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Arcé, Adrian
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Arif-Bashir, Abeera
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Asch, Patsy
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Asch, Timothy
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Aston, Judith
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Athias, Renato
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Atieno, Lavine
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August, Ramona
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Awino, Effie
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Aydin, Yunus Emre
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Ayisi, Florence
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BBC / Swan Films, RAI /
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Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
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Balikci, Anna
2
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Balpatji, Warren
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Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Bernstein, Anya
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Bhattachary, Nilanjan
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Blachnicka-Ciacek, Dominika
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Blake, John
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Bloching, Max
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Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Boyce, Paul
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brewer, Teri
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Brylla, Catalin
1
Buthpitiya, Vindhya
2
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
2
Cai, Hua
1
Cameron, Al
1
Campbell, Karlia
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Campus, Greca
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Colson, Laurie
1
Colucci, Erminia
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Connor, Linda
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Croall, Heather
1
Dabo, Ansomane
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davies, Sera
1
De Groof, Matthias
1
Defersha, Eyob
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Delgado San Ginés, David
1
Dhanraj, Deepa
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
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Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
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Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
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FILM FESTIVAL, RAI
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Favero, Paolo
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Fedda, Yasmin
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Ferrini, Alessandra
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Figueroa, David
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Figueroa, Jose
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Fijn, Natasha
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Film Festival, RAI
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Flores, Carlos
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Foglio, Omar
1
Forge, Anthony
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Fox, J.
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Fox, James J.
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Francois, Alexandre
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Fumanti, Mattia
2
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Gama, Antonia
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
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1
Gill, Harjant
1
Gomes, Márcio
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Grassilli, Mariagiulia
1
Greenhalgh, Cathy
1
Griggs, David
1
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12
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
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1
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1
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1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
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1
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7
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Hushing, Richa
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Husmann, Rolf
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Indjai, Braima
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Jayasankar, KP
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Johnson, Dul
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Karimi, Keywan
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1
Kofti, Dimitra
1
Kongshao, Zhuang
1
Koto, Erik
1
Kremer, Flavia
2
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kuzhur, Renjith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
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1
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1
Lambert, Roseline
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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1
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1
Le Dauphin, Axelle
1
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1
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Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
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Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Li, He Zi Jian
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1
Loizos, Peter
1
Longinotto, Kim
4
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1
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1
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1
Lunch, Nick
1
Lutkehaus, Nancy
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Luz, Ana Luísa
1
Lydall, Jean
1
MAKEPEACE, ANNE
1
MacClancy, Jeremy
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
15
MacDougall, Judith
7
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
1
Maingard, Jacqueline
1
Malara, Diego Maria
1
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marchand, Trevor H. J.
2
Marin, Nadja
1
Marinho de Sousa, Liliana
1
Marrero-Guillamón, Isaac
1
McCrum, Rachel
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Milling, Julie
1
Mirabella, Rita
1
Mitjáns, Fernando
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
1
Moore, Allen
1
Morelli, Camilla
2
Moser, Brian
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Muratsu, Ran
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Norris, Craig
1
Norton, Barley
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Orr Urtreger, Gil
1
Otto, Ton
1
Owen, Chris
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
P. A. Cooper, Timothy
2
Palmer, Lisa
1
Panay, Simon
1
Panizza, Tiziana
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Peiu, Toma
2
Pereira, Nilton
1
Piasta, Piotr
1
Piccini, Angela
2
Pollack, Claire
1
Poltorak, Mike
2
Ponte, Ines
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prins, Janine
3
Prothero, Sarah
1
Radhakrishnan, Shweta
1
Rashid, Azra
1
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Rees, Lowri
1
Robert Morales, Matteo
1
Rodriguez, Paola
1
Rosenlund Byriel, Maja
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
3
Rowlinson, Carl
1
Roy, Rahul
1
Roy, Sumira
1
Saltalippi, Matteo
1
Sandall, Roger
1
Sarabi, Abtin
2
Saraiva, Chico
1
Sariyildiz, Özlem
1
Sartori, Caterina
2
Sautchuk, Carlos
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
5
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Sharma, Aparna
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Singer, André
5
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Song, Zhifang
3
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sousa, Joana
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
3
Speroni, Marco
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Spinetti, Federico
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Stehlikova, Tereza
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Stewart, Michael
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Teeter, Wendy
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
3
Torson, Jennifer
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tumino, Giuseppe
1
Turner, Shannon
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
3
Werner, Louis
1
Westmoreland, Mark
1
Wilkinson, Marko Ray
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Wright, Chris
1
Wright, Evie
1
Wu, Qiao
1
Wu, Qihui
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Wyatt, Olivia
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Yin, Luojunnan
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zaki, Iris
1
Zauad, Zaino
1
Zirion, Antonio
2
Zirión, Antonio
1
Ziwei, Meng
1
de Bromhead, Toni
5
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van de Port, Mattijs
3
Östör, Ákos
2
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
4
Carnival King of Europe
38
Caught in a Web
3
Decolonising Shorts
4
Disappearing World Series
2
Doon School Project
2
George's Place
2
George's Place: A seven part film series
5
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
44
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
2
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
2
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
3
Strangers Abroad
3
Sudan Trilogy
1
Taiga Nomads
2
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Turkana Conversations
1
Western Outposts - Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
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Country of production
Angola
1
Argentina
1
Australia
27
Belgium
6
Brazil
6
Canada
3
Chile
1
China
11
Colombia
2
Czech Republic
1
Côte d'Ivoire
1
Denmark
5
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
5
Finland
3
France
7
Germany
15
Greece
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Iceland
1
India
15
Indonesia
2
Iran
1
Italy
45
Jamaica
1
Japan
5
Kenya
1
Kosovo
1
Lebanon
1
Mexico
3
Netherlands
4
Nigeria
3
Norway
4
Pakistan
1
Paraguay
1
Peru
1
Poland
2
Portugal
2
Singapore
1
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
2
Sweden
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Thailand
1
Turkey
2
United Kingdom
98
United States
39
Uzbekistan
1
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Year of production
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1963
1
1964
1
1969
1
1972
1
1973
2
1974
1
1975
1
1976
1
1978
2
1979
1
1980
2
1981
2
1982
1
1983
2
1984
3
1985
5
1986
6
1987
2
1988
3
1989
3
1991
3
1992
3
1993
2
1994
2
1995
3
1996
3
1997
1
1998
3
1999
4
2000
2
2001
8
2002
4
2003
3
2004
5
2005
5
2006
3
2007
3
2008
12
2009
12
2010
8
2011
9
2012
6
2013
9
2014
11
2015
40
2016
41
2017
17
2018
10
2019
14
2020
19
2021
1
2022
1
2023
7
Film Festival Year
not set
207
2009
1
2015
5
2017
87
2019
36
2021
76
2023
7
Event type
Conference
61
Forum
3
Gala event
7
Masterclass
3
Seminar
2
Special Programmes
7
Talks
13
Workshop
14
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309
Festival Prize Category
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Accepted
50
Film library
71
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Film list
P11: Social movements, protest, social justice & creativity
'
Conference
Convened by
José Sherwood
.
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
.
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
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