Toggle navigation
RAI FILM
Sales
Films with video
new
Film Sales public page
2023
public page
WordPress
Site
log in
313 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Status
"A"
x
Review Status
"0"
x
Showing 41
Title initial
"S"
x
films with a digital version
72
films with a Kanopy version
1
short films
313
x
films available on demand
29
Section
RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2021
13
RAI FILM FESTIVAL 2023
52
Sales
261
Status
films with no status
0
show deleted films
0
show none-public films
0
show public and none-public films
313
show public films
313
x
Title initial
A
9
B
22
C
20
D
18
E
8
F
14
G
15
H
12
I
15
J
5
K
4
L
16
M
16
N
6
O
16
P
10
R
12
S
41
x
T
20
U
5
V
8
W
17
Y
4
Region
Australia
5
British-Irish Isles
36
Caribbean Islands
4
Central Africa
1
Central America
10
Central Asia and Far East
21
Central Europe
9
East Africa
2
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
1
Melanesia
3
Middle and Near East
10
New Zealand and Polynesia
1
North America
13
North and Northeast Africa
6
Scandinavia
6
South America
17
South Asia
16
South-East Asia
19
South-East Europe
37
Southern Africa
6
West Africa
17
Western Europe
21
Western Mediterranean
10
not set
53
Country
Afghanistan
3
Australia
5
Austria
6
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
3
Botswana
1
Brazil
5
Bulgaria
1
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
2
Cape Verde
1
Chile
1
China
11
Colombia
3
Croatia
3
Cyprus
1
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
4
Ecuador
1
Egypt
1
Eritrea
1
Ethiopia
3
France
3
Germany
7
Ghana
2
Greece
5
Greenland
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Haiti
1
Hungary
1
India
10
Indonesia
11
Ireland
1
Israel
1
Italy
20
Jamaica
2
Japan
6
Jordan
1
Lesotho
1
Los Angeles
1
Malawi
1
Malta
2
Mexico
9
Mongolia
1
Morocco
1
Myanmar
4
Namibia
1
Nepal
4
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1
Nigeria
8
Norway
2
Pakistan
1
Palestine
2
Papua New Guinea
3
Peru
3
Poland
1
Portugal
2
Republic of Macedonia
1
Romania
6
Russian Federation
2
Senegal
1
Sierra Leone
2
Singapore
1
Slovenia
2
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
2
Sweden
2
Switzerland
2
Syria
1
Taiwan
1
The Netherlands
2
Togo
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Turkey
1
Uganda
2
United Kingdom
37
United States
9
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
3
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
2
not set
57
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
7
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
15
Animals
11
Animation
2
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
10
Art / Artists / Artisans
9
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
22
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
13
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
5
Dance / Theatre / Performance
12
Death
6
Development projects
6
Digital media
1
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
5
Education / Knowledge transmission
6
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
5
Environment
5
Ethnofiction
1
Everyday Life
4
Family / Kinship
11
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
43
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
6
Folklore
38
Food
3
Food / Water
2
Gender Role and Identity
17
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
11
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Herding
2
History
5
History of Anthropology
2
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
5
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
14
Informant-researcher relationship
4
Infrastructure / Transport
3
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
5
Intergenerational relations
8
Internet
4
LGBTQI*
2
Labour
11
Land Rights
4
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
3
Life Story / Life History
3
Life Story/ Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
2
Love
5
Marriage
9
Material Culture
10
Memory
9
Migration
12
Music / Ethnomusicology
12
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Personal Narrative
3
Political Activists
5
Popular Culture
3
Possession
3
Post-communism
4
Prison
2
Public Figure
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
4
Reflexivity
9
Refugees / Displaced populations
6
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
27
Reproduction (biology)
4
Research Methods
1
Resettlement
1
Resistance
2
Ritual
26
Rural
8
Science / Technology
1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
6
Shamans and Shamanism
5
Social Change
10
Social Conflict
5
Social Norms
1
Social Organisation
1
Socioeconomic conditions
6
Sport
5
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
8
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
7
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
Trade
5
Travellers / Roma
4
Urban
14
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
10
not set
52
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Al-Khaled, Bassam
1
Ali, Abdel Malek Al
1
Allward, Caroline
1
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Applewhaite, Che
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asadullah, Sara
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
6
Asch, Timothy
5
Austena, Aunund
1
Awad, Saja
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Barber, Rachel Schaetzel
1
Barrett, Meg
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Bennett, Jami L.
