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Balikci, Asen
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Grimshaw, Anna
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Grootheest, Sjoerd van
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Gubner, Jennie
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Gumnit, Ruth
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Guzman, Elena
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Guzzetti, Alfred
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Haensch, Valerie
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Hantson, Louise
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Hawkins, Russel
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Henley, Paul
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Hikiji, Rose Satiko
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Husmann, Rolf
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Høgel, Arine Kirstein
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Indjai, Braima
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Jan Gollob, Tino Glimmann
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Jayasankar, KP
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Jirmanus, Mary
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Johnson, Dul
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Jourdain, Olivier
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Karimi, Keywan
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Katz, Maude
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Kildea, Gary
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Klaue, Léa
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Knorpp, Barbara
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Kofti, Dimitra
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Kongshao, Zhuang
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Koto, Erik
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Kremer, Flavia
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Kuentz, Gaspard
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Kuzhur, Renjith
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LaPin, Deirdre
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Longinotto, Kim
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MAKEPEACE, ANNE
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Marchand, Trevor H. J.
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Ndinya, June
1
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1
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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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1
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1
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3
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1
Radhakrishnan, Shweta
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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de Bromhead, Toni
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van de Port, Mattijs
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Östör, Ákos
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𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
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2023
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Film list
18 Feet
2015
77
'
Directed by
Renjith Kuzhur
.
Karinthalakoottam is an indigenous band that propagates the music of soul to connect people with a sense of historic resolution. 18 feet symbolizes the holy distance dalits, the downtrodden, were to
The 18-Year-Old Assembly Line
2016
30
'
Directed by
Luojunnan Yin
.
We happened to make friends with this group of factory workers in the "post-90s" generation while we were working on another projects. We were quite fascinated by many things that we
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
Andrè Singer in conversation
'
Talks
.
Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography
'
Talks
.
Anti-Racist Documentary Filmmaking Workshop
'
Talks
Convened by
Elena Guzman
Miasarah Lai
.
This workshop offers fundamental strategies for anti-racist documentary storytelling from concept to production. The need for anti-racist filmmaking has reverberated throughout the film industry with
Arandu - Listen to the Weather
2023
'
Special Programmes
.
A curated programme streaming online 3-31 March 2023. Click here to buy an online festival pass. Live in Bristol 22-25 March 2023. At ICA (London), Sunday 19 March 2023, 18:15 The aim of ARANDU -
Archival resources and Ethnographic Film
'
Workshop
Convened by
Caterina Sartori
.
This session brings together archivists and professionals who are involved in the preservation, cataloguing and digitisation of archival film and photographic material; and artists and ethnographers
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
2023
'
Special Programmes
.
The Art Of Moving
2016
88
'
Directed by
Liliana Marinho de Sousa
.
Daya Al-Taseh, a video activist group made up of 4 Syrian friends, are producing anti-ISIS satirical videos in Gaziantep, a city in south-eastern Turkey. Despite being threatened, the group doesn’t
The Art of Andrew Omoding
2016
9
'
Directed by
Trevor H. J. Marchand
.
Andrew Omoding is a Ugandan-British artist. Andrew enters into partnership with his materials, allowing their sensible properties to guide his exploratory gestures and fingerwork. In stitching and
Artists’ Films and Ethnography
'
Workshop
Convened by
Marko Ray Wilkinson
Al Cameron
Barbara Knorpp
.
Practitioners of ethnography and art have crossed paths multiple times in the 20th and 21st centuries - sometimes viewing each other with enthusiasm, sometimes suspicion. This programme consists
At Low Tide
2016
63
'
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Every day, carrying the simplest of tools, diggers across coastal Maine set out at low tide to dig for clams on the wide mud flats that stretch far into the bay. It is backbreaking work. But it has
North America
Material Culture
Labour
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
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
Authors at the Festival & Reception
'
Gala event
Convened by
Paul Henley
.
A number of authors attending the Festival will present their books in the course of a Drinks Reception to which all Festival pass holders are cordially invited. Copies of the books will also be
Awards Ceremony
120
'
Gala event
Convened by
Royal Anthropological Institute
.
Join us to close the 16th RAI Film Festival as we announce the winners of this year's prizes and awards.
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
Batusha's House
2016
70
'
Directed by
Tino Glimmann Jan Gollob
.
KADRI BATUSHA has been building his tremendous house in the outskirts of Prishtina (Kosovo) for 15 years without any plans or permits. The architecture of this enormous building, with its towers,
Between Jirina and Anna
2015
5
'
Directed by
Tereza Stehlikova
.
My grandmother Jirina explains the history of a traditional costume that her own mother made. As Jirina's great granddaughter Anna tries the dress on, assisted by her own mother and grandmother, the
Beyond observation
'
Talks
.
Beyond observation: A history of authorship in ethnographic film. A discussion with Paul Henley. More than just introducing the best in new ethnographic films, the RAI FILM Festival also aims to take
Biographies of Struggle
2015
43
'
Directed by
Matteo Saltalippi
Greca Campus
.
Biographies of Struggle is a documentary analysing the longest steelworkers' strike in Italy since the last wave of labour unrest in the 80s. The Terni ThyssenKrupp factory threatened by 550 job cuts
Breaking the Yard
2018
21
'
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Camels of the Pitjantjara
1969
45
'
Directed by
Roger Sandall
.
From the 1920s onwards, when motor vehicles displaced camels as a mode of supply in central Australia, camels gradually went feral. As this film shows, however, in the 1960s, the Pitjantjara were
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Infrastructure / Transport
Animals
Careers in Ethnographic Film
'
Workshop
Convened by
Ed Owles
.
What do people do with a degree in visual anthropology? A panel from a variety of roles across academia, TV and independent filmmaking discuss their career paths and how their training in
Carnival King of Europe
'
Workshop
Convened by
Giovanni Kezich
.
European winter festival masquerades possess a number of common elements - relating to character and content as well as structure - that are astonishingly similar across great geographical distances,
Caught in Between
2016
56
'
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Centenary of Jean Rouch
'
Gala event
Convened by
Paul Henley
.
After a brief introduction to the work of Jean Rouch, there will be a screening of one of his major works, "Moi, un Noir". This will be followed by a Round Table discussion and Q&A,
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
Chosen People
2016
18
'
Directed by
Qihui Wu
.
Responding to systematic racism and historical erasure, the African diapora has developed a multitude of tactics for mitigating oppressive ideological conditions. Among them, the Hebrew Israelite
The Chronotopes of Palestine
2015
38
'
Directed by
Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek
.
The Chronotopes of Palestine (38’) is a collection of five ethnographic short films, which explore different modes of remembering the homeland among three generations of exiled Polish and British
Cine Rabeca
2022
55
'
Directed by
Marcia Mansu
.
Time dimensions emerge from the relation between the visible and the imagined, between memory and the experience of the present. A unique place emerges through the entanglement of music and archive
Latin America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Closing Reception & Awards Ceremony
'
Gala event
Convened by
Paul Henley
.
Steven Hughes, chair of the panel of judges will invite his fellow judges to announce the 2017 film prizes and to give a brief explanation of the reasons for their decision. After each prize
A Cobra
2016
19
'
Directed by
Carlos Sautchuk
.
What we call Amazonia is actually a diversity of environments, artifacts, actions and actors. These elements are in a constant relation of genesis, producing each other in particular places and
Cracks
2018
54
'
Directed by
Dimitra Kofti
.
Shiny supermarkets stand next to dilapidated factory buildings in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, one of the Balkans once most important industrial areas. Pernik used to be a symbol of
Creative Mentorship - Session 1
105
'
Forum
Convened by
Caterina Sartori
.
This special event provides a chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their
Creative Mentorship - Session 2
105
'
Forum
Convened by
RAI Film Festival
.
A chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their works-in-progress. They will
David MacDougall
2023
90
'
Special Programmes
.
This conversation will take place on Monday 6 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time, online. It will be live streamed here. Click here to buy a Full Festival Pass for entry to all the festival’s
The Devil and the Holy Water
2016
12
'
Directed by
Diego Maria Malara
.
For centuries, exorcism has been a daily practice in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. But as Ethiopia has undergone extensive social change, exorcism has been revolutionized. New problems produce new
Disability Futures
2023
'
Special Programmes
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Don’t miss the plenary session with Anneleis Kusters and Erin Moriarty: Birth of a genre: Re-framing language in deaf ethnographic film
Eid AI-Fitr
2015
70
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Directed by
Xiangchen Liu
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Kirghiz people in western China celebrate the end of Ramadan with religious ceremonies, meals and other activities.
The Enemy: a Partisan Hymnbook
2015
80
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Directed by
Federico Spinetti
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A gunshot echoes from 1944, leading Italian post-punk musician Massimo Zamboni to uncover his family’s past. Long after the break-up of C.S.I., the historic band that he co-founded, Zamboni calls
Engaging Media Worlds [NYU]
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Talks
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Engaging/Empowering Image-Voices
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Conference
Convened by
Raminder Kaur
Mariagiulia Grassilli
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How can anthropologists and filmmakers engage with and empower marginalised individuals and communities? Since the 1950s, ethnographic filmmakers and theorists have advocated for participatory
Entretejido
2015
33
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Directed by
Patricia Alvarez
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Peruvian alpaca wool is a material of significance among Andean highland communities and their rich textile traditions. Within global fashion worlds, it is considered a luxurious material,
Ethnographic Film and Mental Health: Transformations and Impact
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Workshop
Convened by
Mike Poltorak
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This interactive workshop explores the challenges and possibilities that emerge when visual anthropologists engage with ideas and experiences associated with mental health – and, in particular,
Ethnographic Film in the Marketplace
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Forum
Convened by
André Singer
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This Forum will consider the distribution of films of an anthropological nature to broad general and international audiences as well as within the academic sphere. Chaired by André Singer, President
Even Asteroids Are Not Alone
2018
17
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Directed by
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
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Eve Online is a computer game in which players mine, trade and fight their way through computer-generated galaxies. Whilst computer game aficionados are often depicted as isolated, this game is
Internet
The Family and the Animals
2015
15
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Directed by
Jacob Hesmondhalgh
Marie-Josephine Hobson
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Sunrise to set. An ethnographic film, using no subtitles or narration to depict and illustrate the co-existence of a rural Zimbabwean family and their animals.
A Feeling Greater Than Love
2017
93
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Directed by
Mary Jirmanus
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In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and Gandour chocolate factories. These events from
Film, Identity and Nation-Building
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Workshop
Convened by
Jeremy MacClancy
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This workshop will consist of two presentations that query the relations between film, identity, and nation-building. They will interrogate the connections between an ever-developing technology, a
Filmmaking for Fieldwork
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Talks
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The Five Breakfasts of Mr Podgoretsky
2016
21
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Directed by
Carl Rowlinson
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In the shadow of Brexit an expat is deported from a country that he has made his home over the last 50 years. This documentary asks what it means to make a country a home.
Flores, little Jamaica
2017
49
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Directed by
Maude Katz
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The fact that a type of music specific to one place could touch a distant listener has always intrigued me. When I met young people of my generation who were fans of reggae music at Flores, a small
The Forgotten Generation
2015
40
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Directed by
Deepa Dhanraj
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In the Forgotten Generation older people aged over 60 in urban Tamil Nadu, rural Rajasthan and tribal Maharashtra reveal the realities of their lives, relationships and work as well as their
The George Brandt Lecture - An Open Conversation with Hugh Brody
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Gala event
Convened by
Jacqueline Maingard
Angela Piccini
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The RAI Life Achievement Award, which has been given at a number of RAI Film Festivals since 1990, has been awarded in 2017 to anthropologist, filmmaker and writer Hugh Brody. In collaboration with
Global racialisations - Q&A with directors
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Talks
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Got High With Only One Day Singing
2015
33
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Directed by
Meng Ziwei
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Huaer sing the oldest and most renowned folk songs in Gansu Province, China.
Guru, a Hijra Family
2016
75
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Directed by
Laurie Colson
Axelle Le Dauphin
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Guru documents the work and daily life of a family of hijras in a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Silky, Mahima, Trisha, Durga, Kuyili, Priyanka, Vasundhara and Yamuna,
HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER
2021
98
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Directed by
Erminia Colucci
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As a nation of 270 million, Indonesia is facing the grave task of caring for millions of people living with mental illness. Many have experienced human rights abuses in their lifetime. In communities
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith
Honouring Professor Stephen Nugent
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Conference
Convened by
Renato Athias
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Professor Stephen Nugent, a major figure in the field of Visual Anthropology, passed away in November 2018. At Goldsmiths, Steve set up the pioneering MA in Visual Anthropology, and more recently
Imagine(ing) migration
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Talks
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Imagine(ing) migration. The aesthetics of borders and resistance [SOAS]. What is migration? Is this the “age of migration”? What is diaspora? What challenges do diasporic communities bring to
The Intelligent Hand
2015
21
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Directed by
Trevor H. J. Marchand
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The Intelligent Hand introduces us to a first-year cohort of British fine woodwork trainees at the Building Crafts College in Stratford, East London. Through the narratives of the course tutor and
Interactive Documentary and Ethnographic Film
'
Workshop
Convened by
Judith Aston
Paolo Favero
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This workshop will aim to generate a constructive dialogue between innovative or emerging non-linear (or interactive) documentary practices and the terrain of ethnographic film. It will be structured
Istanbul Notes
2016
69
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Directed by
Özlem Sariyildiz
Yunus Emre Aydin
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‘Istanbul Makamı’ is a cinematographic improvisation with 5 musicians from abroad who fall in love with the Maqam Music (Classical Ottoman Music) and decide to live in Turkey believing that
Janitzio its fishing, its pinatas
2015
31
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Directed by
Jose Figueroa
Paola Rodriguez
David Figueroa
Omar Foglio
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Since the 80s around 250 Purepecha families settled in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. They traveled more than 2,500 miles from Janitzio island, where they were fishermen and weavers of nets,
The Jiama Paper of Bai With My Heart
2016
21
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Directed by
He Zi Jian Li
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Traditional Jiama imprinted paper production in the Bai cultural region, southwest China, presented through the experiences of one particular family.
John Baily Masterclass - Afghan Music
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Masterclass
Convened by
Barley Norton
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In this revelatory masterclass John Baily will trace his ‘career’ as an ethnomusicological film maker, starting with the films he made as a result of research in Herat, Afghanistan, in the 1970s:
Journey into Europe
2015
122
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Directed by
Akbar Ahmed
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In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam
Central Europe
Western Europe
South-East Europe
History
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Kat Cizek
2023
90
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Special Programmes
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This conversation is taking place online on Friday 10 March 2023 17:00 - 18:30, UK time, online. This event will be live streamed on https://www.facebook.com/raifilmfest Why co-create – and why
Keynote by Faye Ginsburg
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Talks
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Indigenous Media and Archival Imaginaries This talk considers archives created by Indigenous mediamakers who, over the last three decades, have produced an astonishing array of work -- from
Keynote by Stephanie Spray
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Talks
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Stephanie Spray, Director, Center for Visual Anthropology at USC Dornsife, Los Angeles, USA. She is a filmmaker, phonographer, and anthropologist whose work explores and exploits the poetics of
Kim Longinotto
120
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Gala event
Convened by
Angela Piccini
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This year, the RAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded in 2019 to multi award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto. Marking this occasion, Longinotto will give the 2019 George Brandt Lecture at a
Kokota: The Islet of Hope
2015
29
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Directed by
Craig Norris
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Mbarouk Mussa Omar is from an East African Island called Pemba. Nearly ten years ago he visited a tiny neighbouring islet called Kokota and was shocked by what he saw. Kokota was teetering towards
Komian
2015
72
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Directed by
Jordi Esteva
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Four years after the filming of “Return to the Land of Souls”, about the rituals of trance and possession, the narrator travels to Ivory Coast in search of a priestess possessed by the Spirit of
West Africa
Possession
Ritual
Music / Ethnomusicology
Last Days. Last Shot
2016
52
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Directed by
Sumira Roy
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In ancient Eastern thought, there are no absolute truths and even in death there is no one model. Through the film’s two characters and their simple acts of daily life we explore two contrasting
Last Round of Jaldi Five
2017
26
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Directed by
Ellen Lapper
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2017 marked seventy years since the decolonisation and Partition of India, sparking one of the largest mass migrations in history. One particular community uprooted by this event were the
La forma del mundo
2017
88
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Directed by
David Delgado San Ginés
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A sound is born from the root of the earth. Those are the voices that sing for the animas of Purgatory. Every year for centuries los Cantadores de Arbejales, in the misty mountains of the island of
Limpiadores
2015
39
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Directed by
Fernando Mitjáns
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Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant cleaners outsourced at the School of Oriental and
Maboan - notes on the construction of a dam
2015
25
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Directed by
Ana Luísa Luz
Joana Sousa
Zaino Zauad
Ansomane Dabo
Braima Indjai
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The colonial military offensive and consequent population exile during the Independence Struggle in Guinea-Bissau (1963-1974) led to the destruction of many mangrove rice fields. In every corner of
MacDougall Masterclass - Turkana Conversations Revisited
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Masterclass
Convened by
Michael Stewart
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Marking 40 years since its original release as well as its more recent digital remastering, David MacDougall will present the classic trilogy he made with his wife Judith on the Turkana pastoralists
Making a Living in the Dry Season
2016
35
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Directed by
Ines Ponte
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Set in the highlands village of Katuwo, the film is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a family living in an agro-pastoralist farm in Namibe, Angola. Through my request to my host
Masterclass: Laurent Van Lancker
105
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Masterclass
Convened by
Chris Wright
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This year's RAI Film Festival Masterclass will be delivered by award-winning filmmaker Laurent Van Lancker, in conversation with Chris Wright. Van Lancker won the Basil Wright Prize at the RAI
A Miscellany of Families
2015
36
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Directed by
Eluned Zoe Aiano
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This multi-layered documentary explores the way we navigate the stories that are presented to us during childhood and how we choose to pass them on through ideological influences and shifting values.
Muir ar n-Athraichean (Our Fathers’ Sea)
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Talks
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Filmmaker Alastair Cole and anthropologist Magnus Course in conversation around the questions posed by their award-winning short film Muir ar n-Athreaichean (Our Fathers’ Sea). The film’s
My Eyes as a Stranger
1984
53
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Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
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This film tells the story of the friendship between an English filmmaker and Nicola, a Sicilian ex-gangster who lives in Florence. The film moves to and fro between a street of ill repute, and the
South-East Europe
Gender Role and Identity
Namatjira Project
2017
87
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Directed by
Sera Davies
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An extraordinary first-hand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australia’s most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was
Australia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Negotiating Amnesia
2015
30
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Directed by
Alessandra Ferrini
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Negotiating Amnesia takes as its starting point two collections of photographs found within the Alinari's photographic Archive in Florence (Italy): a series of black and white images of the Ethiopian
Never Hold Your Breath
2016
34
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Directed by
Gil Orr Urtreger
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Utila is a tiny island in the Western Caribbean, part of the Republic of Honduras. It is a mixed community established in the 1800s by Caymans, outlaws and former slaves. We arrive as travelers and
New Images
1964
27
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Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
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The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
Nicobar, a long way...
2016
60
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Directed by
Richa Hushing
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Deep in the Bay of Bengal, the Nicobar archipelago, a tribal reserve protected under Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, was worst smashed by the Tsunami of 26th December
Nobody Dies Here
2016
23
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Directed by
Simon Panay
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Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.
Nuba Wrestling
1991
42
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Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Werner Sperschneider
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The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Sport
Nyumba Nthobu
2016
15
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Directed by
Nick Lunch
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This film was made by a group of women from the Mara region, North Tanzania, who practise an old tradition called Nyumba Nthobu, by which childless (or lonely) women known as ‘Mamas’ can legally
The Orchard Keepers
2014
24
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Directed by
Bryony Dunne
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Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and
North and Northeast Africa
Environment
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Rural
Other Europe
2011
75
'
Directed by
Rossella Schillaci
.
What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled,
Western Mediterranean
Migration
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Out of Focus
2013
37
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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
P01: Rethinking fieldwork
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Conference
Convened by
Maruska Svasek
.
P02a: Crisis, creativity and ethics
'
Conference
Convened by
Timothy Cooper
Till J F Trojer
.
P02b: Crisis, creativity and ethics
'
Conference
Convened by
Timothy Cooper
Till J F Trojer
.
P03: Existential crisis, exceptional fields
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Conference
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P04: Rethinking anthropological film distribution
'
Conference
Convened by
Christos Varvantakis
Sanderien Verstappen
.
P05a: The crisis of communication
'
Conference
Convened by
Federica Manfredi
Lucia Portis
.
P05b: The crisis of communication
'
Conference
Convened by
Federica Manfredi
Lucia Portis
.
P06a: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance
'
Conference
Convened by
Lana Askari
Paloma Yáñez Serrano
Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie
.
P06b: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance
'
Conference
Convened by
Lana Askari
Paloma Serrano
Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie
.
P07: Critical play: Smartphones as a mode of creative engagement with crisis
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Conference
Convened by
Sanderien Verstappen
Mark Westmoreland
.
P08a: Mask: the Face of Covid-19
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Conference
Convened by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
Cathy Greenhalgh
.
P08b: Mask: the Face of Covid-19
'
Conference
Convened by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
Cathy Greenhalgh
.
P08c: Mask: the Face of Covid-19
'
Conference
Convened by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
Cathy Greenhalgh
.
P09: Together for Mental Health
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Conference
Convened by
Erminia Colucci
.
P10: Housing loss and insecurity
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Conference
Convened by
Caterina Sartori
.
P11: Social movements, protest, social justice & creativity
'
Conference
Convened by
José Sherwood
.
P12a: Immersive Ethnography
'
Conference
Convened by
Rossella Schillaci
Mark Westmoreland
.
P12b: Immersive Ethnography
'
Conference
Convened by
Rossella Schillaci
Mark Westmoreland
.
P13: Our pandemic lives: photographing the pandemic
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Conference
Convened by
Caroline Bennett
.
P14: Co-agitō ergo sum
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Conference
Convened by
César Enrique Giraldo Herrera
.
P15: Quality and equality in collaborative projects
'
Conference
Convened by
Arjang Omrani
Kris Rutten
.
P16a: Global Black Lives Matter
'
Conference
Convened by
Raminder Kaur
Mariagiulia Grassilli
.
P16b: Global Black Lives Matter
'
Conference
Convened by
Raminder Kaur
Mariagiulia Grassilli
.
P16c: Global Black Lives Matter
'
Conference
Convened by
Raminder Kaur
Mariagiulia Grassilli
.
