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Film list
The Absence of Apricots
2018
49
'
Student
Directed by
Daniel Asadi Faezi
.
In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing
South Asia
Environment
Memory
Development projects
Resettlement
Are You Listening!
2012
90
'
Directed by
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sara Afreen
.
By the coastal belts of Bangladesh, in a small village named Sutarkhali, Rakhi, 27, lives with her husband Soumen, 32, and their 6 year-old son Rahul. Fighting against all the odds of the woods,
South Asia
Environment
Disasters
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Between two Villages
2003
94
'
Directed by
Muriel Jaquerod
Eduardo Saraiva Pereira
.
Between two Villages tells the story of Aldeia da Luz, population of 330, bound to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few
Western Mediterranean
Resettlement
Development projects
Infrastructure / Transport
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
'
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
The Carrot and the Stick
1988
44
'
Directed by
Susi Arnott
.
When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at
Melanesia
Development projects
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
Doctors of Two Worlds
1989
55
'
Directed by
Natasha Solomons
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In the Bolivian highlands an English doctor is setting up a network of health care for remote mountain villages. While teaching the inhabitants the essentials of Western medicine the doctor is
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Informant-researcher relationship
Development projects
Fighting for Nothing to Happen
2015
48
'
Student
Directed by
Nora Wildenauer
.
After the volcanic eruption of Mount Rokatenda, the people of the island of Pulau Palue in east Indonesia are to be relocated. But are the planned relocation and the "new" life at the
South-East Asia
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Disasters
Fresh Fields
1995
31
'
Directed by
Alistair Cook
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From conflict to construction — this is the story of two disabled ex-fighters rebuilding their lives. What does the future hold for them in Eritrea, the homeland to which they are committed?
North and Northeast Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Development projects
Hidden Faces
1990
52
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
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This film reveals contradictions in the lives of Egyptian women in Muslim society. Living abroad, Safaa Fathy returns to Egypt to interview the internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El
North and Northeast Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Development projects
Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine
2007
27
'
Directed by
Ester Hertog
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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
Little Waterfall
2002
52
'
Directed by
Joshka Wessels
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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
A New Era
2019
71
'
Werbner Award
Directed by
Boris Svartzman
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In 2008, local authorities evicted 2,000 villagers from Guanzhou, a river island in Southern China, to make way for new urban planning projects. In spite of the demolition of their houses and police
Central Asia and Far East
Urban
Development projects
Infrastructure\transport
Land rights
Resettlement
Raised by Humans
2010
25
'
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
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'Raised by Humans' follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
Rough Aunties
2008
103
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
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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
Saliendo Adelante
2011
28
'
Directed by
Ben Cheetham
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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
The Second Red Line
2004
25
'
Directed by
Veera Lehto
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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
Suspension
2019
73
'
Werbner Award
Directed by
Simón Uribe
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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
Swings and Roundabouts
1994
30
'
Directed by
Helen Pratt
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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
Uncanny Strangers
2009
46
'
Directed by
David Picard
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Uncanny Strangers has been filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar. Through a series of everyday life episodes the film provides insight into the relationships between the
East Africa
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Development projects
Environment
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
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The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at
South-East Asia
Infrastructure / Transport
Development projects
Environment