1
Bensadon, Sofia
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bolchover, James
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Boudreault-Fournier, Alexandrine
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Carelli, Vincent
1
Carvalho, Ernesto de
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Connor, Linda
3
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Dattatreyan, Ethiraj Gabriel
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Dong, Xiuzhi
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Erickson, LeAnn
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Ferreira, Patrícia
1
Filak, Manca
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fournier, Guillaume
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Franco, Carlos Tobon
1
French, Dominic
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
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
Hallak, Shawki Al
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Hazineh, Nisreen
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hillman, Rosie Reed
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Horton, Robin
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Huyer, Bruno
1
Huysmans, Carla
1
Hörmann, André
1
Ihle, Johanne Haaber
1
Ikpeng, Kamatxi
1
Ikpeng, Karané
1
Ikpeng, Kumaré
1
Inman, Joseph
1
Irwin, Jessamine
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Jigüe, DJ
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kenyon, Sam
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Khan, Samar Minallah
1
Kim, Zuniel
1
Kirk, Laura
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Kisedje, Kamikia P.T.
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kroes, Lily Mae
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Kühlbrandt, Charlotte
1
LIU, Guangli
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Lopes, André
1
Lopez, Lucia Barrenetxea
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Matteau, Samuel
1
Matz, Maayan L.
1
Maulana, Rizky
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
Merrun, Gabriel
1
Milling, Julie
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Naidin, Julia
1
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Nolin, Yannick
1
Obomsawin, Alanis
6
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Ortega, Ariel
1
Ortega, Ariel Duarte
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Quintanilla, Daniel
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Rosemont, Colin
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
2
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shahmiri, Mehdi Imani
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Sharim, Yehuda
1
Sharma, Shubham
1
Sheikh, Anas Al
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Stasse, Sammy-Lena
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Stock, Emiko
1
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Txicão, Natuyu Yuwipo
1
Vella, Steve
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Waldstein, Kaela
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Weijs, Robert
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Wester, Knutte
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wittmoser, Christian
1
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yan, Yihao
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Yube, Zezinho
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
5
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
7
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Decolonising Shorts
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
121
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
1
National Film and Television School
4
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Yangon Film School
3
not set
106
Country of production
Argentina
1
Australia
14
Austria
1
Brazil
7
Cambodia
1
Canada
9
China
8
Colombia
2
Cuba
1
Denmark
2
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
France
3
Germany
9
Greece
2
Iceland
1
India
3
Indonesia
1
Iran
1
Islamic Republic of
1
Italy
38
Japan
3
Jordan
1
Lebanon
2
Mexico
6
Myanmar
3
Netherlands
4
Nigeria
6
Norway
1
Pakistan
2
Romania
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
2
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
Taiwan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
164
United States
26
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
8
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1971
1
1973
2
1975
2
1980
1
1982
1
1983
6
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
3
1988
3
1989
2
1990
1
1991
2
1992
5
1993
1
1994
4
1995
5
1996
5
1997
6
1998
6
1999
5
2000
8
2001
8
2002
10
2003
12
2004
10
2005
2
2006
5
2007
8
2008
17
2009
18
2010
18
2011
10
2012
8
2013
6
2014
10
2015
7
2016
6
2017
7
2018
7
2019
11
2020
14
2021
17
2022
19
2023
4
Film Festival Year
not set
231
0
1
2015
6
2017
2
2019
1
2021
20
2023
52
Event type
Special Programmes
4
not set
309
Festival Prize Category
not set
122
Animation
5
Arandu - Listen to the Weather
5
Ethnomusicology
2
Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
6
RAI Basil Wright
1
Shorts
19
Student
13
not set
140
Review Status
not set
313
x
videoScreenRatio
Price code - 1,2,3 or 4
or none-empty is required for Sales dropdown to show,
DVD and ASP Stream price depends on this.
not set
52
1
92
2
141
3
28
Film list
The Sacred Thresh
2016
18
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
After ploughing and sowing, there follows harvesting and threshing, with a very dignified threshing squad ritually touring the village inns. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4
Central Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
A Saint from New York
1995
30
'
Directed by
Line Hatland
.
