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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
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Film list
All Eyez on Me!
2021
30
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Shorts
Directed by
Robert Weijs
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Over a period of 15 years, the filmmaker visits the Loita Maasai in Kenya, becoming close friends with brothers Lenaai and Matinkoi. Lenaai, aware of how the outside world looks at the Maasai,
Anshan Diaries
2022
27
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Student
Directed by
Xiuzhi Dong
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Director Charles Xiuzhi Dong uses real family life as its backdrop. Casting his grandpa he investigates and retraces his family saga spanning three decades of Chinese post-cultural revolution history.
Arandu - Listen to the Weather
2023
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Special Programmes
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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 -
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
2023
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Special Programmes
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As Aye,
2022
26
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Student
Directed by
Sam Kenyon
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As Aye, is a fragment of correspondence with author and storyteller, Jess Smith, and with the ‘absent presence’ of Scottish Travellers in the archive and the landscape. Drawing on the memory and
Bearing
2021
29
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Shorts
Directed by
Rosie Reed Hillman
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The everyday frustrations, heartache and joy of early motherhood are revealed through intimate, observational vignettes, offering a frank and raw account of the filmmaker’s life as a new mum over
Belle River
2022
11
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Shorts
Directed by
Guillaume Fournier
Samuel Matteau
Yannick Nolin
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It is 2019. Spring flooding in Mississippi hits record highs. In Louisiana, the residents of Pierre-Part are preparing for the worst. Barring an unexpected turn of events, local authorities will soon
Bill Reid Remembers
2021
24
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Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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Bill Reid Remembers is a beautiful tribute from Alanis Obomsawin to her friend’s remarkable life and rich legacy. Despite spending his early life away from his nation’s culture, renowned Haida
Bridging the Gap
2021
7
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Animation
Directed by
Nina Ross
Meg Barrett
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Aged 18, Meg started hearing a voice. She tried ignoring it, didn’t tell a soul, yet the voice grew. More abusive, more delusional and often completely out of her control. Eventually, her paranoia
Cara Romero: Following the Light
2022
27
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Shorts
Directed by
Kaela Waldstein
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An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX.
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971
13
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Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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This lyrical short documentary marked the directorial debut of legendary Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin. Filmed at a residential school in northern Ontario, it is composed entirely of drawings by
Concrete Sea
2021
15
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Shorts
Directed by
Julia Naidin
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As an exercise of resistance, Sônia follows the process of destruction caused by the sea, which day by day, advances into the beach and approaches her home. She makes daily records of this process
Cornershop Beats
2022
8
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Shorts
Directed by
Bassam Al-Khaled
Abdel Malek Al Ali
Saja Awad
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In a family run grocery shop in Saida, Lebanon a father and son try to make their dreams come true.
Cruces
2020
23
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Student
Directed by
Carlos Tobon Franco
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An immersive expedition throughout the geographies and stories composing the Latin American journey to reach US soil. By weaving together oral histories and the landscape, the film is structured to
Cycles
2022
9
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Shorts
Directed by
Nisreen Hazineh
Anas Al Sheikh
Shawki Al Hallak
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We have fallen and are trying to stand. We keep on going… The world keeps spinning and we spin along with it in search for our daily bread in the current economic situation. We have become like the
Desterro Guarani
2011
38
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Vincent Carelli
Ernesto de Carvalho
Patrícia Ferreira
Ariel Duarte Ortega
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The Mbya-Guarani’s history of contact and expulsion from the land. As Ariel Ortega thinks about the history of contact of the Myba-Guarani, he tries to understand how his people got expelled from
Disability Futures
2023
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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
Duende
2022
27
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Student
Directed by
Lucia Barrenetxea Lopez
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Duende takes us through one of the most awaited festivals in Granada, Spain: Easter week. Duende is an intimate, unexpected tale of an encounter with the afterlife, a series of miracles that can only
The Eye Begins in The Hand
2022
16
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Shorts
Directed by
Yehuda Sharim
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El Ojo Comienza En La Mano is a tribute to campesino histories in rural California through the artwork of an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, Ruben A. Sanchez, as
A Family Portrait
2022
5
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Student
Directed by
Shubham Sharma
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“After finding a family portrait on my phone one evening in Germany, I felt a longing for my hometown. I wanted to make a film about it. But how can you talk about your family portrait without
Forms of Care
2022
7
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Animation
Directed by
Charlotte Kühlbrandt
Maayan L. Matz
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A stop-motion animation following the story of a mundane death, and the forms of care that accompany it. The script is taken verbatim from an interview conducted as part of an ethnographic research
From Ikpeng children to the world
2001
35
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Kumaré Ikpeng
Karané Ikpeng
Natuyu Yuwipo Txicão
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A video letter from four Ikpeng children introducing their village, in response to the children of the Sierra Maestra in Cuba. With grace and lightness they show their families, their games, their
The Future of Work?
2022
21
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Student
Directed by
Yihao Yan
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Digital nomads are a highly mobile group of people who travel while working. Digital nomadism is considered a utopian life and a liberation from sedentary society, but it can also become a privilege.
Gambote
2022
24
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Shorts
Directed by
Sofia Bensadon
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The clay mountains of the Chuquiago Valley are transformed into brick every day on the outskirts of La Paz City, Bolivia. Irineo and Rosa grind the clay, mould, dry, and burn the bricks every day, in
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
2021
29
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Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system. With
I (heart) Jack Lalanne: A Cartoon Memoir
2022
14
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Animation
Directed by
LeAnn Erickson
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The filmmaker, a lesbian, feminist baby boomer, shares her coming out story with the help of exercise guru Jack LaLanne. Combining animation with the written memoir, I (heart) Jack LaLanne pushes the
I Am the World
2022
9
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Shorts
Directed by
Che Applewhaite
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A speculative documentary that explores how an archive of networked moving images, featuring famed ballroom hosts Selvin “MC Debra” Mizrahi and Kelly Gorgeous Gucci, enables worldly ways of seeing.
I've already become an image
2008
32
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Zezinho Yube
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A group of Hunikui men tell of the five ages that mark their most recent past: from ‘the time of the Indian lodge’, to first contact with the Nawá, the non-Indian people who came looking for
The Intersection
2021
30
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Shorts
Directed by
Daniel Quintanilla
Jessamine Irwin
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Cecile reconnects with the French of her childhood, thanks to recently-arrived Franco-African immigrants, like Trésor, seeking asylum in Cecile’s hometown of Lewiston, Maine. Cecile’s Franco
Kisêdjê Manifesto
2012
11
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Kamikia P.T. Kisedje
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Kisêdjê women’s manifesto against deforestation and river pollution. Filmmaker Kamikia Kisêdjê and the Kisêdjê Cinema Collective decided to send a message from their people to the United
La Tumba Mambi
2022
28
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Ethnomusicology
Directed by
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
DJ Jigüe
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As a result of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), many French settlers travelled to Eastern Cuba with their slaves to escape the revolt. The Tumba Francesa Societies, known as a brotherhood and a
Let Him Fly
2021
29
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Ethnomusicology
Directed by
Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan
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Let Him Fly draws on footage shot over eight years to lyrically document the rise and exponential growth of the Delhi hip hop scene. The film spotlights some of the most influential artists on the
The Lindisfarne Causeway
2022
20
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Student
Directed by
Sammy-Lena Stasse
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The Lindisfarne Causeway is a road that disappears into the sea twice a day. The filmmaker uses boredom and daydreaming as a method to get to know this place. A poetic world of tarmac silence,
Making It as Embroiderers
2022
10
'
Student
Directed by
Rachel Schaetzel Barber
.
In the Tsotsil and Tseltal communities in Chiapas, Mexico, weaving and embroidering has traditionally been women’s work, practised in the home and made to be used by the family. As global demand
Mount Currie Summer Camp
1975
5
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Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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In a series of playful portraits, Stl’atl’imx (Líl̓wat) children and young people go about their daily duties at the community’s summer camp outside Mount Currie, B.C. Infused with a sense of
Our spirits keep coming
2021
15
'
Shorts
Directed by
Ariel Ortega
Bruno Huyer
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In Tekoa Ko’ẽju, Pará Yxapy, a Mbya Guarani indigenous woman is dedicated to the first moments of care towards her child, who lies in her womb, and, along with her relatives, ponders about the
Out Swing
2021
26
'
Shorts
Directed by
Samar Minallah Khan
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On the outskirts of Islamabad, a committed coach teaches a team of unlikely players, their families, and a community, how playing cricket can change lives.
Parizad
2021
24
'
Shorts
Directed by
Mehdi Imani Shahmiri
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Keshvar is a lonely, old woman crafting an ancient, unknown woven textile, telling a strange story of a fairy and a shepherd who came to their village one day.
Poundmaker’s Lodge
1987
29
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Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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Just north of the City of Edmonton lies Poundmaker’s Lodge, an addiction and mental-health facility specialising in treatment for Indigenous people. