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10
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30
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3
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9
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1
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1
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1
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1
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21
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6
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3
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7
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3
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8
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15
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11
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13
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8
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56
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Agriculture / Farming
17
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22
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26
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3
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7
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4
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14
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28
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50
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40
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15
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26
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18
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17
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1
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4
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19
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14
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1
Elderly people
10
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11
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1
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4
Everyday Life
25
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30
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1
Festivals / Carnival
52
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
21
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39
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4
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6
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1
Gender Role and Identity
62
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
38
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
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Herding
17
History
9
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19
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13
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8
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1
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2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
45
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34
Music/ Ethnomusicology
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Refugees/ Displaced populations
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65
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6
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13
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10
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44
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20
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25
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10
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13
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19
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1
Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Afreen, Sara
1
Ahmad Simon, Kamar
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
Al Akash, Ruba
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Allward, Caroline
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Alves-Costa, Catarina
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Anttila, Birgitta H.
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Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Arnott, Susi
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Asadullah, Sara
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Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
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Asch, Timothy
9
Ash, David
1
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Austena, Aunund
1
Awino, Effie
1
Ayisi, Florence
1
Baily, John
11
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balikci, Anna
1
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Barbash, Ilisa
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Helene
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beckham, Michael
2
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Blake, John
2
Bloching, Max
1
Bolchover, James
1
Bonifacio, Valentina
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Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
2
Boswall, Karen
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Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
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Brass, Anna
1
Brewer, Teri F.
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Brice, Mark
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Brown, David
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Carr, Peter
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christie, Debbie
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Colucci, Erminia
2
Connor, Linda
5
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Croall, Heather
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Cubero, Carlo A.
1
Curling, Chris
5
Curtis, Edward S.
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Davies, Sera
1
Day, Mike
1
De Groof, Matthias
2
Defersha, Eyob
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Deveson, Philippa
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Dineen, Molly
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunlop, Ian
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engelbrecht, Beate
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Entell, Peter
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
2
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Ferrarini, Lorenzo
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Flores, Carlos
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
French, Dominic
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Garland, Christy
1
Gazidis, Dorothea
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Getzels, Peter
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Gordon, Harriet
1
Graham, Trevor
2
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Grimshaw, Anna
12
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Grossman, Alan
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Grove-White, Will
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Haddis, Tesfahun
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Hardie, Amy
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harries, Andy
3
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Hellwig, Jean
1
Henley, Paul
6
Hennies, Jan-Holger
1
Hertog, Ester
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Hopkins, Ben
1
Horton, Robin
1
Howes, Arthur
3
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Huffschmid, Anne
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
2
Hunt, Claire
1
Hunt, Clare
1
Husmann, Rolf
3
Huysmans, Carla
1
Hörmann, André
1
Ihle, Johanne Haaber
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jaquerod, Muriel
1
Jayasankar, KP
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
2
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Graham
2
Johnston, Ned
1
Journet, Martine
2
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kapon, Eytan
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kashyap, Kumar
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kharel, Dipesh
3
Kildea, Gary
3
Kirk, Laura
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kumar, Shikha
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Kurutuac, Judith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Landseer, Kimona
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lappalainen, Heimo
3
Lasko, Claire
2
Lawrence, Andy
2
Leach, Jerry
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
2
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Levie, Francoise
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
Loizos, Peter
3
Longinotto, Kim
17
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Lydall, Jean
2
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Bruce
3
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
30
MacDougall, Judith
16
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
1
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
Merrun, Gabriel
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Milling, Julie
1
Milne, Claudia
1
Milner, George
1
Mir-Hosseini, Ziba
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
1
Moore, Allen
1
Mora, Alba
1
Mora, Yves
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Moser, Brian
7
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Møhl, Perle
1
Nairn, Charlie
5
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
1
Niglas, Liivo
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Opipari, Carmen
1
Ortiz, Carolina Arias
1
Otto, Ton
2
Owen, Chris
2
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
O’Brien, Áine
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Pasini, Carlos
2
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Picard, David
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Powell, Harry
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
2
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Ravetz, Amanda
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Richter, Thomas
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Robinson, Paul
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Roy, Rahul
3
Saito, Asami
1
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandall, Roger
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sanmartí, Anna
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Seitz, Anni
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Sheahan, Tom
1
Sheppard, John
4
Shivhare, Ravi
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Simon, Andrea
1
Sincich, Francesco
1
Singer, André
17
Singh, Anshu
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Sojob, María
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Sperscheinder, Werner
1
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Storaas, Frode
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
2
Sturtevant, Chuck
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Svartzman, Boris
1
Sørensen, Tanja Wol
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jamie
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
Tender, Priit
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Uribe, Simón
1
Vella, Steve
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Vischer, Michael P.
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Wason, David
5
Webster, Rachel
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Werbner, Richard
10
Werner, Louis
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Jano
3
Williams, Stacey
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Woodhead, Leslie
12
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
6
not set
1
van de Port, Mattijs
1
Östör, Ákos
2
Øien, Cecilie
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
12
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Caught in a Web
3
Decolonising Shorts
4
Disappearing World Series
54
Doon School Project
5
Forbidden Rites
3
George's Place
2
George's Place: A seven part film series
5
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
126
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
3
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
3
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
10
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
Strangers Abroad
6
Sudan Trilogy
3
Taiga Nomads
3
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
8
Turkana Conversations
3
Western Outposts - Faroese Cinematic Narratives
3
Yangon Film School
3
not set
241
Country of production
Argentina
1
Australia
58
Austria
1
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
7
Bolivia
1
Brazil
3
Bulgaria
1
Canada
4
China
8
Colombia
3
Costa Rica
1
Côte d'Ivoire
1
Denmark
9
Egypt
1
Estonia
1
Ethiopia
4
Finland
4
France
12
Germany
24
Greece
2
Hungary
2
Iceland
1
India
17
Indonesia
2
Ireland
1
Italy
42
Jamaica
1
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Kenya
2
Mexico
6
Myanmar
3
Nepal
1
Netherlands
6
Nigeria
7
Norway
3
Pakistan
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Portugal
1
Romania
1
Senegal
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
2
Sweden
2
Switzerland
5
Taiwan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
309
United States
54
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
9
Year of production
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2007
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2008
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2010
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2011
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2022
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Werbner Award
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Film list
Abraham and Sarah II. Hosting the Gundagundo Pilgrims
2019
41
'
Directed by
Tesfahun Haddis
.
The film is part of the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series and a sequel to 'Abraham and Sarah I: Creators of a productive landscape'. A Tigrean farmer and his wife, who host pilgrims to a
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Abraham and Sarah. Creators of a productive landscape.
2017
53
'
Directed by
Ivo Strecker
.
In the highlands of Tigray - northern Ethiopia - on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn
North and Northeast Africa
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
'
Directed by
John Baily
.
It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Across the Tracks - The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary
1988
52
'
Directed by
John Blake
.
*'Across the Tracks' is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to
Central Europe
Animals
Labour
Travellers / Roma
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
Aeroplane Dance
1994
58
'
Directed by
Trevor Graham
.
December 1942: US bomber ‘Little Eva’ was returning to base after a bombing raid over New Guinea. It hit a storm and crashed at Moonlight Creek in Australia’s far north. Aeroplane Dance
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Afghan Exodus
1980
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
.
When Granada Television visited Afghanistan to make the award-winning Disappearing World 'The Kirghiz', they were a proud, independent, nomadic people who made their living by rearing herds of yaks
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
Agave is Life
2014
59
'
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
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
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
'
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Albanians of Rrogam
1991
52
'
Directed by
David Wason
.
With the fall of the Stalinist regime in Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, the people of a remote mountain village, Rrogam, are faced with the dilmma of how to re-allocate the land and
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Social Change
Land Rights
Rural
All that Glitters
2003
32
'
Directed by
Irene Petropoulou
.
For the people of Olympos, a small mountain village on the Greek island of Carpathos, preserving tradition is of great importance, not least as a source of income. The parading 'brides' of the Virgin
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Intergenerational relations
Ritual
Amir - An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life in Peshavar, Pakistan
1985
52
'
Directed by
John Baily
.
The film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Refugees / Displaced populations
André and Nándi
2000
30
'
Directed by
Charlotte Grégoire
.
Hungarian-born André Reinitz only discovered his Jewish identity when he moved to Brussels at the age of ten. Since then, in spite of the silence of his parents, he has become involved in the Jewish
Western Europe
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
Religion / Belief / Faith
Music / Ethnomusicology
Life Story / Life History
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
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
The Art of Regret
2007
60
'
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
Photography is known in China as the “Art of Regret”. In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Film / Photography / Mass media
Asante Market Women
1982
52
'
Directed by
Claudia Milne
.
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and music. The crew of this Disappearing World film have
West Africa
Marriage
Trade
Gender Role and Identity
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
Autumn’s Work
2013
47
'
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Autumn’s Work" follows Bill Coperthwaite as he prepares for winter. Wrestling with a large felled tree amidst its vast tangle of branches, Bill slowly and methodically breaks it down
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans
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
Ayouni
2020
75
'
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Political Activists