Toggle navigation
RAI FILM
Sales
Films with video
new
Film Sales public page
2023
public page
WordPress
Site
log in
10 Films
Region
"Central Asia and Far East"
x
Keywords
"Gender Role and Identity"
x
Event type
"0"
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
4
Section
RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2017
1
Sales
10
Status
films with no status
0
show deleted films
0
show none-public films
0
show public and none-public films
10
show public films
10
Region
Central Asia and Far East
10
x
Country
China
2
Japan
7
Russian Federation
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
2
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
10
x
Herding
1
Love
1
Marriage
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Popular Culture
1
Public Figure
2
Ritual
2
Sex / Sexuality
1
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
3
Sport
2
Directors
Hunt, Claire
1
Hunt, Clare
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Longinotto, Kim
5
MacDonald, Caro
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
2
Seaman, Gary
2
Sheppard, John
1
Song, Zhifang
2
Williams, Jano
3
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Song Family Village
2
not set
6
Country of production
China
2
Japan
1
United Kingdom
7
United States
2
Year of production
1989
2
1992
1
1993
1
1997
1
2000
1
2001
1
2009
2
2015
1
Film Festival Year
not set
9
2017
1
Event type
not set
10
x
Festival Prize Category
not set
7
not set
3
Review Status
Accepted
1
not set
9
videoScreenRatio
Price code - 1,2,3 or 4
or none-empty is required for Sales dropdown to show,
DVD and ASP Stream price depends on this.
1
6
2
1
3
3
Film list
Dream Girls
1993
50
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
This award-winning film opens a door into the amazing world of the Takarazuka Revue, the all-female theatre troupe in Japan. Thousands of young women aspire to perform in the Revue’s glitzy musical
Central Asia and Far East
Public Figure
Popular Culture
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Gender Role and Identity
Eat the Kimono
1989
60
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Claire Hunt
.
A compelling biography of Hanayagi Genshu, a feminist and dancer who spent her lifetime defying the conservative traditions of Japanese society with her radical politics and unconventional
Central Asia and Far East
Public Figure
Gender Role and Identity
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Alternative culture
Gaea Girls
2000
106
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women's wrestling. Gaea Girls focuses on the hopes and fears of the beleaguered Gaea Japan squad, whose
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
The Good Wife of Tokyo
1992
52
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Clare Hunt
.
Kazuko Hohki goes back to Tokyo with her band, the ‘Frank Chickens’, after living in England for 15 years. This wry and delightful film records her re-experiencing of Japan after a long absence,
Central Asia and Far East
Music / Ethnomusicology
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Social Change
The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village
2009
30
'
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a “court”, which expresses a
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
1989
52
'
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia. Tuva is geographically closer to Peking than to Moscow. It only entered the USSR in 1944 and was closed to foreigners
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Shamans and Shamanism
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Pushy Women
2001
23
'
Directed by
Caro MacDonald
.
The modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes - even playing sumo. This film follows five young
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
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
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
Uzu
2015
27
'
Directed by
Gaspard Kuentz
.
Held every October in the city of Matsuyama, the Dogo Autumn Festival is one of the most violent religious festivals celebrated in Japan. Eight teams of men carrying massive portable wood shrines
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity