists / Artisans Archival material / Museum displays

Nicobar, a long way... 2016 60'

Directed by Richa Hushing .

Deep in the Bay of Bengal, the Nicobar archipelago, a tribal reserve protected under Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, was worst smashed by the Tsunami of 26th December

Nobody Dies Here 2016 23'

Directed by Simon Panay .

Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.

Nuba Conversation 1989 53'

Directed by Arthur Howes .

Ten years after he made 'Kafi's Story', director Arthur Howes returns to the Sudan to find the members of the Nuba who featured in his earlier documentary film. Soon after he had left the Sudan, the

North and Northeast Africa Children / Young people War / Conflict / Reconciliation Refugees / Displaced populations

Nuba Wrestling 1991 42'

Directed by Rolf Husmann Werner Sperschneider .

The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a

North and Northeast Africa Collective / Community identity Gender Role and Identity Urban Sport

Nyumba Nthobu 2016 15'

Directed by Nick Lunch .

This film was made by a group of women from the Mara region, North Tanzania, who practise an old tradition called Nyumba Nthobu, by which childless (or lonely) women known as ‘Mamas’ can legally

Ocak 2020 28'

Directed by Zeynep Kaserci .

The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village

Middle and Near East Collective / Community identity Agriculture / Farming Rural

Off the Verandah - Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) 1986 52'

Directed by André Singer .

Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series

Various History of Anthropology Public Figure

Oink! 2020 22'

Directed by Rob Eagle .

An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,

Western Europe North America Sex / Sexuality LGBTQI* Collective / Community identity

Okinami 2019 24'

Directed by Can Tamura (aka John Wells) .

This film features a Japanese seaside ritual performed in honour of a marine deity, who is considered to hold the power to determine a safe and successful year of local fishing. This two-day event

Central Asia and Far East Festivals/ Carnival Urban Folklore Myths/ Fairy tales

On the water 2020 67'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

During April, George and Mark, his son and sternman, begin setting traps for the season ahead. It’s cold and rough on the ocean, and lobsters are scarce. Halibut fishing, permitted for only

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

Once upon a time in Val di Fiemme 2009 23'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 -

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

One day in Agnita 2011 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 -

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

One day in Begnishte 2008 7'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Orthodox New Year’s Eve is marked by the appearance of the Djolomari, the “old ones”, for a long day of ritual, which is both structured and frenetic. This film is part of **Carnival

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

One day in Chelnik 2008 14'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On the day of the Kukeri, mysterious, impenetrable masks visit every house in Bulgarian Thrace, and end up in the village square for a most persuasive wedding and ploughing ritual. This film is

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

One day in Lancova Vas 2010 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In eastern Slovenia, an assorted party of masked ploughmen run around each village on Carnival days. In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

One day in Rukavac 2008 11'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Zvonča in Croatian means “bell” and the Istrian Zvončari are the popular carnival heralds who undertake some challenging walkabouts between neighbouring villages every year - Croatia. This

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The Orchard Keepers 2014 24'

Directed by Bryony Dunne .

Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and

North and Northeast Africa Environment Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany Rural

The Ospreys and the Old Man 2020 9'

Directed by Ang Gao .

A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most

Central Asia and Far East Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Animals Elderly People

Other Europe 2011 75'

Directed by Rossella Schillaci .

What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled,

Western Mediterranean Migration Urban Squatter Settlements / Homelessness

Out of Focus 2013 37'

Directed by Adrian Arcé Antonio Zirión .

This is a collaborative documentary about arts, culture and everyday life inside a prison for minors. It was shot during a photography and video workshop with young inmates at the Juvenile Community

Central America Children / Young people Prison Art / Artists / Artisans Reflexivity

Out of Place 1993 38'

Directed by Peter Lutz .

The war in Bosnia in the early 1990s drove Nerma and Mavis from their homes. Having found refuge in Sweden, they learn to cope with a new situation.

Scandinavia Refugees / Displaced populations War / Conflict / Reconciliation

P01: Rethinking fieldwork '

Conference
Convened by Maruska Svasek .

P02a: Crisis, creativity and ethics '

Conference
Convened by Timothy Cooper Till J F Trojer .

P02b: Crisis, creativity and ethics '

Conference
Convened by Timothy Cooper Till J F Trojer .

P03: Existential crisis, exceptional fields '

Conference
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P04: Rethinking anthropological film distribution '

Conference
Convened by Christos Varvantakis Sanderien Verstappen .

P05a: The crisis of communication '

Conference
Convened by Federica Manfredi Lucia Portis .

P05b: The crisis of communication '

Conference
Convened by Federica Manfredi Lucia Portis .

P06a: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '

Conference
Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Yáñez Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .

P06b: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '

Conference
Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .

P07: Critical play: Smartphones as a mode of creative engagement with crisis '

Conference
Convened by Sanderien Verstappen Mark Westmoreland .

P08a: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '

Conference
Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .

P08b: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '

Conference
Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .

P08c: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '

Conference
Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .

P09: Together for Mental Health '

Conference
Convened by Erminia Colucci .

P10: Housing loss and insecurity '

Conference
Convened by Caterina Sartori .

P11: Social movements, protest, social justice & creativity '

Conference
Convened by José Sherwood .

P12a: Immersive Ethnography '

Conference
Convened by Rossella Schillaci Mark Westmoreland .

P12b: Immersive Ethnography '

Conference
Convened by Rossella Schillaci Mark Westmoreland .

P13: Our pandemic lives: photographing the pandemic '

Conference
Convened by Caroline Bennett .

P14: Co-agitō ergo sum '

Conference
Convened by César Enrique Giraldo Herrera .

P15: Quality and equality in collaborative projects '

Conference
Convened by Arjang Omrani Kris Rutten .

P16a: Global Black Lives Matter '

Conference
Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .

P16b: Global Black Lives Matter '

Conference
Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .

P16c: Global Black Lives Matter '

Conference
Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .

P17: Workshop: Radical inclusivity and visual ethnography '

Conference
Convened by Mike Poltorak .

P18: Chronotopes during crisis '

Conference
Convened by Alastair Lomas Charlotte Hoskins Andrea Bordoli .

P19: The future of Visual Anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter '

Conference
Convened by Judith Aston Shawn Sobers .

P20: Big mouth '

Conference
Convened by Nomi Dave Bremen Donovan .

P21: Crisis through comics: a roundtable discussion on graphic anthropology '

Conference
Convened by Letizia Bonanno José Sherwood .

P22: Rhythm, sight and sound: work in times of uncertainty '

Conference
Convened by Sandro Simon Valerie Haensch Ian M. Cook .

P23a: Disappearing world reloaded '

Conference
Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .

P23b: Disappearing world reloaded '

Conference
Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .

P23c: Disappearing world reloaded '

Conference
Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .

P24: Encountering reality as crisis '

Conference
Convened by Toma Peiu Luiza Parvu .

P25: Between academic theory-building and social engagement '

Conference
Convened by Henrike Neuhaus Yanina Carpentieri .

P26a: Empirical art '

Conference
Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .

P26b: Empirical art '

Conference
Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .

P26c: Empirical art '

Conference
Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .

P26d: Empirical art '

Conference
Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .

P27a: Colonial Film Archives '

Conference
Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .

P27b: Colonial Film Archives '

Conference
Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .

P27c: Colonial Film Archives '

Conference
Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .

Palimpsest of the Africa Museum 2019 69'

Directed by Matthias De Groof .

In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has

Western Europe Archival material / Museum displays Colonialism / Postcolonialism Race / Racism / Antiracism Education / Knowledge Transmission History of Anthropology

Panel 01: Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future 90'

Conference
Convened by Renato Athias Rodrigo Lacerda .

Full title - Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future Indigenous cinema is a very diverse and global category with more than fifty years of history. The panel seeks submissions to analyze the

Panel 02: How to frame a poem in a film with others? 90'

Conference
Convened by Roseline Lambert Rachel McCrum .

Full title - How to frame a poem in a film with others? Experiences of translation between different langages, poems, pictures and borders This panel aims to discuss the realisation of film-poems

Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part I) 90'

Conference
Convened by Toma Peiu .

Full title: Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming

Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part II) 90'

Conference
Convened by Toma Peiu .

Full title- Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming

Panel 04: Indigenous California 90'

Conference
Convened by Teri Brewer Sue Giles Wendy Teeter .

Full title- Indigenous California: A Forum on Collaborative Archaeological and Ethnographic Visual Media Projects In recent years there have been an increasing number of productive visual media

Panel 05: Haptics and Visual Anthropology 90'

Conference
Convened by Aparna Sharma Arine Kirstein Høgel .

Full title - Haptics and Visual Anthropology: Audio-Visual Dialogues and Non-Verbal Forms of Knowledge Construction In this workshop, filmmakers and researchers Sharma and Høgel explore how

Panel 06: Expanding Ethnographic Film: Multimodality? 90'

Conference
Convened by Mark Westmoreland Janine Prins .

This panel seeks to investigate the expansion of ethnographic film practices in cases where a combination of different practice-based methodologies led to a multimodal approach. To what extent does

Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part I) 90'

Conference
Convened by Angélica Cabezas Pino Mattia Fumanti .

Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film. This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of

Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part II) 90'

Conference
Convened by Angélica Cabezas Pino Mattia Fumanti .

Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of

Panel 08: Golden Wing, Silver Wings 90'

Conference
Convened by Gary Seaman Zhuang Kongshao .

Full title - Golden Wing, Silver Wings: Filmic representations of the autobiographical ethnography of Lin Yueh-hwa This panel will focus on the legacy of the famous Chinese anthropologist Lin

Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part I) 90'

Conference
Convened by Timothy P. A. Cooper Vindhya Buthpitiya .

Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival

Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part II) 90'

Conference
Convened by Timothy P. A. Cooper Vindhya Buthpitiya .

Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival

Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part I) 90'

Conference
Convened by Camilla Morelli Flavia Kremer .

Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making

Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part II) 90'

Conference
Convened by Camilla Morelli Flavia Kremer .

Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making and

Panel 11: The material mediation of the ‘non-normative’ body 90'

Conference
Convened by Cathy Greenhalgh Catalin Brylla .

This panel considers filmmakers who seek to work with and represent ‘non-normative’ bodies that are traditionally stereotyped and portrayed as “the other”. The aim is to explore innovative or

Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part I) 90'

Conference
Convened by Mattijs van de Port Janine Prins .

This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite

Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part II) 90'

Conference
Convened by Mattijs van de Port Janine Prins .

This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite

Pang Lhabsol: Sikkim's National Ritual of the Land and its Guardian Deities 2015 63'

Directed by Anna Balikci .

Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim’s most important indigenous celebration, consists of a series of rituals and monastic dances held in honour of Dzonga, a mountain deity residing on Mt. Khangchendzonga, the

Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa 1999 51'

Directed by Heather Croall .

Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa'afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,

Melanesia Gender Role and Identity Sex / Sexuality

Part of Us 2009 27'

Directed by Maria Meriwether .

For the Ngarrindjeri people, the living and the dead are connected through shared land and heritage. The preservation of this connection is at the heart of the community’s effort to repatriate the

Australia Death Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples

The Passion and Death of the Carlisèp 2015 19'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In Schignano, in the Lombardy mountains close to the Swiss border, Carlisèp is the local name of the Carnival dummy, who attempts a last minute escape. Carnival trials such as that held in Valda,

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Pedagogy & Public Anthropology: Legacies of Marshall's and Asch's Ethnographic Films 90'

Seminar
Convened by Nancy Lutkehaus .

This panel reflects on the role of ethnographic film in pedagogy and public anthropology past, present, and future. It explores the introduction of ethnographic film into school curricula in the

The People Next to Coal Power Plant 2019 22'

Directed by Hyewon Choi .

Vegetable crops are contaminated, fish have disappeared, illness is rife. Life in the shadow of a Korean coal power plant is difficult, but the locals have no choice but to struggle on nonetheless.

Central Asia and Far East Infrastructure/transport Environment Disasters

People of Earth and Clouds 2016 65'

Directed by Matteo Robert Morales Louise Hantson .

People of Earth and Clouds is a documentary film that explores the role of music bands in indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico and shows why "a village with no band, is a village with no

The People of the Wind 2015 59'

Directed by Abtin Sarabi .

On the coast of the Persian Gulf, in the south of Iran, a ritual called Zâr is still practised today. This musical exorcism is said to heal all ‘victims of the wind.’ According to this popular,

Pepe 2004 23'

Directed by Juana Schlenker .

Pepe is a Spanish immigrant who came to England more than forty years ago to work as a waiter. After working in several restaurants and hotels, he retired two years ago and now he fills his days with

British-Irish Isles Migration Elderly people

Pepsi War 1992 30'

Directed by Charlie Clay .

The post-colonial period in Papua New Guinea has seen resurgence in tribal warfare. Pepsi War follows the story of a fight between two clans, which developed from a dispute over cola bottles.

Melanesia War / Conflict / Reconciliation Colonialism / Postcolonialism

The Poet's Salary 2008 59'

Directed by Eric Wittersheim Alexandre Francois .

For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island's ancestors’ language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the

Melanesia Music / Ethnomusicology Linguistics / Language Informant-researcher relationship

Polka 1986 50'

Directed by Robert Boonzajer-Flaes .

The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of

North America Music / Ethnomusicology Collective / Community identity

The Possibility of Spirits 2016 72'

Directed by Mattijs van de Port .

What is it that you film when you film a spirit? I was brought up to believe that spirits do not exist. Years of research on an afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult taught me the limits of such

South America Essay film Religion / Belief / Faith Reflexivity

President's Award - Trinh T. Minh-ha 2023 '

Special Programmes
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She will receive the award in person on Thursday 23 March, at the screening of What About China? at Arnolfini (Bristol). On that occasion Trinh T. Minh-ha will be in conversation with May Adadol Ingawanij.

The Price of Memory 2014 83'

Directed by Karen Marks Mafundikwa .

In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Julibee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafari for slavery reparations. For Rastafari, reparations are linked

Caribbean Islands British-Irish Isles Colonialism / Postcolonialism Political Activists

Pride of Place - Observations of lives of girls at a Public School 1976 59'

Directed by Dorothea Gazidis Kimona Landseer Kim Longinotto .

A rarely seen classic, PRIDE OF PLACE was made as a first project while Longinotto was a student at England’s National School of Television and Film. As a teenager, the filmmaker had been condemned

British-Irish Isles Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission Gender Role and Identity

The Professional Foreigner 2009 60'

Directed by Rolf Husmann .

Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen

Various Film / Photography / Mass media History of Anthropology Public Figure

Prohibition of Grazing 2016 43'

Directed by Wenfei Li .

Zhang Yuansheng is 64-year-old who was originally a camel herder. Having been born in poverty, as the age of 17 he began studying camel herding in the desert and acquiring the the life skills

Pushy Women 2001 23'

Directed by Caro MacDonald .

The modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes - even playing sumo. This film follows five young

Central Asia and Far East Gender Role and Identity Sport

A Radio of One’s Own 2016 34'

Directed by Shweta Radhakrishnan .

In the heart of the hills, in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, a frequency crackled and came to life on the 21st of September, 2013. Community radio, Mandakini ki Aawaz is Rudraprayag District’s first and

The Ragged Ones 2002 30'

Directed by David Griggs .

The Basotho live in Lesotho, a kingdom of high mountains surrounded by South Africa. Afflicted by famine, poverty and AIDS, they carry on making a science out of their witchcraft beliefs.

Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Socioeconomic conditions

Rain in the Mirror 2012 48'

Directed by Nilanjan Bhattachary Kanchan Mukhopadhayay .

Dorji Bhutia, a Buddhist monk and a reputed mask-maker with supernatural powers of bringing or stopping rain chose a self-determined death at the age of eighty-six. Dorji leaves his mystic image

South Asia Religion / Belief / Faith Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission Intergenerational relations

Raised by Humans 2010 25'

Directed by Karlia Campbell .

'Raised by Humans' follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,

British-Irish Isles Animals Development projects

Raju and His Friends 1988 40'

Directed by Marcus Banks .

This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a

South Asia Urban Informant-researcher relationship Life Story / Life History

Ravi and Bhajay 2002 26'

Directed by Rachel Webster .

Street boys Ravi and Bhajay lead a tough life on the pavements of Mumbai in India. To get away from it, they visit the nearby holy city of Ujjain with the film-maker. But the call of life on the streets is still strong.

South Asia Children / Young people Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Urban

Read Me 2008 29'

Directed by Janina Kriszio .

Reading traditionally played an important role for German (self-)identification. In 2000 an international survey revealed that German pupils are lacking basic reading skills, giving rise to

Western Europe Education / Knowledge transmission

The Realm of Forgotten Existence 2015 28'

Directed by Piotr Piasta .

While the images in the film reveal a landscape that often seems unchanged, the narrative reveals fragments of forgotten stories and traditions, skills and working lives no longer of value in

Reclaiming Fiction '

Workshop
Convened by Isaac Marrero-Guillamón .

This roundtable discussion will consider the politics and aesthetics of ethnofiction in relation to current debates in ethnographic film around collaboration and self-representation. Participating

Reclaiming the Forest 1987 39'

Directed by Paul Henley Georges Drion .

National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests

South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Change Social Conflict

The Red Bowmen 1981 50'

Directed by Chris Owen .

In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these

Melanesia Ritual Religion / Belief / Faith History of Anthropology

Releasing the Spirits: a village cremation in Bali 1991 44'

Directed by Patsy Asch Linda Connor Timothy Asch .

In 1978, as part of the preparations for the island-wide ceremony eka dasa rudra, religious officials urged all Balinese to cleanse the island by cremating their dead. Many were forced to pool

South-East Asia Death Ritual

Researching marriage, filming Family Time '

Talks
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Return of the Nightingales 2013 33'

Directed by John Baily .

In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western

South Asia Music / Ethnomusicology Education / Knowledge Transmission Children / Young people

Returning Home: Revival of a Bosnian Village 2001 48'

Directed by Tone Bringa Peter Loizos .

The film is the sequel to 'We are all Neighbours', the 1993 Granada Disappearing World film, about the breakdown of relations between Muslims and Croats as war overtakes their ethnically mixed

South-East Europe War / Conflict / Reconciliation Collective / Community identity Refugees / Displaced populations

Ringtone 2014 30'

Directed by Jennifer Deger Paul Wunungmurra .

Yolngu Aboriginal families offer glimpses into their lives and relationships through their choice of ringtones. From ancestral clan songs to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, these songs

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Music / Ethnomusicology Material Culture

A Rite on the Run: the Blùmari of Benecija 2015 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a year, just like the Arval Brethren of ancient Rome. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Ritual Journeys 2011 75'

Directed by Dawa Lepcha Anna Balikci .

The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for

South Asia Ritual Shamans and Shamanism Health / Health care / Healing

Rituals on TV 90'

Seminar
Convened by RAI / BBC / Swan Films .

Several recent television productions have embraced ritual - a classic topic for anthropologists! These shows have sought to document, explore, and interrogate ritual as both spectacle and concept

Rock ‘n’ Pray 2001 24'

Directed by Fotini Stefani .

The monks from the monastery of Saints Augustine and Serapheim Sarow on mainland Greece have found modern ways to appeal to young people. The film explores how their traditional life co-exists with

South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Intergenerational relations

Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel 2006 23'

Directed by Itsushi Kawase .

The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia

North and Northeast Africa Children / Young people Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Informant-researcher relationship Reflexivity

Rough Aunties 2008 103'

Directed by Kim Longinotto .

Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to

Southern Africa Socioeconomic conditions Children / Young people Development projects

Round Trip 1999 36'

Directed by Angela Torresan .

Portrait of a Brazilian woman and her friends, now living in Lisbon, exploring the basis of their sense of identity in the context of a transnational way of life.

Western Mediterranean Collective / Community identity Migration

Roza's Song 2016 45'

Directed by Lowri Rees .

Roza's song gives a unique insight into the Norwegian Roma community. The film follows Roza and her dream of making the Norwegian Roma’s first CD. The congregation and the music means a lot for

SOLITARY LAND 2017 107'

Directed by Tiziana Panizza .

A researcher found 32 documentaries filmed on Easter Island almost a century ago. They contain images of the island’s rock sculptures, the Moai, but they barely show the island’s inhabitants,

The Sacred Thresh 2016 18'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

After ploughing and sowing, there follows harvesting and threshing, with a very dignified threshing squad ritually touring the village inns. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4

Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Sacred Water 2016 54'

Directed by Olivier Jourdain .

Guided by Vestine, an extravagant star of radio nights, the film discovers Rwandan sexuality in search of the water that gushes out of the female body. Sacred Water reveals with humor and spontaneity

Sahar’s Wedding 1991 46'

Directed by Hanna Musleh .

The chronicle of a wedding in a village in Palestine under Israeli occupation at the time of the first Intifada, this film looks at the lives of the bride and groom, and their families. Attitudes

Middle and Near East Marriage Social Change

Sailing a Sinking Sea 2015 65'

Directed by Olivia Wyatt .

Sailing A Sinking Sea explores the culture of the Moken people of Myanmar and Thailand. The Moken are a nomadic seafaring community and one of the smallest ethnic groups in Asia. Spending eight

A Saint from New York 1995 30'

Directed by Line Hatland .

Dorothy Day, ex-communist, anarchist, single mother and co-founder of the widespread ‘Catholic Worker’ movement — died in New York in 1980. Soon after the Claretian Fathers started a campaign

North America Alternative culture Religion / Belief / Faith

Sarah Pink 2023 90'

Special Programmes
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This talk will be live streamed online on Tuesday 7 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time. There is a mounting ethical onus on anthropological filmmakers to go further in their engagements with futures;

Scenes of Afghan Music: London, Kabul, Hamburg, Dublin 2007 97'

Directed by John Baily .

Scenes of Afghan Music is Part IV of 'A Quartet of Afghan Music Films', made in the author’s personal “fieldwork movie” style. It reveals the diversity of music and dance practices in the

Middle and Near East Music / Ethnomusicology Migration Collective / Community identity

Scenes of Resistance 2000 30'

Directed by Alejandra Navarro Smith .

A series of portraits of life in a Zapatista indigenous community in Chiapas, Southern Mexico. This film invites us into the people's everyday lives, and presents their own views of the fight against

Central America Resistance Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples

The School and the Village 1992 50'

Directed by Heimo Lappalainen .

Taiga Nomads is a film series about the Evenki (previously the Tungus), a nomadic people scattered all over eastern Siberia, and living under harsh conditions in the taiga ± an area predominated by

Central Asia and Far East Nomads and Nomadism Everyday Life

Sea Boundary 2012 55'

Directed by Rosella Schillaci .

The film depicts the daily struggle of fishermen to earn a living in a harsh physical environment that brings out the social and economic tensions of modern society. Manning the Priamo are Cola, the

Western Mediterranean Labour Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Socioeconomic conditions Migration

The Season of Vodoun 2016 45'

Directed by Ran Muratsu .

This film depicts ceremonies of Vodoun, deities of ancestors and natures spread in the Gulf of Guinea, and its relationship with national politics. The shooting was held in the period of Vodoun in

The Second Red Line 2004 25'

Directed by Veera Lehto .

In HIV testing, the second red line is the indication of a positive result. This film follows two volunteers working with HIV & Aids sufferers in the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. In the

South-East Asia Health / Health care / Healing Development projects

The Secret of the Caminanti 2016 63'

Directed by Rita Mirabella Giuseppe Tumino .

The history of the Caminanti is an unwritten story of an autochthonous community living 'in hiding'. We know barely anything about their history, which has only been transmitted orally throughout

The Secret of the Stone 2009 39'

Directed by Zhifang Song Gary Seaman Steven Rousso-Schindler .

Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, 'Song Family Village' is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.

Central Asia and Far East Family / Kinship Collective / Community identity Ritual Festivals / Carnival

Seed and Earth 1989 36'

Directed by Lina Fruzzetti Alfred Guzzetti Ned Johnston Ákos Östör .

Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bangladesh (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complementary and difference of

South Asia Rural Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity

Sent Away Boys 2016 43'

Directed by Harjant Gill .

What happens to families in the absence of sons? What happens to land in the absence of farmers? What happens to communities in the absence of men? Sent Away Boys weaves together stories of

The Shackles of Tradition - Franz Boas (1858-1942) 1986 52'

Directed by André Singer .

Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series

Various History of Anthropology Public Figure

A Sheepherder's Homecoming 1996 40'

Directed by Allen Moore Louis Werner .

This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It

North America Central America Migration Labour

Shooting Freetown 2011 29'

Directed by Kieran Hanson .

A decade since Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch's ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’,

West Africa Film / Photography / Mass media War / Conflict / Reconciliation Reflexivity

The Short Happy Life of the Poklad 2012 27'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Dalmatian island of Lastovo, the Poklad is a monumental, all-encompassing annual celebration. Dressed as XIX C. British marines, the Pokladari escort the captive dummy to its death. This

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The Shrimpers 2008 30'

Directed by Austin Paterek .

For the past 10 years the shrimping industry in United States has been on a steady decline. Estimates show that only 15 percent of the original fleet is still in operation, due to overseas

North America Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Trade

Sifinja - The Iron Bride 2009 70'

Directed by Valerie Haensch .

A film about mobility, human creativity, and technology in a Sudanese truck community. The English Bedford-Lorry was introduced to Sudan in the late 1960s. Since then, local craftsmen technically

North and Northeast Africa Infrastructure / Transport Material Culture Art / Artists / Artisans

The Silvesterchläuse of Hundwil 2014 12'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The old Julian New Year’s Eve on January 13th is still observed and celebrated in some Reformed communities in Outer Appenzell in Switzerland. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

Western Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The Silvesters of Urnäsch 2011 13'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

A celebration of mountain wilderness is all too evident in the costumes of the Silvesters of Urnäsch in Outer Appenzell, particularly in their “Pretty/Ugly” version. This film is part of

Western Europe Festivals / Carnival

Sin tierra, no somos Shuar 2009 23'

Directed by Stacey Williams .

Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory.

South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Conflict

Since the Company Came 2001 52'

Directed by Russel Hawkins .

Set in the South Pacific, in a remote Solomon Islands village, 'Since the Company Came' is the story of a community coming to terms with social, cultural and ecological disintegration. When village

Melanesia Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Conflict Socioeconomic conditions

Singing Pictures - Women Painters of Naya 2005 45'

Directed by Lina Fruzzetti Ákos Östör .

For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya

South Asia Material Culture Art / Artists / Artisans Music / Ethnomusicology

Sisters in Law 2005 104'

Directed by Kim Longinotto Florence Ayisi .

Six year old Manka has run away from home, fleeing her abusive aunt. Sonita has daringly accused her neighbor of rape. Amina has decided to end her brutal marriage by taking her husband to court. Set

West Africa Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Gender Role and Identity Children / Young people

The Skills You Passed On 1992 50'

Directed by Heimo Lappalainen .

The second of three films about the Evenki people of eastern Siberia. Focuses on Nikolaj Pavlovich Archemku, who experienced the very beginning of Soviet power, two World Wars, and the

Central Asia and Far East Nomads and Nomadism Everyday Life

A Small Light 2004 32'

Directed by Julia Yezbick .

Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film explores

South Asia Death Inter-religious relations Religion / Belief / Faith Elderly people

Small Man of the Forest 2004 37'

Directed by Hugh Hartford .

Murray Collins leaves his city life in search of a bipedal ape. On his journey to highland Sumatra, he meets an academic, three farmers, two conservationists and a shaman, all of whom advise him on

South-East Asia Animals

Smell the Roses 2003 28'

Directed by Julie Milling .

Christiania is a self-governing community in the heart of Copenhagen set up by squatters at the height of 1970s idealism. Faced with extinction or urban redevelopment, residents struggle to redefine a fading ideology.

Scandinavia Alternative culture Urban

So'o: Life and death of a cow in Puerto Casado 2016 24'

Directed by Valentina Bonifacio .

In the golden age of Puerto Casado, in Paraguay, at least eight cows were slaughtered every day to feed its population of 6,000 people. Eating "asado" (roasted meat) is still at the core of

Some Alien Creatures 2005 74'

Directed by David MacDougall .

A film about the famous experimental, co-educational boarding school in South India, the Rishi Valley School, founded by the influential Indian thinker Krishnamurti. In this film about a progressive

South Asia Children / Young people Gender Role and Identity Education / Knowledge Transmission

The Song Collector 2016 54'

Directed by Erik Koto .

In the 1960s Morup Namgyal sparked a social movement to preserve the traditional Himalayan culture of his homeland. What Morup could not imagine at that time was that he would ultimately embrace

Song Family Village Takes a Bride 2009 27'

Directed by Zhifang Song Gary Seaman Steven Rousso-Schindler .

Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a

Central Asia and Far East Marriage Family / Kinship Gender Role and Identity Social Change

Sons of Haji Omar 1978 58'

Directed by Timothy Asch Asen Balikci David Newman Richard Sorensen .

Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakenkhel, a Pashtun tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. Concentrating within one family, the film draw sharp, colourful portraits of the protagonists

Middle and Near East Everyday Life Nomads and Nomadism Herding

Sons of the Moon 1984 25'

Directed by Frank Speed Deirdre LaPin .

In isolated mountain hamlets in Nigeria’s Jos Plateau the Ngas have traditionally observed the movements of the moon in the night sky. The moon is a key symbol in Ngas cosmology, believed to

West Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Music / Ethnomusicology Everyday Life Ritual

Sophia and Her People 1985 35'

Directed by Peter Loïzos .

Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a

South-East Europe Refugees / Displaced populations Social Change Family / Kinship

A Spark in Him 2008 28'

Directed by Claudia Engels .

‘A Spark in Him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By

South Asia Health / Health care / Healing Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission

Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti 1988 22'

Directed by James J. Fox Timothy Asch Patsy Asch .

The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the

South-East Asia Ritual Marriage Family / Kinship

Speeding the Plough in Stilfs 2015 22'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In Upper Vinschgau in South Tyrol a highly charged Carnival parade takes place with the specific purpose of “speeding the plough”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4 SPEEDING

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Spirit 2019 19'

Directed by Jane Dyson Ross Harrison .

Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and

Central Asia and Far East Gender Role and identity Agriculture/ Farming Everyday Life Family/ Kinship

Spring in Dickinson’s Reach 2013 83'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

"Spring in Dickinson’s Reach" provides an introduction to the unique environment that Bill Coperthwaite has crafted in the Maine forest. Beginning in early spring, the film follows

North America Alternative culture Rural Everyday Life Art / Artists / Artisans

St. Anthony Bonfires in Mamoiada 2014 17'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

St. Anthony’s Day marks the first annual outing of the celebrated Sardinian Mamuthones with their blackened shepherd’s outfit, carefully directed by their eternal antagonists, the Issohadores.

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

St. Martin’s Bonfires in Predazzo 2010 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On November 11th, great bonfires are lit by the local youth to celebrate the distribution of the annual revenues from the forestry harvest. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 3 -

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

St. Nicholas’ Night in Val di Fassa 2010 15'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

As an early harbinger of celestial light, St. Nicholas and his mixed company of angels and devils visits every home, to tell children off in the most persuasive of manners. This film is part of

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Staging a Return 1994 30'

Directed by Jakob Hogel .

The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are a Danish dependency and for generations, young people have gone to Denmark to complete their studies. When they return for the summer, there is a tradition

Scandinavia Dance / Theatre / Performance

Steel Lives 2005 45'

Directed by Massimiliano Mollona .

The anthropologist spent several months working as unskilled labourer alongside Sheffield steelworkers at Morris for his PhD. This film is a look into the working lives of men who earn a living in

British-Irish Isles Labour Socioeconomic conditions Collective / Community identity

Still Birth of the Commune-head 2015 80'

Directed by Qiao Wu .

Each Floral-belt Dai village has a “Commune-head” who takes charge of annual collective ceremonies. The Commune-head is picked out through a God election ritual. All candidates’ clothes should

Stockman's Strategy 1984 52'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

A film which explores the philosophy of teaching and learning of Sunny Bancroft, manager of an Aboriginal-run cattle station in northern New South Wales. It also tells the story of Shane Gordon, a

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Animals Education / Knowledge transmission

Strange Beliefs - Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973) 1986 52'

Directed by André Singer .

Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series

Various History of Anthropology Public Figure

A Summer Task 2013 47'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

"A Summer Task" examines the rhythm and tempo of work in the forest. The film follows Bill Coperthwaite and his cousin, Steve, as they fell and haul trees to build a bridge and begin

North America Alternative culture Everyday Life Rural Art / Artists / Artisans

Sunny and the Dark Horse 1986 86'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

A true story of a country family’s gradual involvement and growing passion for ‘picnic racing’. Sunny Bancroft is an Aboriginal cattle-station manager in New South Wales. With his

Australia Rural Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Animals

Sweeping Evil Away in Rauris 2017 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Schnabelperchten of Rauris in the Salzburger Alps are mysterious, spiteful figures who appear out of nowhere with their brooms, and go round every house to perform a simple and effective

Central Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It 2002 29'

Directed by Anne Schiltz .

Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most

South-East Europe Collective / Community identity Travellers / Roma

Swings and Roundabouts 1994 30'

Directed by Helen Pratt .

Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an

South-East Europe Children / Young people Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Development projects

TRIBAL JUSTICE 2017 87'

Directed by ANNE MAKEPEACE .

TRIBAL JUSTICE is a feature documentary about a little known, under-reported but effective criminal justice reform movement in America today: the efforts of tribal courts to create alternative

Tabom in Bahia 2017 52'

Directed by Juan Diego Diaz Nilton Pereira .

There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the

South America West Africa Music / Ethnomusicology Collective / Community identity Memory Migration Popular Culture Race / Racism / Antiracism Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage

Takeover 1980 90'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

On March 13, 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Resistance Land Rights Social Conflict

Talking to Each Other 1985 52'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

The third film of the **Caught in the Web** trilogy, which compares and contrast aspects of life in a Dorset community in the Bride Valley and a French village in Provence, Villes-sur-Auzon,

Western Europe British-Irish Isles Rural Socioeconomic conditions

Tango, Not-For-Export 2016 53'

Directed by Jennie Gubner .

This collection of 4 short films evokes everyday experiences of music making in the contemporary neighborhood tango scenes of Buenos Aires. They were made as stand alone pieces that co-exist on an

The Temple in the Sea 2008 26'

Directed by Theo Youngstein .

‘The Temple in the Sea’ looks at ritual and religious practice at a well-known Hindu shrine and its associated cremation grounds in Central Trinidad. Documenting the daily life of the Temple, and

Caribbean Islands Ritual

Temporary Sanity: The Skerrit Boy Story 2006 32'

Directed by Dan Bruun .

This film deals with the culture of Jamaican dancehall music as it exists in New York. It follows one young dancehall participant who makes his living performing and promoting dancehall music.

North America Music / Ethnomusicology Alternative culture

Tempus de Baristas 1993 100'

Directed by David MacDougall .

This film depicts the characters, and social dilemmas of three generations of Sardinian mountain shepherds. Although born roughly 20 years apart, Franchiscu (62), his son Pietro (17) and their

Western Europe Herding Social Change Family / Kinship Rural

Tenonde’i - a Beautiful Future 2008 30'

Directed by Nadja Marin .

