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La Nave 2021 52'

Main Competition Directed by Carlos Maria Romero .

Colombian artist and first-time filmmaker Carlos Maria Romero (aka Atabey Mamasita), translates the meaning and spirit of Carnaval de Barranquilla during a year in which gatherings were forbidden.

La Tumba Mambi 2022 28'

Ethnomusicology Directed by Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier DJ Jigüe .

As a result of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), many French settlers travelled to Eastern Cuba with their slaves to escape the revolt. The Tumba Francesa Societies, known as a brotherhood and a

Lady of the Lake 2014 22'

Directed by Zaw Naing Oo .

Governments – even decades-old military regimes – may come and go but, like many rural communities in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the lives of the villagers of Pyun Su on the banks of Moe

South-East Asia Religion / Belief / Faith Rural

Lampedusa in Winter 2015 93'

RAI Basil Wright Directed by Jakob Brossmann .

The Italian "refugee island" of Lampedusa is in the firm grip of winter's tristesse. The tourists have left, the remaining refugees fight to be taken to the mainland. As a fire destroys the

The Land Beneath Our Feet 2016 60'

RAI Basil Wright Directed by Sarita Siegel Gregg Mitman .

The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, seeking to understand how the past

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

Land of Udehe 2015 26'

Student Directed by Ivan Golovnev .

This film takes us into the world of Udehe – indigenous people of the Far East of Russia. According to the census of 2010, their population dropped to 1,490 souls…

Central Asia and Far East Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Change

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The Land on which We Stand 2007 31'

Directed by Becky Payne .

This film is a glimpse into the life of the Landmatters Co-operative, a community of 11 adults and 4 children living in benders and yurts in rural Devon as they develop a permaculture project. The 42

British-Irish Isles Rural Alternative culture

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

The Last Navigator 1989 50'

Directed by André Singer .

This is the story of two cultures and two technologies. An American navigator is taught the skills of navigation by a traditional Micronesian navigator on Satawal island. The American tries to

Micronesia Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Infrastructure / Transport Education / Knowledge Transmission

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

The Last of the Cuiva 1971 52'

Directed by Brian Moser .

The film focuses on recent changes in the culture and society of the Cuiva, hunters and gatherers in a remote forest region of south-eastern Colombia, brought about through contact with Colombian

South America Social Change Race / Racism / Antiracism Land Rights Hunting / Gathering / Fishing

The Lau of Malaita 1982 52'

Directed by Leslie Woodhead .

*Pierre Miranda and a team from Granada Television have made a fine film exploring the trouble realities of the people of the lagoon in the 1980s.* (B. Shore) This film focuses on the people of

Melanesia Social Change Social Conflict Ritual Death Religion / Belief / Faith

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Law and War in Rural Kenya 2010 64'

Directed by Suzette Heald .

In 1998, a new movement swept through Kuria, in south western Kenya with dramatic effect. Cattle raiding fuelled by the increasing presence of guns had led to a situation of total insecurity, with

East Africa War / Conflict / Reconciliation Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy

Leaving Greece 2013 79'

Directed by Anna Brass .

When entering the EU for the first time, a refugee must submit an application for asylum. So much is clear. Less well known, however is the fact that for 90% of all refugees, the Aegean is the

Western Mediterranean Children / Young people Migration Love

Legacies 2018 34'

Student Directed by Clair Maleney .

The pioneering approach of Jubilee School in West Philadelphia seeks to empower its students (mainly black, and from low-income households), via a curriculum which highlights the arts, social

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The Legacy of Antonio Lorenzano 2000 46'

Directed by Paul Henley .

Antonio Lorenzano was an acclaimed musician, shamanic healer and craftsman, and the leader of the Warao community of Morichito on the Winikina River, in the lower Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. The film

South America Death Public Figure Informant-researcher relationship Social Change Memory

Lessons from Gulam 1986 52'

Directed by John Baily .

A detailed study of musical enculturation within the Asian community of Bradford in northern England. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teacher and as a musician. The film

British-Irish Isles Music / Ethnomusicology Education / Knowledge Transmission

Lessons from the Tiger 2010 22'

Directed by Ife Olatunji .

A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls' school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the

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

Let Him Fly 2021 29'

Ethnomusicology Directed by Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan .

Let Him Fly draws on footage shot over eight years to lyrically document the rise and exponential growth of the Delhi hip hop scene. The film spotlights some of the most influential artists on the

Letter to the Dead 2002 62'

Directed by Andre Iteanu Eytan Kapon .

The film is about the encounter between tradition and modernity. In a small village of Papua New Guinea three exceptional men rival with each other in the field of rituals and artistic creation in

Melanesia Social Change Art / Artists / Artisans Death

Letters from Palestine 2011 35'

Directed by Ludovica Fales .

What if in your great-grandfather's letters there is a mystery your family doesn't want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never

Western Mediterranean Middle and Near East War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory History

Leyssart 2007 30'

Directed by Alexander Hirl .

Living among 8,000 animals in the South of France, Thérèse and Dominique live their passion as herders and breeders. Their philosophy of life makes us reflect on the nature of relationships between

Western Europe Animals Herding Family / Kinship

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

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Life Chances: Four Families in a Greek Cypriot Village 1974 43'

Directed by Peter Loizos .

A careful account of social change in a prosperous Greek Cypriot village, which follows four closely related families before the Turkish made them all refugees. Their lives reflect the possibilities

South-East Europe Social Change Life Story / Life History Rural Family / Kinship

Life as We Know it 1995 25'

Directed by Alex Reed .

"It was Star Trek that brought us together". John and Pauline are to be wed beyond the Final Frontier at a Star Trek convention in Manchester. Among the guests are Klingons and Hollywood stars.

British-Irish Isles Popular Culture Marriage

The Life of Others 2017 45'

Directed by Robert McNamara .

The film is a compilation of scenes from Kazakh Mongolian life outside of Bayan Olgii in Western Mongolia. It was made during a one month period where I lived with and filmed a group of families

A Life with Slate 2006 59'

Directed by Dipesh Kharel .

Alampu is a beautiful and exceedingly remote village in Nepal. The majority of the settlers there are Thami people, one of the indigenous groups of Nepal. More than 90 percent of them have been

South Asia Labour Socioeconomic conditions

Lifelibrary 2007 22'

Directed by Amanda Hill .

Library spacescape. quiet, history, dreams, wisdom, structure, anomaly, affection, preservation, creation, galaxies, distraction and contemplation. An exploration of a changing world withinwithout

British-Irish Isles Education / Knowledge transmission Archival material / Museum displays

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The Light on Mykines Island 1992 66'

Directed by Ulla Rasmussen .

Ulla Boje Rasmussen's at once historical and contemporary documentary from 1992 about the life and nature of the sparsely populated and spellbound island of Mykines. With outstanding footage she

Scandinavia Everyday Life Social Organisation Rural

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

The Lindisfarne Causeway 2022 20'

Student Directed by Sammy-Lena Stasse .

The Lindisfarne Causeway is a road that disappears into the sea twice a day. The filmmaker uses boredom and daydreaming as a method to get to know this place. A poetic world of tarmac silence,

Link-up Diary 1997 86'

Directed by David MacDougall .

The filmmaker goes on the road with Link-Up, an organisation which re-unites Aboriginal families separated in earlier decades by the New South Wales government. As the film shows, being reunited

Australia Resettlement Family / Kinship Collective / Community identity Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples

A Little Bit of Freedom 1998 34'

Directed by Laura Kirk .

This film is set in a traditional household in Nepal and documents a servant girl, Nani; a married woman, Sarita; and a mother-in-law, Ama. In interesting mixture of entrapment, duty and tradition unfold.

South Asia Gender Role and Identity Intergenerational relations Marriage

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Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege 2021 89'

Main Competition Directed by Abdallah Al-Khatib .

During the Syrian civil war, Yarmouk, a district of Damascus where thousands of Palestinians are refugees, was the site of fierce fighting. Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege is a filmed diary that

Little Waterfall 2002 52'

Directed by Joshka Wessels .

Shallalah Saghirah ('Little Waterfall') is a small village of about 20 households located in the Khanasser valley, in north Syria. The village has no electricity and still uses an ancient ganat

Middle and Near East Infrastructure / Transport Material Culture Development projects

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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

Living Here 2017 16'

Shorts Directed by Sarah Baril Gaudet .

In Aupaluk, Northern Quebec, a small cluster of primary coloured buildings cluster amidst the blinding white tundra. We are introduced to the tiny town (population 200, mainly Inuit) by a thoughtful

Living Through Things 2005 32'

Directed by Anna Waddell .

Kristin, Mark and Bob collect things. The film explores attachment, possession and the way that objects inhabit their lives.

British-Irish Isles Material Culture

Living with Boko Haram 2016 37'

Special Interest Directed by Trond Waage .

January 2015. Boko Haram's violent insurgency is approaching Mogdé, on the Nigerian/Cameroonian border, where Antoniette lives. Just outside Oslo, Norway, lives her son Vakote, worried and afraid

West Africa Scandinavia Religion / Belief / Faith Social Conflict War / Conflict / Reconciliation Migration

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Living with the Invisibles 2003 52'

Directed by Dirk Dumont .

When they emigrated to Europe in the 60’s and 70’s, Moroccans brought with them their culture and their “diseases” ( caused by the the jinn that inhabit some of them). In Europe, most North

North and Northeast Africa Health / Health care / Healing Possession Migration

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Living with the Revolution 1983 52'

Directed by Leslie Woodhead Claire Lasko .

*These three films ('Inside China: Living with the Revolution'; 'The Newest Revolution'; 'The Kazakhs of China') present a valuable record of aspects of most recent developments in China.* (A.

Central Asia and Far East Social Change History Family / Kinship

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The Log Rafters of Lake Aegeri 2016 29'

Material Culture Directed by Thomas Horat .

Aegeri, in a remote part of Switzerland, is one of the few lakes in Central Europe where professional log rafters can still be found. This film is based on the gentle observation of the work of a

Western Europe Material Culture Labour Rural

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The Longest Struggle: The Karen of Burma 1993 52'

Directed by John Sheppard .

In the forested hills of eastern Burma, a war has been going on for more than 50 years. A war that is rarely reported and is often apparently at a stalemate. For the Karen people of this part of

South-East Asia War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory

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Looking for the Man Of Aran 1999 25'

Directed by Sebastian Eschenbach .

It is 60 years since Robert Flaherty made Man of Aran. How do the people of the Aran Islands remember the experience and what do they feel about the image the films gives of their land?

British-Irish Isles Film / Photography / Mass media History of Anthropology

Lorang's Way 1977 69'

Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .

The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in northwestern Kenya. Lorang’s Way focuses upon a Turkana elder. Having spent time away

East Africa Herding Social Change Nomads and Nomadism

Los Guardianes del Mayab 2012 34'

Directed by Jaime Magaña .

Luis Puc is a Yucatecan Mayan jmen (shaman). He dies and travels to the dimension of the seven heavens where he meets the báalam (guardians). Through them, he receives healing powers and wisdom,

Central America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Shamans and Shamanism

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