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Adhiambo - Born in the Evening
2001
66
'
Directed by
Ruth Prince
Wenzel Geißler
Ruth Tuchtenhagen
.
‘Adhiambo’ means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the language of the Luo of western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month
East Africa
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
The Age of Reason
2004
87
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
In this fifth and final film in the Doon School quintet, MacDougall focuses on the life of one student whom he discovers at the school. The film was made in parallel with 'The New Boys' and
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Informant-researcher relationship
Arnav At Six
2012
28
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Atieno
2018
64
'
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
Awareness
2011
67
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
Filmed in South India, Andhra Pradesh, at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Krishnamurti, 'Awareness' explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teenagers,
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Bailarinas
2003
32
'
Directed by
Heidi Lipsanen
.
Majê Molê is an Afro-Brazilian dance group which offers girls and young women in Olinda, Northeast Brazil, the opportunity to rise above the poverty, drug addiction and crime that scars their
South America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Barbara and Her Friends in Candombleland
1997
52
'
Directed by
Sylvie Timbert
Carmen Opipari
.
In the divine Afro Brazilian cult Candomble is an initiation religion centred around possession. The filmmakers concentrate on children who introduce and guide us to this world. The children play
South America
Children / Young people
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Possession
Ritual
Benjamin and His Brother
1999
87
'
Directed by
Arthur Howes
.
Years of war and ethnic conflict in the Sudan have created a generation of young men, known as the "Lost Boys", who have spent more years in refugee camps than in their home communities.
North America
East Africa
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Children / Young people
Family / Kinship
Born
2008
56
'
Directed by
Andy Lawrence
Judith Kurutuac
.
*Our hope is to create a magical-real environment in which to go beyond the limits of our historical perspective on childbirth and its culturally bound rites, and to demonstrate an emotionally
British-Irish Isles
Health / Health care / Healing
Family / Kinship
Children / Young people
The Boy From Allison Street
1998
30
'
Directed by
Caroline Allward
.
Wayne has left school, sweet 16, disillusioned, with no qualifications. He is briefly distracted by Becka, the girl next door, and the discovery of his father's porno movie. But all he really wants
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Love
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
'
Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, 'Boya Boya (Shine Shine)' looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child's point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Chantal's Choice
1990
30
'
Directed by
Priscilla Hinckley
Carlyn Saltman
.
Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
Reproduction (biology)
The Child's Eye
2018
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This video is a series of 12 short films that are the result of ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall’s a five-year project video workshop project with Indian children. In six workshops held in
South Asia
Children / Young people
Informant-researcher relationship
Participatory / Collaborative methods
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
Doon School Chronicles
2000
140
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
David MacDougall's long term visual study completed. The Doon School, located in Dehra Dun in Uttaranchal, is perhaps the most famous boys’ boarding school in India. Although it has sometimes been
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Enet Yapai - an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
'
Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
.
Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life
Faith
2010
30
'
Directed by
Insa Langhorst
.
Together with a Pentecostal youth group, teenagers Colin and Salo are on a mission trip to East Germany preaching the word of God. On the streets of Wismar they experience the highs and lows of what
Western Europe
Children / Young people
Religion / Belief / Faith
Fatuma and Asya. Two Afar Girls in Ethiopia
2014
59
'
Directed by
Francesco Sincich
.
Two young Afar girls, Fatuma (10) and Asya (13), show us their daily life in two different contexts of the Afar Region in Ethiopia. Both of them face hard challenges: finding an alternative way to
West Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Children / Young people
Rural
Gandhi's Children
2008
185
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
A monolithic building on the outskirts of Delhi provides food and shelter for 350 boys. Some are orphans, some have been abandoned, others have run away from home. About half are held under a court
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
1988
25
'
Directed by
Ariane Lewis
Jon Jerstad
.
A detailed account of domestic life in the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea, mainly from the women’s point of view. It describes their everyday activities in the ‘gardens’ in order to produce
Melanesia
Agriculture / Farming
Children / Young people
Ritual
Hold Me Tight Let Me Go
2007
99
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
*The main reason I wanted to shoot is that when the kids misbehave, the teachers don’t punish them but try to find out why they are acting in such a way. The driving idea behind the school is to
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Health / Health care / Healing
Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine
2007
27
'
Directed by
Ester Hertog
.
Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities
Middle and Near East
Development projects
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
House No. 15
2018
7
'
Directed by
Aryo Danusiri
.
Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera
South-East Asia
Everyday Life
Children/ Young people
Sensory Ethnography
In Search of Home
2000
30
'
Directed by
Julie Moggan
.
The Shabani family have been living in Manchester as refugees and are homesick for Kosovo. Feeling increasingly unwelcome in Britain, they return home to confront the nightmares of their recent past,
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Karam in Jaipur
2001
54
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This third film in the Doon School quintet follows the main protagonist of 'With Morning Hearts' into the next phase of his life in Jaipur House, one of the five main houses of the school. There he
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge transmission
Sport
Kusum
2000
69
'
Directed by
Jouko Aaltonen
Antti Pakaslahti
.
Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s
South Asia
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Possession
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
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
Made in Trenchtown
2010
33
'
Directed by
Ester Maagdenberg
.
'Made in Trenchtown' is the product of a collaboration with three teenagers from Trenchtown - a ghetto in Kingston, Jamaica, controlled by drug lords. As Philomena, Diamond and Stephan hold the
Caribbean Islands
Children / Young people
Reflexivity
The New Boys
2003
100
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
The social dynamics of the group is the focus of this study of life in Foot House, one of Doon School’s dormitories for new boys. It begins a few days before the boys appear and shows them
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Collective / Community identity
Nuba Conversation
1989
53
'
Directed by
Arthur Howes
.
Ten years after he made 'Kafi's Story', director Arthur Howes returns to the Sudan to find the members of the Nuba who featured in his earlier documentary film. Soon after he had left the Sudan, the
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Refugees / Displaced populations
Out of Focus
2013
37
'
Directed by
Adrian Arcé
Antonio Zirión
.
This is a collaborative documentary about arts, culture and everyday life inside a prison for minors. It was shot during a photography and video workshop with young inmates at the Juvenile Community
Central America
Children / Young people
Prison
Art / Artists / Artisans
Reflexivity
Pride of Place - Observations of lives of girls at a Public School
1976
59
'
Directed by
Dorothea Gazidis
Kimona Landseer
Kim Longinotto
.
A rarely seen classic, PRIDE OF PLACE was made as a first project while Longinotto was a student at England’s National School of Television and Film. As a teenager, the filmmaker had been condemned
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Gender Role and Identity
Rain in the Mirror
2012
48
'
Directed by
Nilanjan Bhattachary
Kanchan Mukhopadhayay
.
Dorji Bhutia, a Buddhist monk and a reputed mask-maker with supernatural powers of bringing or stopping rain chose a self-determined death at the age of eighty-six. Dorji leaves his mystic image
South Asia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Intergenerational relations
Ravi and Bhajay
2002
26
'
Directed by
Rachel Webster
.
Street boys Ravi and Bhajay lead a tough life on the pavements of Mumbai in India. To get away from it, they visit the nearby holy city of Ujjain with the film-maker. But the call of life on the streets is still strong.
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Urban
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
'
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
'
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
Rough Aunties
2008
103
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
Jackie, Mildred, Eureka and Thuli are the women behind Bobbi Bear, a nonprofit organization based in Durban, South Africa, that counsels sexually abused children and works to bring their abusers to
Southern Africa
Socioeconomic conditions
Children / Young people
Development projects
Runaway
2001
87
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
.
This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Social Change
Gender Role and Identity
Saliendo Adelante
2011
28
'
Directed by
Ben Cheetham
.
Growing up on the streets of Bogotá, where drugs and violence dominate, it seemed as though José might never escape this cycle. It is the job of Orlando and those at the Institution for the
South America
Children / Young people
Socioeconomic conditions
Development projects
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
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
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
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
Street Fiction
2002
32
'
Directed by
Dominic Elliot
.
Through combining their own dramatic reconstructions and real life observation, this film tells the story of children who run away from their homes in search of a better life on the streets of Blantyre, Malawi.
Southern Africa
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Children / Young people
Ethnofiction
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
Tara's footprint
2018
70
'
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Georgina Barreiro
.
Tara's Footprint skilfully conjures the atmosphere of Khechuperi, a village in the Himalayas in north eastern India. Eschewing standard exposition the film follows four young siblings as they go
South Asia
Children / Young people
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Everyday Life
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Rural
Tenonde’i - a Beautiful Future
2008
30
'
Directed by
Nadja Marin
.
In a village inside the world’s fifth largest and tough city, São Paulo, a young Guaraní created a children’s choir to raise money for his community. Filled with beautiful sounds, the film is a
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Children / Young people
Under the Palace Wall
2013
53
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
From the 16th century the Indian village of Delwara in southern Rajasthan was ruled as a principality of the kingdom of Mewar. Its palace, which overlooks the village, is now a luxury hotel - a
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Untouched Rock
2008
28
'
Directed by
James Vybiral
.
‘Untouched Rock’ follows a British climbing expedition to Greenland where six young men hope to establish new routes on the mountains of 'the un-named valley'.
North America
Children / Young people
Sport
When Four Friends Meet
2000
43
'
Directed by
Rahul Roy
.
Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, best of friends and residents of Jehangiripuri, a working class colony on the outskirts of Delhi are young and trying to make their lives in an environment which is
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Urban
With Morning Hearts
2001
110
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This film continues MacDougall's long-term study of an elite boys' boarding school in northern India. It focuses on a group of twelve-year-olds during their first year in one of the 'houses' for new
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission