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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2017
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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2017 Film Library
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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2019
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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2019 Film Library
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RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2021
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8
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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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11
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13
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1
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17
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1
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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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2
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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
Archival materials / Museum displays
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
Elderly people
6
Environment
10
Essay film
3
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5
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12
Family / Kinship
21
Festivals / Carnival
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
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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
Social Conflict
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
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1
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3
France
24
Germany
28
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Hungary
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Iceland
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India
40
Indonesia
3
Iran
3
Ireland
1
Israel
2
Italy
21
Jamaica
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Japan
7
Jordan
1
Kenya
4
Kosovo
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Lebanon
1
Mali
1
Mexico
8
Mongolia
2
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1
Mozambique
1
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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
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3
Thailand
1
Turkey
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Uganda
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United Kingdom
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United States
57
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1969
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1970
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1972
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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
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2022
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2009
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2013
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2015
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2017
117
2019
111
2021
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2023
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Lifetime Achievement
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Main Competition
13
Material Culture
8
Music Docs
5
RAI Basil Wright
32
Shorts
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Special Interest
20
Student
30
Werbner Award
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Film list
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,
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
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
Sakhisona
2017
27
'
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Prantik Basu
.
Near Mogulmari in West Bengal lies a mound known locally as Sakhisona. Stories about it are interwoven with myth and still sung by local musicians. A dig nearby recently uncovered the remains of a
Salma
2013
90
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian village, was 13 years old, her family locked her up for 25 years, forbidding her to study and forcing her into marriage. During that time, words were
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Social Norms
Marriage
Art / Artists / Artisans
Sangharsh. Strife.
2018
105
'
Directed by
Nicolas Jaoul
.
Shot between 1997 and 2001, Sangharsh takes us deep into the lifeworld of Dalit Panther activists in the late 1990s Uttar Pradesh. By following three activists, one is taken on a rough trip in the
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
SchoolScapes
2007
77
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Inspired by the cinema of Lumière and the ideas of the 20th century Indian thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti, David MacDougall follows up the Doon School Quintet, his series of films about a traditional
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge transmission
Film / Photography / Mass media
The Scorpion is me - A centennial family dance group
2017
95
'
Directed by
Juan Sebastián Alvarez
.
Santos Ramírez “Santico”, the current 40 year old artistic director, hides behind the Carnival’s atmosphere, as he is fighting against all odds to keep El Alacrán's poison alive. "El
Scratches on Celluloid
2018
53
'
Directed by
Vindhya Buthpitiya
Timothy Cooper
.
In the rapidly changing urban landscapes of Jaffna and Lahore, the social and public space of cinema halls are recognisable for their longevity and resilience amid insurgency, war, and
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 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
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
Sermiligaag 65°54'N, 36°22'W
2008
64
'
Directed by
Anni Seitz
Sophie Elixhauser
.
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
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
Shepherds in the Cave
2016
87
'
Material Culture
Directed by
Anthony Grieco
.
An international team of art restorers, archaeologists and volunteers begin work on the restoration of religious frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced with local bureaucratic challenges
Western Mediterranean
Archaeology
Herding
Art / Artists / Artisans
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Shinjuku Boys
1997
54
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about love and gender. This film is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo where all the hosts are women who have decided to live as men. They make their living by working in a club with
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Love
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
Silas
2017
80
'
Directed by
Anjali Nayar
.
Liberian activist Silas Siakor is a tireless crusader against illegal logging and corruption. Through this focus on one small country -- “Silas” warns of the power of politics, features the role
Silk, Muthappar and VHS: Portraits from South India
1997
63
'
Directed by
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Damaris Luethi
.
The documentary, filmed during ethnographic field research, shows three portraits of ‘ordinary’ personalities — Mala, a young weaver sharing a one-bedroom house with nine siblings; Santa Cruz,
South Asia
Labour
Everyday Life
Film / Photography / Mass media
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 "Bird": Carrying on the Kumeyaay Tradition
2018
30
'
Directed by
Teri Brewer
.
The Kumeyaay, an indigenous people of Southern California and Northern Mexico still perform more than a dozen ancient song cycles kept alive through a process of apprenticeship and study which can
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
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
Socotra, the Island of Djinns
2016
64
'
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Jordi Esteva
.
The film is the story of a journey across the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Yemen. Socotra is isolated during the monsoon season, when it is impossible to land on it. This
Middle and Near East
Myths / Fairy tales
Nomads and Nomadism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Trade
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
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
Southeast London Ethnography - Three Student Films: Anglesea Road; The Good Ol' Days; Talk of Trade
2007
13
'
Directed by
Elhum Shakerifar
Ed Owles
Jamie Taylor
.
These 3 films on Southeast London were made by GCC college students who took a course in anthropology & film. ANGLESEA ROAD: Situated in Woolwich, South East London, Anglesea Road is a small
British-Irish Isles
Urban
Specialised Technique
2018
6
'
Directed by
Onyeka Igwe
.
William Sellers and the Colonial Film Unit developed a framework for colonial cinema, this included slow edits, no camera tricks and minimal camera movement. Hundreds of films were created in
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
The Storehouses of the World
2018
27
'
Directed by
Timothy Cooper
Abeera Arif-Bashir
.
In the Pakistani city of Lahore an audiocassette recorded decades ago deep among the crowd at a ritual mourning procession continues to circulate in the neighbourhood in which it was first made.
Stories from Cabo Corrientes
2020
77
'
Main Competition
Directed by
Jordi Esteva
.
The documentary immerses us in the fantastic and magical stories of the inhabitants of Cabo Corrientes, Chocò District (Colombia) where a community of Afro-Colombians, descended from slaves of
The Storyteller
1990
50
'
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith
Sundanese Culture Alive
1988
46
'
Directed by
Jean Hellwig
.
Jaipongan is a new style of music and dancing which was ‘invented’ about a decade ago on Western Java, Indonesia. Drawing on more classical Javanese music and taking elements from Japanese and
South-East Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sunday
2018
25
'
Special Interest
Directed by
Paulo Mendel
Vitor Grunvald
.
A colourful and noisy encounter with Família Stronger, a LGBTQIA+ collective in the neighbourhood of Jardim Nazaré, on São Paulo’s periphery. Across a split screen, Sunday portrays a single day
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
Survivors
2018
84
'
Main Competition
Directed by
WeOwnTV
.
With unflinching intimacy this film chronicles the remarkable stories of four Sierra Leoneans during the Ebola epidemic in what is regarded as the most acute public health crisis of the modern era
Suspension
2019
73
'
Werbner Award
Directed by
Simón Uribe
.
This film documents the building of a modern road through the imposing geography of southern Colombia. It brilliantly captures some of the absurdities and contradictions of a construction project
South America
Development projects
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Rural