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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2017
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46
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42
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8
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27
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7
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19
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14
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2
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2
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7
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14
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13
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17
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14
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7
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2
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26
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46
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18
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10
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6
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1
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24
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18
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9
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217
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8
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1
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1
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1
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19
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3
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4
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3
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1
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9
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1
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2
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5
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2
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1
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5
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4
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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3
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1
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4
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1
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2
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5
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2
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1
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1
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1
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36
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10
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2
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1
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1
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13
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2
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1
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10
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1
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4
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1
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1
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7
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1
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1
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2
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1
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8
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1
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3
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1
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10
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1
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2
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2
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1
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2
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1
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2
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2
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2
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1
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3
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2
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2
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1
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2
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3
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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4
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17
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11
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1
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1
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3
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1
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1
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2
not set
219
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
2
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3
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7
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3
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4
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6
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9
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1
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25
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30
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21
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8
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20
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9
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13
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3
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14
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8
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6
Environment
10
Essay film
3
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5
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12
Family / Kinship
21
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8
Film / Photography / Mass media
21
Folklore
1
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1
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2
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1
Gender Role and Identity
47
Gender Role and identity
1
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23
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1
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6
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6
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10
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6
Indigenous Filmmaking
2
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33
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11
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10
Infrastructure\transport
1
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4
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7
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2
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6
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20
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9
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1
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13
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7
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4
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7
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13
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20
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14
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22
Music / Ethnomusicology
28
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2
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5
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6
Personal Narrative
5
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13
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3
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9
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3
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2
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5
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7
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11
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11
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36
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3
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1
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4
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4
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35
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14
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1
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12
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4
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17
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10
Social Norms
3
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2
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2
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14
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4
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6
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9
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7
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1
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12
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10
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216
Directors
(Chhara), Dakxinkumar Bajrange
1
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Abatemarco, Gina
1
Abraham, Shirley
1
Afreen, Sara
1
Agatha, Diane
1
Ahmad Simon, Kamar
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Aiano, Eluned Zoe
1
Akafou, Joël
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Al Hafez, Maisa
1
Alvarez, Juan Sebastián
1
Alvarez, Patricia
1
Arcilla, Roel
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arias Ortiz, Carolina
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asadi Faezi, Daniel
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
August, Ramona
1
Awino, Effie
1
Awoyinka, Siji
1
Aydin, Yunus Emre
1
Ayisi, Florence
1
Bahule, Andre
1
Baily, John
11
Bakar Sidibé, Abou
1
Balikci, Anna
2
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Ballester, Julian
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Barbash, Ilisa
1
Barber, Maddi
1
Baril Gaudet, Sarah
1
Barone, Enrico
1
Barreiro, Georgina
1
Basu, Helene
1
Basu, Prantik
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Bell, Hatty
1
Bell, Otto
1
Berman, Alexandre
1
Bhagat, Simit
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Biella, Peter
1
Blachnicka-Ciacek, Dominika
1
Bloching, Max
1
Bona, Stefania
1
Bonifacio, Valentina
2
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
2
Borecký, Pavel
1
Boswall, Karen
2
Boudreault-Fournier, Alexandrine
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Bragard, Magali
1
Brass, Anna
1
Brewer, Teri
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Brečević, Geska Helena
1
Brečević, Robert
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Bromhead, Toni de
1
Brossmann, Jakob
1
Brown, David
1
Burcak, Lidija
1
Bureau, Martin
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Buthpitiya, Vindhya
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Cai, Hua
2
Campus, Greca
1
Canals, Roger
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Carlyle, Angus
1
Carpenter, Sue
1
Carrillo Sánchez, María Fernanda
1
Cartelli, Philip
1
Carver, Gavin
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Chavah, Arjun
1
Chong, Zhang
1
Colson, Laurie
1
Colucci, Erminia
3
Cooper, Timothy
3
Costa, Vince
1
Couto, João Carlos
1
Cox, Rupert
1
Cremers, Dr. Lianne (A.L.)
1
Croall, Heather
1
Cubero, Carlo
1
Cubides-Brady, Natalie
1
Curtis, Edward S.
1
D'onofrio, Alexandra
1
Dabo, Ansomane
1
Dahr, Julia
1
Dam Bracia, Lillian
1
Dandriyal, Nirmal Chander
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Davies, Sera
1
Day, Mike
1
De Groof, Matthias
2
Deger, Jennifer
1
Delgado San Ginés, David
1
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Devaraj, Rebecca
1
Deveson, Philippa
1
Dewey, Myron
1
Dhanraj, Deepa
1
Diamanti, Eleonora
1
Diamantis, Constantinos
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Domenig, Aya
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Doren, Oinam
1
Dost, Jainendra
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunlop, Ian
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edenshaw, Gwaai
1
Edkins, Teboho
1
Elias, Meni
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Engelbrecht, Beate
1
Enjolras, Séverine
1
Entell, Peter
1
Esteva, Jordi
3
Fairbanks, Charles
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farooqui, Samreen
1
Faye, Safi
2
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Fedde, R.A.
1
Feld, Steven
1
Fernández Mouján, Alejandro
1
Fernández, Luciano Pérez
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Ferreira, Daniele
1
Ferrini, Alessandra
1
Figueroa, David
1
Figueroa, Jose
1
Fijn, Natasha
1
Foglio, Omar
1
Folegatti, Luiza
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Fossgard-Moser, Titus
1
Fox, Jason
1
Fox, Josh
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Frankenstein, Ellen
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Gama, Antonia
1
Garland, Christy
1
Gazidis, Dorothea
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Gill, Harjant
1
Girmus, Dan
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goddinho, Leandro
3
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Gomes, Márcio
1
Grabowska, Malwa
1
Graham, Trevor
2
Grieco, Anthony
1
Grimshaw, Anna
2
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Grossman, Alan
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Gruber, Martin
2
Grunvald, Vitor
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gubner, Jennie
1
Gul, Seemab
1
Gulati, Shilpi
1
Gumnit, Ruth
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
HERROU, Adeline
1
Habibi, Elaheh
1
Haddad, Abeer Zeibak
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hahonou, Eric Komlavi
1
Haig-Brown, Helen
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Hantson, Louise
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Hassanwalia, Shabani
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Hellwig, Jean
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hennies, Jan-Holger
1
Henry, Rosita
1
Hesmondhalgh, Jacob
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hick, Alexander
1
Hikiji, Rose Satiko
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hobson, Marie-Josephine
1
Hollerup Christensen, Louise
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
2
Hopkins, Ben
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horn, Roger
1
Horton, Robin
1
Hoskins, Charlotte
1
Huang, Enke
1
Huffschmid, Anne
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
2
Huguet, Benjamin
1
Hunt, Claire
1
Hunt, Clare
1
Hushing, Richa
1
Husmann, Rolf
3
Hörmann, André
1
Igwe, Onyeka
1
Indjai, Braima
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jan Gollob, Tino Glimmann
1
Jaoul, Nicolas
1
Jaquerod, Muriel
1
Jayasankar, KP
2
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Jirmanus, Mary
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Jourdain, Olivier
1
Journet, Martine
2
Kamerling, Leonard
1
Kapon, Eytan
1
Karimi, Keywan
1
Kashyap, Kumar
1
Katz, Maude
1
Kauli, Jackie
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Ke, Guo
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Khaitan, Abhyuday
1
Khan, Arshad
1
Kharel, Dipesh
3
Kildea, Gary
3
Klaue, Léa
1
Kofti, Dimitra
1
Koto, Erik
1
Kuen, Laura
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kuka, Hajooj
1
Kumar, Shikha
1
Kunuk, Zacharias
1
Kurutuac, Judith
1
Kuzhur, Renjith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Landseer, Kimona
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lansing, J. Stephen
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lapper, Ellen
1
Lau, Lasse
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Le Dauphin, Axelle
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levie, Francoise
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Li, He Zi Jian
1
Li, Wenfei
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
Liu, Xiangchen
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loizos, Peter
3
Long, Zheng
1
Longinotto, Kim
17
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Lunch, Nick
1
Luz, Ana Luísa
1
Lydall, Jean
1
MAKEPEACE, ANNE
1
Ma, Chi-hang
1
MacDougall, David
22
MacDougall, Judith
13
Madheshiya, Amit
1
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
2
Magoko, Beryl
1
Mai, Nick
2
Malara, Diego Maria
1
Maleney, Clair
1
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marchand, Trevor H. J.
2
Marinho de Sousa, Liliana
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Marsh, Sophie
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
McLarnon, Kate
1
McNamara, Robert
1
Mendel, Paulo
1
Mestroni, Simone
1
Metz, Janus
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Mills-Affif, Edouard
1
Milner, George
1
Mir-Hosseini, Ziba
1
Mirabella, Rita
1
Mitjáns, Fernando
1
Mitman, Gregg
1
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
2
Moore, Allen
1
Mora, Alba
1
Mora, Yves
1
Morelli, Camilla
1
Moura Fagundes, Guilherme
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Muratsu, Ran
1
Murray, Christopher
1
Myers-Haugh, Kyle
1
Myhre, Knut Chr. Myhre
1
Møhl, Perle
1
Nayak, Saranya
1
Nayar, Anjali
1
Nayyar, Rajat
1
Ndinya, June
1
Ndisi-Herrmann, Philippa
1
Neal, Sky
1
Newman, David
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Niglas, Liivo
2
Njoki, Ruth
1
Norris, Craig
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Nørgaard Munk, Emil
1
Oliveras de Ita, Daniel
1
Opipari, Carmen
1
Orderson, Kurt
1
Orr Urtreger, Gil
1
Otto, Ton
2
Owen, Chris
2
Owles, Ed
2
O’Brien, Áine
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Panay, Simon
1
Panizza, Tiziana
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Parietti, Caroline
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Perovic, Vladimir
1
Pestarino, Julieta
1
Petré, Robin
1
Piasta, Piotr
1
Picard, David
1
Pilvet, Kristiina
1
Piria, Elisa
1
Plambech, Sine
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Plouffe, Simon
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Pollet, Olivier
1
Poltorak, Mike
1
Pomerance, Erica
1
Ponson, Cyprien
1
Ponte, Ines
1
Powell, Harry
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Radhakrishnan, Shweta
1
Rappoport, Dana
1
Rashid, Azra
1
Rees, Lowri
1
Robert Morales, Matteo
1
Robinson, Paul
1
Rodriguez, Paola
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Rosenlund Byriel, Maja
1
Rowlinson, Carl
1
Roy, Rahul
3
Roy, Sumira
1
Saghari, Niyaz
1
Saito, Asami
1
Saltalippi, Matteo
1
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Sandall, Roger
1
Sanmartí, Anna
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo
1
Saraiva, Chico
1
Sariyildiz, Özlem
1
Sarmiento, Alvaro
1
Sarmiento, Diego
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Sautchuk, Carlos
1
Scalisi, Francesca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
2
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Seidel, Frank
1
Seitz, Anni
1
Sen, Priya
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Sharma, Aparna
1
Shivhare, Ravi
1
Shrish, Asmita
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Siebert, Moritz
1
Siegel, Sarita
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Sincich, Francesco
1
Singer, Andre
1
Singer, André
2
Singh, Anshu
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Snigirev, Yury
1
Sojob, María
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sousa, Joana
1
Sowa, Remigiusz (aka Remi)
1
Speed, Frank
7
Speroni, Marco
1
Sperscheinder, Werner
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Spinetti, Federico
1
Spione, James
1
Stehlikova, Tereza
1
Storaas, Frode
2
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Sturtevant, Chuck
1
Su, Yan Chun
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Svartzman, Boris
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jaime
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
Tender, Priit
2
Tibet, Eda Elif
1
Tilche, Alice
1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Time, Justin
1
Toda, Hikaru
1
Tolange, Deepak
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Tumino, Giuseppe
1
Turner, Shannon
1
Uribe, Simón
1
Vail, Pegi
1
Vakhrushev, Aleksei
1
Varejão, Cláudia
1
Vavrova, Daniela
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Wagner, Estephan
1
WeOwnTV,
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wickwire, Maren
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Williams, Jano
3
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Wu, Qiao
1
Wu, Qihui
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Wyatt, Olivia
1
Yildirim, S. Buse
1
Yin, Luojunnan
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Yuchuan, Jia
1
Zaki, Iris
1
Zauad, Zaino
1
Zhang, MengHua
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
Ziwei, Meng
1
Zurné, Lise
1
de Bromhead, Toni
3
not set
3
van Lanker, Laurent
1
van de Port, Mattijs
3
Östör, Ákos
2
Șalaru, Maria
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
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Algeria
1
Angola
1
Argentina
5
Australia
39
Austria
1
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
14
Bolivia
1
Brazil
13
Bulgaria
1
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
14
Chile
3
China
15
Colombia
6
Costa Rica
1
Cuba
1
Czech Republic
1
Côte d'Ivoire
1
Denmark
11
Egypt
1
Estonia
5
Ethiopia
1
Finland
3
France
24
Germany
28
Ghana
2
Guinea-Bissau
2
Hong Kong
1
Hungary
3
Iceland
2
India
40
Indonesia
3
Iran
3
Ireland
1
Israel
2
Italy
21
Jamaica
1
Japan
7
Jordan
1
Kenya
4
Kosovo
1
Lebanon
1
Mali
1
Mexico
8
Mongolia
2
Montenegro
1
Mozambique
1
Nepal
4
Netherlands
12
Niger
1
Nigeria
9
Norway
10
Pakistan
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Paraguay
1
Peru
4
Philippines
1
Poland
2
Portugal
5
Romania
1
Russia
1
Senegal
4
Serbia
1
Sierra Leone
1
Slovenia
1
South Africa
3
Spain
6
Sudan
1
Sweden
3
Switzerland
13
Tanzania
3
Thailand
1
Turkey
2
Uganda
1
United Kingdom
134
United States
57
not set
15
Year of production
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2
1931
1
1952
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1969
1
1970
2
1972
2
1973
1
1974
3
1975
1
1976
1
1977
1
1978
2
1979
2
1980
4
1981
1
1982
1
1983
5
1984
4
1985
2
1986
4
1987
3
1988
8
1989
7
1990
3
1991
3
1992
1
1993
4
1994
2
1995
1
1996
4
1997
6
1998
4
1999
3
2000
6
2001
9
2002
5
2003
5
2004
3
2005
9
2006
8
2007
10
2008
10
2009
9
2010
7
2011
6
2012
12
2013
11
2014
11
2015
57
2016
69
2017
55
2018
60
2019
17
2020
15
2021
3
2022
1
Film Festival Year
not set
214
0
1
2009
1
2013
1
2015
10
2017
117
2019
111
2021
34
2023
3
Event type
not set
492
x
Festival Prize Category
not set
187
Decolonising the Archive
2
Global Racialisations
2
Intangible Culture
11
Lifetime Achievement
2
Main Competition
13
Material Culture
8
Music Docs
5
RAI Basil Wright
32
Shorts
9
Special Interest
20
Student
30
Werbner Award
8
not set
163
Review Status
Accepted
97
Film library
129
not set
266
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Film list
Daba - Portrait of a Na Shaman
1999
40
'
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
After more than a quarter of a century without any form of religious ceremony, the Na, an ethnic group living on the Himalayan plateau, began openly practising their religion again in the early
South-East Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Religion / Belief / Faith
Shamans and Shamanism
Damiana Kryygi
2015
94
'
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Alejandro Fernández Mouján
.
The year is 1896. In the Paraguayan forest, a three-year-old Aché girl survives the massacre of her family by white settlers. She is baptised 'Damiana' by her captors. At the age of 14, she is
The Dancer and the Dance
1988
44
'
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
This film is an invitation to see Javanese palace dancing as performed in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and to go beyond appearances to discover what the dance means to those who continue the tradition. In
South-East Asia
Dance / Theatre / Performance
The Day I Will Never Forget
2002
92
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
The documentary explores the local dimensions of the female circumcision debate in Kenyan societies. In a region of Kenya that is home to Muslims, Massai and Somali and crosscut by Christian
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Ritual
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
The Day the Sun Fell
2015
78
'
Special Interest
Directed by
Aya Domenig
.
Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty for the Red Cross during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by
South-East Asia
History
Memory
Health / Health care / Healing
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Death of the One who Knows
2020
82
'
Werbner Award
Directed by
Dana Rappoport
.
In the Toraja highlands of Sulawesi (Indonesia), Lumbaa is one of the last masters of ritual speech. After his forced conversion to Pentecostalism, he is compelled to stop all his ritual activity and
Delhi at Eleven
2013
82
'
Directed by
Ravi Shivhare
Anshu Singh
Kumar Kashyap
Shikha Kumar
.
This film presents the work of four young filmmakers of New Delhi. From March to May 2012 they took part in a video workshop at the CIE Experimental Basic School, a government primary school. Each of
South Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
A Delicate Weave
2017
61
'
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Anjali Monteiro
KP Jayasankar
.
A fascinating tapestry of four different musical journeys across Gujarat, India: we meet a group of young men in Bhujodi who meet every night to sing the verses of 15th-century Indian mystic and poet
Democracía Indígena
2000
39
'
Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
.
This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Depending on Heaven
1988
56
'
Directed by
Peter Entell
.
The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey
Central Asia and Far East
Environment
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
Everyday Life
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
The Devil’s Mills. Roundabouts don't Build Houses any more
2006
56
'
Directed by
János Tari
.
The everyday life of migrant fun fair operators is the filter through which we view the social and economic factors of the 20th and early 21st century that define the life and work of this social
Central Europe
Labour
Social Change
Trade
Festivals / Carnival
Distant Temple
2002
90
'
Directed by
János Tari
.
The last orthodox synagogue in Makó was renewed and inaugurated in 2002. The little temple, as they call it, is more than hundred years old and represents the link between the Jews who emigrated
Middle and Near East
Migration
Religion / Belief / Faith
Divorce Iranian Style
1989
80
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
This film is set in the Family Law Courts in central Tehran. The three main characters are Jamileh who punishes her husband for beating her, Ziba, a 16 year old girl who is trying to get a divorce
Middle and Near East
Marriage
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Family / Kinship
Diya
2001
55
'
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it
South Asia
Trade
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Art / Artists / Artisans
Doctors of Two Worlds
1989
55
'
Directed by
Natasha Solomons
.
In the Bolivian highlands an English doctor is setting up a network of health care for remote mountain villages. While teaching the inhabitants the essentials of Western medicine the doctor is
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Informant-researcher relationship
Development projects
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
'
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
Dor, Low is Better
1988
47
'
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film offers an experimental approach to the comparative study of cultures: the monks of a Tibetan monastery compare their own flutes with the Swiss alphorn and the Dutch windhorn introduced to
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Ritual
Dream Girls
1993
50
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
This award-winning film opens a door into the amazing world of the Takarazuka Revue, the all-female theatre troupe in Japan. Thousands of young women aspire to perform in the Revue’s glitzy musical
Central Asia and Far East
Public Figure
Popular Culture
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Dreamcatcher
2015
98
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
A film set in Chicago about an inspirational woman who has defied her past and now rescues girls and young women from a life on the streets.
North America
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Sex / Sexuality
Dreaming The Memories of Now
2018
92
'
Directed by
Geska Helena Brečević
Robert Brečević
.
Journeying into the mythical space of southern Mexico, visual artists Geska and Robert Brecevic and their five-year old daughter Katja unearth complex stories in which time, memory and nostalgia are
Drokpa
2016
79
'
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Yan Chun Su
.
Drokpa is an intimate portrait of the lives and struggles of nomads on the eastern Tibetan plateau. With rare access to a small community of nomads living on the vast yet rapidly degrading
Drugs & Prayers
2009
55
'
Directed by
Helene Basu
.
The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Duka's Dilemma
2001
87
'
Directed by
Jean Lydall
Kaira Strecker
.
Filmmaker and anthropologist Jean Lydall has been making films with the Hamar community of southern Ethiopia since the 1970s. In 2001 she returned with her daughter and grandson to follow the
North and Northeast Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Gender Role and Identity
Duminea: A Festival for the Water Spirits
1966
20
'
Directed by
Frank Speed
Robin Horton
.
The communal rituals of most villages of the Eastern Niger Delta focus on two great classes of spirits - the heroes and the water people. The heroes once lived with the men, founded their
West Africa
Ritual
Possession
Dust
2016
44
'
Material Culture
Directed by
Deepak Tolange
.
Every winter, thousands of Nepalis and Indians migrate to various parts of Nepal to work in brick factories. Many of these labourers are children who drop out of school, engage in hard labour and