In a village inside the world’s fifth largest and tough city, São Paulo, a young Guaraní created a children’s choir to raise money for his community. Filled with beautiful sounds, the film is a

South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Children / Young people

Theatre Girls 1979 57'

Directed by Kim Longinotto Claire Pollack .

The “Theatre Girls Club” is a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. It is run by six paid workers and it is the only hostel in London which takes any women at any

British-Irish Isles Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Socioeconomic conditions Gender Role and Identity

There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle 2012 78'

Directed by Sylvie Bringas Dul Johnson .

Nigerian writer Dul Johnson returns to Tarok land to observe the local death rituals and the record of the Tarok ways of dealing with grief and honoring departed. This film provides a rare and

West Africa Death Religion / Belief / Faith Ritual

These Objects, Those Memories 2015 29'

Directed by Roger Horn .

"These Objects, Those Memories" is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South

They Say We’re All Winners 2002 32'

Directed by Mari Finnestad .

The Zimbabwean girls' team comes to Norway to take part in the world's largest kids' football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this well-intentioned cultural exchange because some of the

Scandinavia Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Sport Collective / Community identity

This Is A Majlis - A Sound Essay 2020 17'

Directed by Timothy Cooper Abeera Arif-Bashir .

This short film is a multi-platform sound essay. It is primarily illustrated with still images, that conjure an atmosphere of intimacy and intensity of the majlis-e-aza, a mourning gathering central

South Asia Music/Ethnomusicology Urban Art/ Aritists/ Artisans Social Change

The Thompsons 1996 29'

Directed by Andy Lawrence .

In 1996 the troubles in Northern Ireland continued to the sound of beating drums and marching feet. This is the story of a Protestant family in rural Ulster and their fight to remain British and free from Irish rule.

British-Irish Isles War / Conflict / Reconciliation

Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love 1998 30'

Directed by Cristina Grasseni .

An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of

Western Mediterranean Agriculture / Farming Social Change

Those who Care: Faith and Freedom in a Ladakhi Village 2001 31'

Directed by Henriette Levaulx-Vrecourt .

In Tia village, in an isolated area of Ladakh - North West India - lives an amchi (a local herbal doctor) and his wife. It is summer - a short season in the Indian Himalayas and the only period of

South Asia Health / Health care / Healing Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany

Three Horsemen 1982 50'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

Bob Massey Pootchemunka has spent most of his life as a stockman and drover. Now over 75, his ambition is to see an all-Aboriginal cattle station operating at Ti-Tree on his traditional clan land.

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Herding Animals Land Rights

A Tibetan New Year 1987 45'

Directed by Jon Jerstad .

This outstanding documentary is placed in Northern India among a group of Tibetan refugees. They celebrate the New Year, following a ritual of their religion, Bonpo, which is older than Buddhism.

South Asia Religion / Belief / Faith Ritual

Tiempo de Vals 2006 22'

Directed by Rebecca Savage .

The ‘Quinceañera’ celebration is a lived illusion. A daydream shared by the whole community of Tetlanohcan, a rapidly urbanising agricultural town in Tlaxcala, Central Mexico. The dream is

Central America Festivals / Carnival Social Change

Time to Look at Girls: Migrants in Bangladesh and Ethiopia 2015 31'

Directed by Marco Speroni .

More migrants move within their own country or region than migrate to Northern countries. Bangladesh and Ethiopia have been experiencing increasingly high rates of migration of adolescent girls to

Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim 2005 60'

Directed by Dawa T Lepcha Anna Balikci-Denjongpa Asen Balikci .

The film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting,

South Asia Social Change Religion / Belief / Faith Agriculture / Farming

To Get That Country 1978 70'

Directed by David MacDougall .

An important historical film of events surrounding early meetings of the Northern Land Council in 1977, where uranium mining, land rights and Aboriginal leadership were the key issues.

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Land Rights Social Organisation

To Live With Herds 1972 90'

Directed by David MacDougall .

The Jie are semi-nomadic pastoral people living in North-eastern Uganda, who are striving to maintain their way of life in the face of unsympathetic government policy, and, at the time of filming, a dry-season famine.

East Africa Nomads and Nomadism Disasters Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy

To Work is to Grow 2015 32'

Directed by Léa Klaue .

Gerald, Ruben, Neysa and their friends are children and adolescents who work as wheelbarrow pusher at a market and as prayer boys in a cemetery in the region of Cochabamba in Bolivia. With their own

Together as One 2013 39'

Directed by Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka .

Nso' is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso'

Central Africa Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany Collective / Community identity Inter-religious relations

A Town in Sicily 2015 120'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

Castellammare is a 'high-density Mafia' seaside town. Local government is infiltrated, its economy is stagnant and there is no future for its youth. A group of angry young Sicilians now wish to

South-East Europe Political Activists

Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon 1983 48'

Directed by Luc de Heusch .

This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film establishes the original expedition in the

West Africa History of Anthropology

A Transfer of Power 1986 22'

Directed by Judith MacDougall David MacDougall .

Replacing the engine in an old car is a familiar rural task, but how people go about it differs. For these Aboriginal men in New South Wales, it’s an occasion for affirming continuing

Australia Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Education / Knowledge transmission Infrastructure / Transport

Transfiction 2007 58'

Directed by Johannes Sjøberg .

Transfiction explores 'ethnofiction' - an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others' life experiences

South America Reflexivity Film / Photography / Mass media Gender Role and Identity Sex / Sexuality LGBTQI* Ethnofiction

Travel (double screen) 2016 63'

Directed by Nick Mai .

(This version of the film uses a split-screen device throughout. For the single screen version see 'Travel'). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She knew that she was

Western Europe Sex / Sexuality Labour Migration Ethnofiction Reflexivity

Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in China '

Workshop
Convened by Gary Seaman Paul Henley .

This workshop will assess contemporary ethnographic filmmaking in academic contexts in China and will include presentations by the following scholars. (Further presentations may be added later). All

Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (I) '

Workshop
Convened by Carlos Flores Angela Torresan Antonio Zirion .

This workshop will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological and theoretical issues around their own ethnographic film-making or works of other relevant film-makers. The

Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (II) '

Workshop
Convened by Carlos Flores Angela Torresan Antonio Zirion .

This workshop will be a continuation of the workshop offered at 9:00 am on Thursday 30 March (Cinema 2, Watershed). It will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological

Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism 1974 50'

Directed by Gary Kildea Jerry Leach .

The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,

Melanesia Sport Colonialism / Postcolonialism Political Activists

True Body 2016 5'

Directed by Louise Hollerup Christensen Shannon Turner Maja Rosenlund Byriel .

What do you do to your body hair, and what does your body hair do to you? True Body is a performative documentary that draws the viewer into a debate about gender norms and cultural body practices.

Tuktu 1985 47'

Directed by Graham Johnston .

Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded almost 30 years ago on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development mark life now in this

North America Animals Social Change

A Two Day Fair 2009 60'

Directed by Anjali Monteiro KP Jayasankar .

