Film list

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Disability Futures 2023 '
Special Programmes
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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
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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