Dorothy Day, ex-communist, anarchist, single mother and co-founder of the widespread ‘Catholic Worker’ movement — died in New York in 1980. Soon after the Claretian Fathers started a campaign
North America
Alternative culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Saliendo Adelante
2011
28
'
Directed by
Ben Cheetham
.
Growing up on the streets of Bogotá, where drugs and violence dominate, it seemed as though José might never escape this cycle. It is the job of Orlando and those at the Institution for the
South America
Children / Young people
Socioeconomic conditions
Development projects
Sangita Priya: Lover of Music
2007
30
'
Directed by
Anne-Katrine Hansen
.
From temples to recording studios of Kochi, Kerala in South India, we follow four musicians -a student and his master, a professional and a promoter - all uniquely devoted to the music that permeates
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge transmission
Scenes of Resistance
2000
30
'
Directed by
Alejandra Navarro Smith
.
A series of portraits of life in a Zapatista indigenous community in Chiapas, Southern Mexico. This film invites us into the people's everyday lives, and presents their own views of the fight against
Central America
Resistance
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
The Second Red Line
2004
25
'
Directed by
Veera Lehto
.
In HIV testing, the second red line is the indication of a positive result. This film follows two volunteers working with HIV & Aids sufferers in the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana. In the
South-East Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Development projects
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
'
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, 'Song Family Village' is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
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
Self Defence
2002
28
'
Directed by
María Elena Planas
.
With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the government in Peru set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Framed by the
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
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
Shonar Bangla
2009
28
'
Directed by
Sara Asadullah
.
Four scenes from a Bangladeshi community in London. Each scene is an encounter with a different generation (children, teenagers and adults) until the final scene where all generations are brought together in a wedding.
British-Irish Isles
Intergenerational relations
Marriage
Shooting Freetown
2011
29
'
Directed by
Kieran Hanson
.
A decade since Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch's ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’,
West Africa
Film / Photography / Mass media
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Reflexivity
The Short Happy Life of the Poklad
2012
27
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the Dalmatian island of Lastovo, the Poklad is a monumental, all-encompassing annual celebration. Dressed as XIX C. British marines, the Pokladari escort the captive dummy to its death. This
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Shrimpers
2008
30
'
Directed by
Austin Paterek
.
For the past 10 years the shrimping industry in United States has been on a steady decline. Estimates show that only 15 percent of the original fleet is still in operation, due to overseas
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Trade
The Silvesterchläuse of Hundwil
2014
12
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The old Julian New Year’s Eve on January 13th is still observed and celebrated in some Reformed communities in Outer Appenzell in Switzerland. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD
Western Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Silvesters of Urnäsch
2011
13
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
A celebration of mountain wilderness is all too evident in the costumes of the Silvesters of Urnäsch in Outer Appenzell, particularly in their “Pretty/Ugly” version. This film is part of
Western Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Sin tierra, no somos Shuar
2009
23
'
Directed by
Stacey Williams
.
Shuar traditions and land are intimately tied to another. This film explores how the traditions and relationships change when foreign mining companies enter their territory.
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
A Small Light
2004
32
'
Directed by
Julia Yezbick
.
Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film explores
South Asia
Death
Inter-religious relations
Religion / Belief / Faith
Elderly people
Small Man of the Forest
2004
37
'
Directed by
Hugh Hartford
.
Murray Collins leaves his city life in search of a bipedal ape. On his journey to highland Sumatra, he meets an academic, three farmers, two conservationists and a shaman, all of whom advise him on
South-East Asia
Animals
Smell the Roses
2003
28
'
Directed by
Julie Milling
.
Christiania is a self-governing community in the heart of Copenhagen set up by squatters at the height of 1970s idealism. Faced with extinction or urban redevelopment, residents struggle to redefine a fading ideology.
Scandinavia
Alternative culture
Urban
Smoke
1991
28
'
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Maarten Rens
.
The film deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town twelve miles north of Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern
Western Europe
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Food
Archival material / Museum displays
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
'
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
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
Southeast London Ethnography - Three Student Films: Anglesea Road; The Good Ol' Days; Talk of Trade
2007
13
'
Directed by
Elhum Shakerifar
Ed Owles
Jamie Taylor
.
These 3 films on Southeast London were made by GCC college students who took a course in anthropology & film. ANGLESEA ROAD: Situated in Woolwich, South East London, Anglesea Road is a small
British-Irish Isles
Urban
A Spark in Him
2008
28
'
Directed by
Claudia Engels
.
‘A Spark in Him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti
1988
22
'
Directed by
James J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the
South-East Asia
Ritual
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Speeding the Plough in Stilfs
2015
22
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In Upper Vinschgau in South Tyrol a highly charged Carnival parade takes place with the specific purpose of “speeding the plough”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4 SPEEDING
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Spirit
2019
19
'
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship
St. Anthony Bonfires in Mamoiada
2014
17
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
St. Anthony’s Day marks the first annual outing of the celebrated Sardinian Mamuthones with their blackened shepherd’s outfit, carefully directed by their eternal antagonists, the Issohadores.
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
St. Martin’s Bonfires in Predazzo
2010
10
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
On November 11th, great bonfires are lit by the local youth to celebrate the distribution of the annual revenues from the forestry harvest. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 3 -
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
St. Nicholas’ Night in Val di Fassa
2010
15
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
As an early harbinger of celestial light, St. Nicholas and his mixed company of angels and devils visits every home, to tell children off in the most persuasive of manners. This film is part of
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Staging a Return
1994
30
'
Directed by
Jakob Hogel
.
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are a Danish dependency and for generations, young people have gone to Denmark to complete their studies. When they return for the summer, there is a tradition
Scandinavia
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Standing Places
2007
31
'
Directed by
Ana Tovey
.
A model of Stonehenge has been built in rural New Zealand, functioning like the original not only in its astronomical alignment but also in its role as a ceremonial site. The film explores what
New Zealand and Polynesia
Alternative culture
Ritual
Still Life
2009
26
'
Directed by
Siobhan McGuirk
.
“I am here because I can’t go home.” Subject to strict controls in the UK, three women asylum seekers wait for claims to be processed and decisions made. Here they find the lives which they
British-Irish Isles
Refugees / Displaced populations
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Street Fiction
2002
32
'
Directed by
Dominic Elliot
.
Through combining their own dramatic reconstructions and real life observation, this film tells the story of children who run away from their homes in search of a better life on the streets of Blantyre, Malawi.
Southern Africa
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Children / Young people
Ethnofiction
Suspend your Beliefs
2004
29
'
Directed by
Simone Clifford-Jaeger
.
Suspension of the living body from hooks has been practiced in various cultural contexts and places in the past, but today forms part of a growing global interest in body modification. This film
British-Irish Isles
Alternative culture
Sweeping Evil Away in Rauris
2017
9
'
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The Schnabelperchten of Rauris in the Salzburger Alps are mysterious, spiteful figures who appear out of nowhere with their brooms, and go round every house to perform a simple and effective
Central Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It
2002
29
'
Directed by
Anne Schiltz
.
Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most
South-East Europe
Collective / Community identity
Travellers / Roma
Swings and Roundabouts
1994
30
'
Directed by
Helen Pratt
.
Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an
South-East Europe
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Development projects
[S+P2]
2010
30
'
Directed by
Yasmin Samir-Shakir
.
Following various members of The Forest Collective in the run-up to the 'DIY' arts space's Tenth Birthday celebrations, we observe some of the internal and external struggles faced by this
British-Irish Isles
Alternative culture
Collective / Community identity