Nothing in the world will last – it is but a two day fair” sings Mura Lala, drawing inspiration from the Sufi traditions of Sant Kabir and Abdul Lateef Bhitai. He is accompanied on the double

Two Ears, One Mouth 1999 25'

Directed by Andy Benfield .

Duncan Williamson is of Traveller descent and lives in Scotland, Amy Douglas is fifty years younger and lives in Cheshire. But they share a love for telling stories and both manage to make a living

British-Irish Isles Travellers / Roma Art / Artists / Artisans

Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia 2020 76'

Directed by Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 .

Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a

South America Environment Food / Water Gender Role and Identity Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Land Rights Political Activists Resistance Rural Social Conflict

Uncle Poison 1998 60'

Directed by Ricardo Leizaola .

Filmed in the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community’s Easter celebrations. Every day,

South America Health / Health care / Healing Religion / Belief / Faith Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany

Under the Men's Tree 1973 15'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David

East Africa Infrastructure / Transport Informant-researcher relationship Reflexivity

Under the Palace Wall 2013 53'

Directed by David MacDougall .

From the 16th century the Indian village of Delwara in southern Rajasthan was ruled as a principality of the kingdom of Mewar. Its palace, which overlooks the village, is now a luxury hotel - a

South Asia Education / Knowledge transmission Children / Young people Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage

Unity through Culture 2011 69'

Directed by Christian Suhr Ton Otto .

Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organizes the

Melanesia Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict Collective / Community identity

Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra 2016 37'

Directed by Mara Lin Visser .

This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife

West Africa Trade Material Culture Art / Artists / Artisans

Untouched Rock 2008 28'

Directed by James Vybiral .

‘Untouched Rock’ follows a British climbing expedition to Greenland where six young men hope to establish new routes on the mountains of 'the un-named valley'.

North America Children / Young people Sport

Unwritten Letters 2020 59'

Directed by Max Bloching Abd Alrahman Dukmak .

Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten

South-East Europe Middle and Near East Migration Refugees / Displaced populations Participatory / Collaborative methods Life Story / Life History

Usch in the Bush 2001 32'

Directed by Michaela Schäuble .

In the 1980s Ursula Heimer leaves behind her husband and children in Germany and goes to live in the African bush. We meet her seventeen years later in a tiny village in Togo, where she has been

West Africa Personal Narrative Alternative culture

Uzu 2015 27'

Directed by Gaspard Kuentz .

Held every October in the city of Matsuyama, the Dogo Autumn Festival is one of the most violent religious festivals celebrated in Japan. Eight teams of men carrying massive portable wood shrines

Central Asia and Far East Ritual Gender Role and Identity

Vasile Nedea 2009 43'

Directed by Sjoerd van Grootheest .

The film tells the story of Vasile Nedea, a Romanian gypsy musician an Amsterdam. Due to his former illegal status there have been times in which he was forced to show his skills whilst busking the

Western Europe Travellers / Roma Music / Ethnomusicology

Vaud and the Villains 2010 30'

Directed by Lukas Belkind .

Three members of an 18-piece, 1930s style, American folk big band explore their personal relationships with Los Angeles, performing, the music they love, and the band that binds them all together.

North America Dance / Theatre / Performance Music / Ethnomusicology

The Veil Unveiled 2004 29'

Directed by Vanessa Langer .

In Yemen, the land of Queen Saba, a wide variety of veils can be found. In the capital Sana’a, the women, although at first sight appearing to all be wearing but black, distinguish themselves one

Middle and Near East Gender Role and Identity Material Culture Religion / Belief / Faith

Vendemos Recuerdos 2009 25'

Directed by Carolina Corral Paredes .

Carlos is an enthusiastic tour guide and Doña Rosa is an indigenous old woman that sells crafts in the market. Both of their life’s works are an effort to provide what inquisitive tourists might

Central America Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Trade

Views from Heavenly Lake 2010 26'

Directed by Polly Vinken .

Since the beginning of the Mao era in 1949, populations that were once nomadic, isolated by miles of desert and mountains across the Tian Shan ranges, are now becoming highly sought after objects of

Central Asia and Far East Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Social Change

A Village Heritage 1985 52'

Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

The first of the **Caught in the Web** trilogy, which compares and contrast aspects of life in a Dorset community in the Bride Valley and a French village in Provence, Villes-sur-Auzon, Vauclause.

Western Europe British-Irish Isles Socioeconomic conditions Rural

Violão-Canção: Brazilian Soul 2016 30'

Directed by Chico Saraiva Rose Satiko Hikiji .

Following his artistic path, Chico Saraiva meets up with 7 master musicians who share their experiences: João Bosco, Sérgio Assad, Paulo César Pinheiro, Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira, Luiz Tatit

Virtual me: Gender and Identity in World of Warcraft 2013 11'

Directed by Trent Monahan Sarah Prothero Jennifer Torson .

'Virtual Me' examines the experiences of players of the online game World of Warcraft, focusing specifically on their experience and understanding of issues surrounding gender and identity within

North America Gender Role and Identity Animation Internet

Visible Silence 2015 43'

Directed by Ruth Gumnit .

Visible Silence offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Thai tomboys (toms), ladies (dees), and lesbians striving for recognition and acceptance in a traditional Buddhist society. The film highlights

Visions of Shrove Thursday in Central Tyrol 2014 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Due to the strict Jesuit prohibitions in olden days, the central Tyrol Fasnacht tends to ends on Shrove Thursday, a few days earlier than elsewhere. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe

Central Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Visual Anthropology Interventions and Climate Change '

Workshop
Convened by Mike Poltorak .

**Interested participants are invited to submit proposals for presentations to M.S.Poltorak@kent.ac.uk** There is a recognised disconnect between publicly available scientific information on

The Visual Scholarship Initiative '

Talks
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This session discusses the work of the Visual Scholarship Initiative (VSI), which was started in 2006 by a small group of graduate students at Emory University. It quickly established itself on the

Visual Worlds of Difference '

Workshop
Convened by Raminder Kaur Paul Boyce .

This workshop will highlight the role of (audio-) visual and participatory arts works in the development of representations that move away from the fixity and/or Othering of identities. Our aim is to

Vivir la Chicha 2003 28'

Directed by Sharis Coppens .

Chicha music evokes the experiences of the many Peruvians who migrate from the high Andes down to the cities. This film tells the story of Aurora Ramos, a cobbler and market saleswoman, and the role

South America Music / Ethnomusicology Trade Migration

Waiting for Harry 1980 57'

Directed by Kim McKenzie .

Although the events around which this film was planned were the final mortuary rites for Les Angabarraparra, the subject of the film became interaction. Interaction between the anthropologist Les

Australia Informant-researcher relationship Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Death Reflexivity

The Water Goddess and the Computer 1989 52'

Directed by André Singer Steven Lansing .

The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at

South-East Asia Infrastructure / Transport Development projects Environment

The Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia 1983 30'

Directed by J. Fox Timothy Asch Patsy Asch .

This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the

South-East Asia Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany Linguistics / Language Environment

The Way I See Today 2016 46'

Directed by Antonia Gama Márcio Gomes .

The critically-acclaimed film City of God (2002) is a fiction film based on a novel about a real place known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through the

We Are Born to Survive 1995 30'

Directed by Paul Henley Paul Okojie .

A political biography of the activist Kath Locke, from Manchester's Moss Side, based on an interview conducted by her political comrade Paul Okojie shortly before her death in 1992, aged 64.

British-Irish Isles Political Activists Race / Racism / Antiracism Public Figure

We Belong to the Earth 2015 30'

Directed by Ramona August .

The establishment of the first intentional communities stretches back over two millennia ago, with notable examples such as the ancient Greek commune based on vegetarianism and equality of the sexes

We Don't Need A Grave 2014 27'

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'We Don't Need a Grave' attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one's death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no

Central Asia and Far East Religion / Belief / Faith Death Ritual

We can be heroes just for (two) days. The Jannisaries of Naoussa 2016 20'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The memory of an heroic episode of resistance against the Ottomans is re-enacted in Naoussa every year with the parade of an army of Janissaries. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Welcome Reception '

Gala event
Convened by RAI FILM FESTIVAL .

Join us for a reception to welcome our guests and to celebrate the start of the festival. All welcome. Sponsored by Wiley.

Were Ni! He is a Madman 1963 30'

Directed by Frank Speed Raymond Prince .

This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are

West Africa Health / Health care / Healing Ritual Possession

Western Outposts - Faroese Cinematic Narratives 2014 140'

Directed by Ulla Boje Rasmussen .

WESTERN OUTPOSTS - Faroese Cinematic Narratives is a DVD box set containing newly digitised versions of Ulla Buje Rasmussen's 1990s films about Faroese life, a 2015 epilogfilm and a 32 page booklet

Scandinavia Land Rights Infrastructure / Transport Everyday Life

When Four Friends Meet 2000 43'

Directed by Rahul Roy .

Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, best of friends and residents of Jehangiripuri, a working class colony on the outskirts of Delhi are young and trying to make their lives in an environment which is

South Asia Gender Role and Identity Children / Young people Urban

Where the Clouds End 2014 52'

Directed by Wanphrang Diengdoh .

“My late great grandfather was a Bengali who came to Shillong in the early 1900s - long before the present political border divided the lands.” After the creation of borders between India and

South Asia Colonialism / Postcolonialism Race / Racism / Antiracism Collective / Community identity

The White Primavera of the Agordino 2016 16'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The beauty of the village, impersonating a gypsy woman, the Zinghenesta, has the main dancing role in the masquerade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**.

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

Why is Mr W. Laughing? 2017 76'

Directed by Jana Papenbrook .

Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than

Western Europe Art / Artists / Artisans Collective / Community identity Elderly people Health / Health care / Healing Life Story / Life History Personal Narrative Social participation

A Wife Among Wives 1981 72'

Directed by Judith MacDougall David MacDougall .

This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see 'Lorang’s Way' and 'The Wedding Camels' above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the

East Africa Gender Role and Identity Marriage Family / Kinship

Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land 2019 30'

Directed by Lisa Palmer .

For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are

South-East Asia Animals Food / Water Hunting / Gathering / Fishing

Winter Days 2013 59'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

"Winter Days" evokes the stillness and quietness of the forest in winter. Life is lived close to the stove. It’s a time for small tasks and chores – making a wedge, sewing a pocket, the

North America Alternative culture Rural Everyday Life Art / Artists / Artisans

With Morning Hearts 2001 110'

Directed by David MacDougall .

This film continues MacDougall's long-term study of an elite boys' boarding school in northern India. It focuses on a group of twelve-year-olds during their first year in one of the 'houses' for new

South Asia Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission

Without Fathers or Husbands 1995 26'

Directed by Hua Cai .

The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as

South-East Asia Family / Kinship Collective / Community identity Gender Role and Identity Sex / Sexuality

A Woman's Story 2015 52'

Directed by Azra Rashid .

A look at genocide, survival, and physical and cultural continuity through the eyes of three women who have experienced three different genocides of the 20th century. Shot on location in Canada,

Women in Sink 2015 36'

Directed by Iris Zaki .

At “Fifi’s”, a hair salon owned by a Christian Arab in Haifa, Iris Zaki installs a minimalist film set over the sink, where she converses with the clients she’s shampooing. She thus paints an

Women of a Divided Land 1997 22'

Directed by Joanna Hill .

This film follows the activities of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists in Jerusalem and the West Bank, portraying both the collective and individual experiences of resistance.

Middle and Near East Resistance Political Activists Religion / Belief / Faith

A Women’s Carnival in Tyrol 2017 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Patsch is only place in the whole of Tyrol, where a company of women takes on the lead role of the Carnival parade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**. On

Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Writing Panare - Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork 1996 30'

Directed by Paul Henley .

Marie-Claude Muller is a linguist who has worked for many years with the Panare, an Amerindian people of Venezuelan Amazonia. She has now been commissioned by the government literacy programme to

South America Linguistics / Language Education / Knowledge Transmission

Writing on the City 2015 60'

Directed by Keywan Karimi .

With Writing On The City, Keywan Karimi redraws the history of Tehran through its walls, from the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to nowadays. He was sentenced to a year of detention and 223 whiplashes

Yanomami: From Machetes to Mobile Phones 2012 58'

Directed by Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin .

The Yanomami Indians are one of the last large relatively unacculturated indigenous groups remaining in the world. In November 2000 filmmakers Orloff and Shalygin documented the lives of a small

South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Material Culture Social Change

Ymako 1998 52'

Directed by Laurent Van Lancker Robin Shuffield .

Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. Their originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’

West Africa Dance / Theatre / Performance Health / Health care / Healing Social participation

Yolngu Homeland 2015 58'

Directed by Natasha Fijn .

An observational film about Yolngu connections with other beings and the land. Garrthalala is a strong homeland community in Arnhem Land, Australia, where all ages venture out onto the coast and into

You Can’t Live With Your Mouth Shut 1999 29'

Directed by João Nicolau .

Cape Verde is an archipelago situated 500km off the West Coast of Africa. On the island of Santiago lives Mano Mendi, the last player of cimboa, a one-string violin used to accompany the traditional

West Africa Music / Ethnomusicology

A good day in Sharnford. God Speed the Plough! 2010 14'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the heart of Ye Olde England, the first Monday after the Epiphany is still “Plough Monday”, with the ritual parading of a decorated plough and the Morris Dance. This film is part of

British-Irish Isles Festivals / Carnival Folklore

The season 2020 63'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

This is part 4 of a 7-part series. Lobsters slowly migrate north, moving into the Machias Bay from warmer, southern waters. George works quickly to finish setting his full quota of traps.

Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

The smokehouse 81'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

George has been smoking fish for as long as he can remember. The smokehouse has a place of pride in his dooryard, and he lovingly tends the racks to ensure perfection. The end of fishing is in

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

The trial, sentence and execution of Johnny Woodstock 2010 15'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Carnival trials such as that held in Valda, in the mountains of Trentino, are commonplace throughout Europe. Death sentence is for granted. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 8 -

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

‘Making of’ Anthropology on TV '

Workshop
Convened by Evie Wright .

Filmmakers working with the BBC Natural History Unit will describe the practicalities of all the various stages of production – from the development of an idea with which to approach commissioners,

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