P17: Workshop: Radical inclusivity and visual ethnography
'
Conference
Convened by
Mike Poltorak
.
P18: Chronotopes during crisis
'
Conference
Convened by
Alastair Lomas
Charlotte Hoskins
Andrea Bordoli
.
P19: The future of Visual Anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter
'
Conference
Convened by
Judith Aston
Shawn Sobers
.
P20: Big mouth
'
Conference
Convened by
Nomi Dave
Bremen Donovan
.
P21: Crisis through comics: a roundtable discussion on graphic anthropology
'
Conference
Convened by
Letizia Bonanno
José Sherwood
.
P22: Rhythm, sight and sound: work in times of uncertainty
'
Conference
Convened by
Sandro Simon
Valerie Haensch
Ian M. Cook
.
P23a: Disappearing world reloaded
'
Conference
Convened by
Blake P Kendall
Pavel Borecký
.
P23b: Disappearing world reloaded
'
Conference
Convened by
Blake P Kendall
Pavel Borecký
.
P23c: Disappearing world reloaded
'
Conference
Convened by
Blake P Kendall
Pavel Borecký
.
P24: Encountering reality as crisis
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Conference
Convened by
Toma Peiu
Luiza Parvu
.
P25: Between academic theory-building and social engagement
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Conference
Convened by
Henrike Neuhaus
Yanina Carpentieri
.
P26a: Empirical art
'
Conference
Convened by
Andy Lawrence
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
Angélica Cabezas Pino
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P26b: Empirical art
'
Conference
Convened by
Andy Lawrence
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
Angélica Cabezas Pino
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P26c: Empirical art
'
Conference
Convened by
Andy Lawrence
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
Angélica Cabezas Pino
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P26d: Empirical art
'
Conference
Convened by
Andy Lawrence
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
Angélica Cabezas Pino
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P27a: Colonial Film Archives
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Conference
Convened by
Jacqueline Maingard
Emma Sandon
.
P27b: Colonial Film Archives
'
Conference
Convened by
Jacqueline Maingard
Emma Sandon
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P27c: Colonial Film Archives
'
Conference
Convened by
Jacqueline Maingard
Emma Sandon
.
Palimpsest of the Africa Museum
2019
69
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Directed by
Matthias De Groof
.
In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has
Western Europe
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Education / Knowledge Transmission
History of Anthropology
Panel 01: Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Renato Athias
Rodrigo Lacerda
.
Full title - Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future Indigenous cinema is a very diverse and global category with more than fifty years of history. The panel seeks submissions to analyze the
Panel 02: How to frame a poem in a film with others?
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Roseline Lambert
Rachel McCrum
.
Full title - How to frame a poem in a film with others? Experiences of translation between different langages, poems, pictures and borders This panel aims to discuss the realisation of film-poems
Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part I)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Toma Peiu
.
Full title: Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming
Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part II)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Toma Peiu
.
Full title- Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming
Panel 04: Indigenous California
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Teri Brewer
Sue Giles
Wendy Teeter
.
Full title- Indigenous California: A Forum on Collaborative Archaeological and Ethnographic Visual Media Projects In recent years there have been an increasing number of productive visual media
Panel 05: Haptics and Visual Anthropology
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Aparna Sharma
Arine Kirstein Høgel
.
Full title - Haptics and Visual Anthropology: Audio-Visual Dialogues and Non-Verbal Forms of Knowledge Construction In this workshop, filmmakers and researchers Sharma and Høgel explore how
Panel 06: Expanding Ethnographic Film: Multimodality?
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Mark Westmoreland
Janine Prins
.
This panel seeks to investigate the expansion of ethnographic film practices in cases where a combination of different practice-based methodologies led to a multimodal approach. To what extent does
Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part I)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Angélica Cabezas Pino
Mattia Fumanti
.
Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film. This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of
Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part II)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Angélica Cabezas Pino
Mattia Fumanti
.
Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of
Panel 08: Golden Wing, Silver Wings
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Gary Seaman
Zhuang Kongshao
.
Full title - Golden Wing, Silver Wings: Filmic representations of the autobiographical ethnography of Lin Yueh-hwa This panel will focus on the legacy of the famous Chinese anthropologist Lin
Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part I)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Timothy P. A. Cooper
Vindhya Buthpitiya
.
Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival
Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part II)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Timothy P. A. Cooper
Vindhya Buthpitiya
.
Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival
Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part I)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Camilla Morelli
Flavia Kremer
.
Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making
Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part II)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Camilla Morelli
Flavia Kremer
.
Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making and
Panel 11: The material mediation of the ‘non-normative’ body
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Cathy Greenhalgh
Catalin Brylla
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This panel considers filmmakers who seek to work with and represent ‘non-normative’ bodies that are traditionally stereotyped and portrayed as “the other”. The aim is to explore innovative or
Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part I)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Mattijs van de Port
Janine Prins
.
This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite
Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part II)
90
'
Conference
Convened by
Mattijs van de Port
Janine Prins
.
This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite
Pang Lhabsol: Sikkim's National Ritual of the Land and its Guardian Deities
2015
63
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Directed by
Anna Balikci
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Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim’s most important indigenous celebration, consists of a series of rituals and monastic dances held in honour of Dzonga, a mountain deity residing on Mt. Khangchendzonga, the
Paradise Bent. Boys will be Girls in Samoa
1999
51
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Directed by
Heather Croall
.
Paradise Bent is a fascinating and entertaining film that tells the story of the Samoan fa'afafines: boys who are raised as girls and take on the domestic duties performed by women around the home,
Melanesia
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Pedagogy & Public Anthropology: Legacies of Marshall's and Asch's Ethnographic Films
90
'
Seminar
Convened by
Nancy Lutkehaus
.
