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75 Grams
2008
31
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Directed by
Priscilla Clarissou
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Nestled below the rugged Chilean peaks of the Andes lies the gold mining town of Andacollo. The town's remoteness and mining economy has nurtured religious beliefs in the power of the Virgin over the
South America
Labour
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
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Directed by
John Baily
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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
Beautiful Dachau
2008
30
'
Directed by
Alan Marcus
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Beautiful Dachau is an experimental documentary that observes streams of visitors to the Dachau concentration camp, now a popular tourist attraction. 800,000 people visit the site annually.
Western Europe
History
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Black Mountain
2008
84
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Directed by
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Amin Hajee
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A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to a Sufi Saint has been transformed and its local history rewritten - the film documents the journey of Charlotte, a student undertaking her PhD
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Inter-religious relations
Born
2008
56
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Directed by
Andy Lawrence
Judith Kurutuac
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*Our hope is to create a magical-real environment in which to go beyond the limits of our historical perspective on childbirth and its culturally bound rites, and to demonstrate an emotionally
British-Irish Isles
Health / Health care / Healing
Family / Kinship
Children / Young people
Encountering Eloyi
2008
56
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Directed by
Richard Werbner
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Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial. Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for
Southern Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Reproduction (biology)
Endgames
2008
32
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Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
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The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters - Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Elderly people
Memory
Enet Yapai - an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
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Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
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Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life
The Gaijin
2008
24
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Directed by
Chris Christodoulou
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‘The Gaijin’ tells the story of an individual negotiating his identity in a foreign country. It follows Luke Jonathan Driscoll, an American who has been residing in Japan for nearly 3 years and
Central Asia and Far East
Migration
Gandhi's Children
2008
185
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Directed by
David MacDougall
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A monolithic building on the outskirts of Delhi provides food and shelter for 350 boys. Some are orphans, some have been abandoned, others have run away from home. About half are held under a court
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
The Golden Beach
2008
58
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Directed by
Hasse Wester
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A small group of farmers belonging to the Halakki Gowda tribe live near a small beach in a valley in southern India. When the Swedish film maker Hasse Wester was first there twenty years ago the
South Asia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Rural
Social Change
Hillside Beauties
2008
25
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Directed by
Julia Kurc
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In a violent, marginalized and discriminated environment such as the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, women create a time and a space to construct their identities and their beauty. Marcella, Thuany and
South America
Gender Role and Identity
Socioeconomic conditions
I've already become an image
2008
32
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Zezinho Yube
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A group of Hunikui men tell of the five ages that mark their most recent past: from ‘the time of the Indian lodge’, to first contact with the Nawá, the non-Indian people who came looking for
One day in Begnishte
2008
7
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Directed by
Michele Trentini
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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
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Directed by
Michele Trentini
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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 Rukavac
2008
11
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Directed by
Michele Trentini
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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 Poet's Salary
2008
59
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Directed by
Eric Wittersheim
Alexandre Francois
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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
Read Me
2008
29
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Directed by
Janina Kriszio
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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
Rough Aunties
2008
103
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Directed by
Kim Longinotto
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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
Sermiligaag 65°54'N, 36°22'W
2008
64
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Directed by
Anni Seitz
Sophie Elixhauser
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The people of East Greenland inhabit a small string of coastal land at the edge of the biggest island of the world. Long winters have always shaped daily life here, a life that has gone within a few
North America
Rural
Social Change
Environment
The Shrimpers
2008
30
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Directed by
Austin Paterek
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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
A Spark in Him
2008
28
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Directed by
Claudia Engels
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‘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
The Temple in the Sea
2008
26
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Directed by
Theo Youngstein
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‘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
Tenonde’i - a Beautiful Future
2008
30
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Directed by
Nadja Marin
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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
Thanks Be to God
2008
31
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Directed by
Patrícia Pedrosa
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Four Christian women work and live in a Muslim and patriarchic world. The ‘Sisters of the Consolata Missionaries’ are building a new library in Empada, a small village in the south of
West Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Untouched Rock
2008
28
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Directed by
James Vybiral
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‘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
Ustad Rahim
2008
55
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Directed by
John Baily
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Shot in the city of Heart, western Afghanistan 1994, in the period between the fall of the last leftist government and the coming of the Taliban, this is a portrait film of an outstanding musician,
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Personal Narrative