This panel reflects on the role of ethnographic film in pedagogy and public anthropology past, present, and future. It explores the introduction of ethnographic film into school curricula in the
People of Earth and Clouds
2016
65
'
Directed by
Matteo Robert Morales
Louise Hantson
.
People of Earth and Clouds is a documentary film that explores the role of music bands in indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico and shows why "a village with no band, is a village with no
The People of the Wind
2015
59
'
Directed by
Abtin Sarabi
.
On the coast of the Persian Gulf, in the south of Iran, a ritual called Zâr is still practised today. This musical exorcism is said to heal all ‘victims of the wind.’ According to this popular,
Pepe
2004
23
'
Directed by
Juana Schlenker
.
Pepe is a Spanish immigrant who came to England more than forty years ago to work as a waiter. After working in several restaurants and hotels, he retired two years ago and now he fills his days with
British-Irish Isles
Migration
Elderly people
The Poet's Salary
2008
59
'
Directed by
Eric Wittersheim
Alexandre Francois
.
For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island's ancestors’ language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the
Melanesia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Linguistics / Language
Informant-researcher relationship
Polka
1986
50
'
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
The Possibility of Spirits
2016
72
'
Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
.
What is it that you film when you film a spirit? I was brought up to believe that spirits do not exist. Years of research on an afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult taught me the limits of such
South America
Essay film
Religion / Belief / Faith
Reflexivity
President's Award - Trinh T. Minh-ha
2023
'
Special Programmes
.
She will receive the award in person on Thursday 23 March, at the screening of What About China? at Arnolfini (Bristol). On that occasion Trinh T. Minh-ha will be in conversation with May Adadol Ingawanij.
The Price of Memory
2014
83
'
Directed by
Karen Marks Mafundikwa
.
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Julibee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafari for slavery reparations. For Rastafari, reparations are linked
Caribbean Islands
British-Irish Isles
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists
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
The Professional Foreigner
2009
60
'
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
.
Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen
Various
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Prohibition of Grazing
2016
43
'
Directed by
Wenfei Li
.
Zhang Yuansheng is 64-year-old who was originally a camel herder. Having been born in poverty, as the age of 17 he began studying camel herding in the desert and acquiring the the life skills
A Radio of One’s Own
2016
34
'
Directed by
Shweta Radhakrishnan
.
In the heart of the hills, in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, a frequency crackled and came to life on the 21st of September, 2013. Community radio, Mandakini ki Aawaz is Rudraprayag District’s first and
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
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
'
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History
The Realm of Forgotten Existence
2015
28
'
Directed by
Piotr Piasta
.
While the images in the film reveal a landscape that often seems unchanged, the narrative reveals fragments of forgotten stories and traditions, skills and working lives no longer of value in
Reclaiming Fiction
'
Workshop
Convened by
Isaac Marrero-Guillamón
.
This roundtable discussion will consider the politics and aesthetics of ethnofiction in relation to current debates in ethnographic film around collaboration and self-representation. Participating
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
'
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
The Red Bowmen
1981
50
'
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these
Melanesia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
History of Anthropology
Researching marriage, filming Family Time
'
Talks
.
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
Returning Home: Revival of a Bosnian Village
2001
48
'
Directed by
Tone Bringa
Peter Loizos
.
The film is the sequel to 'We are all Neighbours', the 1993 Granada Disappearing World film, about the breakdown of relations between Muslims and Croats as war overtakes their ethnically mixed
South-East Europe
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Collective / Community identity
Refugees / Displaced populations
Ringtone
2014
30
'
Directed by
Jennifer Deger
Paul Wunungmurra
.
Yolngu Aboriginal families offer glimpses into their lives and relationships through their choice of ringtones. From ancestral clan songs to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, these songs
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Music / Ethnomusicology
Material Culture
Ritual Journeys
2011
75
'
Directed by
Dawa Lepcha
Anna Balikci
.
The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for
South Asia
Ritual
Shamans and Shamanism
Health / Health care / Healing
Rituals on TV
90
'
Seminar
Convened by
RAI / BBC / Swan Films
.
Several recent television productions have embraced ritual - a classic topic for anthropologists! These shows have sought to document, explore, and interrogate ritual as both spectacle and concept
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
Roza's Song
2016
45
'
Directed by
Lowri Rees
.
Roza's song gives a unique insight into the Norwegian Roma community. The film follows Roza and her dream of making the Norwegian Roma’s first CD. The congregation and the music means a lot for
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
Sarah Pink
2023
90
'
Special Programmes
.
This talk will be live streamed online on Tuesday 7 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time. There is a mounting ethical onus on anthropological filmmakers to go further in their engagements with futures;
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
TRIBAL JUSTICE
2017
87
'
Directed by
ANNE MAKEPEACE
.
TRIBAL JUSTICE is a feature documentary about a little known, under-reported but effective criminal justice reform movement in America today: the efforts of tribal courts to create alternative
Tabom in Bahia
2017
52
'
Directed by
Juan Diego Diaz
Nilton Pereira
.
There is a small community in Ghana who identify as Brazilians. Their name is the Tabom. They are the descendants of former enslaved Africans and creoles who resettled from Bahia to Ghana during the
South America
West Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Memory
Migration
Popular Culture
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Takeover
1980
90
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
On March 13, 1978 the Queensland Government announced its intention to take over management of Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Resistance
Land Rights
Social Conflict
Tango, Not-For-Export
2016
53
'
Directed by
Jennie Gubner
.
This collection of 4 short films evokes everyday experiences of music making in the contemporary neighborhood tango scenes of Buenos Aires. They were made as stand alone pieces that co-exist on an
Tempus de Baristas
1993
100
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This film depicts the characters, and social dilemmas of three generations of Sardinian mountain shepherds. Although born roughly 20 years apart, Franchiscu (62), his son Pietro (17) and their
Western Europe
Herding
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Rural
Theatre Girls
1979
57
'
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Claire Pollack
.
The “Theatre Girls Club” is a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. It is run by six paid workers and it is the only hostel in London which takes any women at any
British-Irish Isles
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
Gender Role and Identity
There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle
2012
78
'
Directed by
Sylvie Bringas
Dul Johnson
.
Nigerian writer Dul Johnson returns to Tarok land to observe the local death rituals and the record of the Tarok ways of dealing with grief and honoring departed. This film provides a rare and
West Africa
Death
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
These Objects, Those Memories
2015
29
'
Directed by
Roger Horn
.
"These Objects, Those Memories" is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South
Three Horsemen
1982
50
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
Bob Massey Pootchemunka has spent most of his life as a stockman and drover. Now over 75, his ambition is to see an all-Aboriginal cattle station operating at Ti-Tree on his traditional clan land.
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Herding
Animals
Land Rights
Time to Look at Girls: Migrants in Bangladesh and Ethiopia
2015
31
'
Directed by
Marco Speroni
.
More migrants move within their own country or region than migrate to Northern countries. Bangladesh and Ethiopia have been experiencing increasingly high rates of migration of adolescent girls to
Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim
2005
60
'
Directed by
Dawa T Lepcha
Anna Balikci-Denjongpa
Asen Balikci
.
The film illustrates the changes the Lepcha of the Dzongu reserve, North Sikkim, have been through in the last 60 years. From the 1940s, the Lepcha of Tingvong village gradually abandoned hunting,
South Asia
Social Change
Religion / Belief / Faith
Agriculture / Farming
To Get That Country
1978
70
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
An important historical film of events surrounding early meetings of the Northern Land Council in 1977, where uranium mining, land rights and Aboriginal leadership were the key issues.
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Social Organisation
To Live With Herds
1972
90
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
The Jie are semi-nomadic pastoral people living in North-eastern Uganda, who are striving to maintain their way of life in the face of unsympathetic government policy, and, at the time of filming, a dry-season famine.
East Africa
Nomads and Nomadism
Disasters
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
To Work is to Grow
2015
32
'
Directed by
Léa Klaue
.
Gerald, Ruben, Neysa and their friends are children and adolescents who work as wheelbarrow pusher at a market and as prayer boys in a cemetery in the region of Cochabamba in Bolivia. With their own
Together as One
2013
39
'
Directed by
Kilian Lamtur Tanlaka
.
Nso' is the biggest kingdom of the Western Grassfields and an ethnic group in the northeast corner of Cameroon’s northwest region. Its capital Kumbo is where the ruler (Fon) lives. The Nso'
Central Africa
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
A Town in Sicily
2015
120
'
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
Castellammare is a 'high-density Mafia' seaside town. Local government is infiltrated, its economy is stagnant and there is no future for its youth. A group of angry young Sicilians now wish to
South-East Europe
Political Activists
Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon
1983
48
'
Directed by
Luc de Heusch
.
This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film establishes the original expedition in the
West Africa
History of Anthropology
A Transfer of Power
1986
22
'
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Replacing the engine in an old car is a familiar rural task, but how people go about it differs. For these Aboriginal men in New South Wales, it’s an occasion for affirming continuing
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
Infrastructure / Transport
Transfiction
2007
58
'
Directed by
Johannes Sjøberg
.
Transfiction explores 'ethnofiction' - an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others' life experiences
South America
Reflexivity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Ethnofiction
Travel (double screen)
2016
63
'
Directed by
Nick Mai
.
(This version of the film uses a split-screen device throughout. For the single screen version see 'Travel'). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She knew that she was
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Labour
Migration
Ethnofiction
Reflexivity
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in China
'
Workshop
Convened by
Gary Seaman
Paul Henley
.
This workshop will assess contemporary ethnographic filmmaking in academic contexts in China and will include presentations by the following scholars. (Further presentations may be added later). All
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (I)
'
Workshop
Convened by
Carlos Flores
Angela Torresan
Antonio Zirion
.
This workshop will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological and theoretical issues around their own ethnographic film-making or works of other relevant film-makers. The
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (II)
'
Workshop
Convened by
Carlos Flores
Angela Torresan
Antonio Zirion
.
This workshop will be a continuation of the workshop offered at 9:00 am on Thursday 30 March (Cinema 2, Watershed). It will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
1974
50
'
Directed by
Gary Kildea
Jerry Leach
.
The film documents the transformation by the Trobriand Islanders of the game of cricket, first introduced by British missionaries into a highly distinctive political ritual. Shot in 1973-1974,
Melanesia
Sport
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Political Activists
True Body
2016
5
'
Directed by
Louise Hollerup Christensen
Shannon Turner
Maja Rosenlund Byriel
.
What do you do to your body hair, and what does your body hair do to you? True Body is a performative documentary that draws the viewer into a debate about gender norms and cultural body practices.
A Two Day Fair
2009
60
'
Directed by
Anjali Monteiro
KP Jayasankar
.
Nothing in the world will last – it is but a two day fair” sings Mura Lala, drawing inspiration from the Sufi traditions of Sant Kabir and Abdul Lateef Bhitai. He is accompanied on the double
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
'
Directed by
Ana 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿
.
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a
South America
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Political Activists
Resistance
Rural
Social Conflict
Under the Men's Tree
1973
15
'
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David
East Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
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
Unity through Culture
2011
69
'
Directed by
Christian Suhr
Ton Otto
.
Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organizes the
Melanesia
Festivals / Carnival
Social Conflict
Collective / Community identity
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
'
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
Unwritten Letters
2020
59
'
Directed by
Max Bloching
Abd Alrahman Dukmak
.
Abd is a 24-year-old Syrian who took part in the early days of the 2011 revolution and now lives in Padova, Italy. Together with his German friend Max he is working on a film called Unwritten
South-East Europe
Middle and Near East
Migration
Refugees / Displaced populations
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Life Story / Life History
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
Vasile Nedea
2009
43
'
Directed by
Sjoerd van Grootheest
.
The film tells the story of Vasile Nedea, a Romanian gypsy musician an Amsterdam. Due to his former illegal status there have been times in which he was forced to show his skills whilst busking the
Western Europe
Travellers / Roma
Music / Ethnomusicology
The Veil Unveiled
2004
29
'
Directed by
Vanessa Langer
.
In Yemen, the land of Queen Saba, a wide variety of veils can be found. In the capital Sana’a, the women, although at first sight appearing to all be wearing but black, distinguish themselves one
Middle and Near East
Gender Role and Identity
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Violão-Canção: Brazilian Soul
2016
30
'
Directed by
Chico Saraiva
Rose Satiko Hikiji
.
Following his artistic path, Chico Saraiva meets up with 7 master musicians who share their experiences: João Bosco, Sérgio Assad, Paulo César Pinheiro, Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira, Luiz Tatit
Virtual me: Gender and Identity in World of Warcraft
2013
11
'
Directed by
Trent Monahan
Sarah Prothero
Jennifer Torson
.
'Virtual Me' examines the experiences of players of the online game World of Warcraft, focusing specifically on their experience and understanding of issues surrounding gender and identity within
North America
Gender Role and Identity
Animation
Internet
Visible Silence
2015
43
'
Directed by
Ruth Gumnit
.
Visible Silence offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Thai tomboys (toms), ladies (dees), and lesbians striving for recognition and acceptance in a traditional Buddhist society. The film highlights
Visual Anthropology Interventions and Climate Change
'
Workshop
Convened by
Mike Poltorak
.
**Interested participants are invited to submit proposals for presentations to M.S.Poltorak@kent.ac.uk** There is a recognised disconnect between publicly available scientific information on
The Visual Scholarship Initiative
'
Talks
.
This session discusses the work of the Visual Scholarship Initiative (VSI), which was started in 2006 by a small group of graduate students at Emory University. It quickly established itself on the
Visual Worlds of Difference
'
Workshop
Convened by
Raminder Kaur
Paul Boyce
.
This workshop will highlight the role of (audio-) visual and participatory arts works in the development of representations that move away from the fixity and/or Othering of identities. Our aim is to
Waiting for Harry
1980
57
'
Directed by
Kim McKenzie
.
Although the events around which this film was planned were the final mortuary rites for Les Angabarraparra, the subject of the film became interaction. Interaction between the anthropologist Les
Australia
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Death
Reflexivity
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
'
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
.
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
The Way I See Today
2016
46
'
Directed by
Antonia Gama
Márcio Gomes
.
The critically-acclaimed film City of God (2002) is a fiction film based on a novel about a real place known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through the
We Belong to the Earth
2015
30
'
Directed by
Ramona August
.
The establishment of the first intentional communities stretches back over two millennia ago, with notable examples such as the ancient Greek commune based on vegetarianism and equality of the sexes
We Don't Need A Grave
2014
27
'
.
'We Don't Need a Grave' attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one's death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
Ritual
Welcome Reception
'
Gala event
Convened by
RAI FILM FESTIVAL
.
Join us for a reception to welcome our guests and to celebrate the start of the festival. All welcome. Sponsored by Wiley.
Were Ni! He is a Madman
1963
30
'
Directed by
Frank Speed
Raymond Prince
.
This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Possession
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
Where the Clouds End
2014
52
'
Directed by
Wanphrang Diengdoh
.
“My late great grandfather was a Bengali who came to Shillong in the early 1900s - long before the present political border divided the lands.” After the creation of borders between India and
South Asia
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Why is Mr W. Laughing?
2017
76
'
Directed by
Jana Papenbrook
.
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than
Western Europe
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Elderly people
Health / Health care / Healing
Life Story / Life History
Personal Narrative
Social participation
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
'
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
A Woman's Story
2015
52
'
Directed by
Azra Rashid
.
A look at genocide, survival, and physical and cultural continuity through the eyes of three women who have experienced three different genocides of the 20th century. Shot on location in Canada,
Women in Sink
2015
36
'
Directed by
Iris Zaki
.
At “Fifi’s”, a hair salon owned by a Christian Arab in Haifa, Iris Zaki installs a minimalist film set over the sink, where she converses with the clients she’s shampooing. She thus paints an
Writing on the City
2015
60
'
Directed by
Keywan Karimi
.
With Writing On The City, Keywan Karimi redraws the history of Tehran through its walls, from the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to nowadays. He was sentenced to a year of detention and 223 whiplashes
Yanomami: From Machetes to Mobile Phones
2012
58
'
Directed by
Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin
.
The Yanomami Indians are one of the last large relatively unacculturated indigenous groups remaining in the world. In November 2000 filmmakers Orloff and Shalygin documented the lives of a small
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Material Culture
Social Change
Ymako
1998
52
'
Directed by
Laurent Van Lancker
Robin Shuffield
.
Ymako Teatri, a theatre company based in the Ivory Coast, uses street theatre to question some contemporary West African problems. Their originality consists in using the ‘invisible theatre’
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Health / Health care / Healing
Social participation
Yolngu Homeland
2015
58
'
Directed by
Natasha Fijn
.
An observational film about Yolngu connections with other beings and the land. Garrthalala is a strong homeland community in Arnhem Land, Australia, where all ages venture out onto the coast and into
‘Making of’ Anthropology on TV
'
Workshop
Convened by
Evie Wright
.
Filmmakers working with the BBC Natural History Unit will describe the practicalities of all the various stages of production – from the development of an idea with which to approach commissioners,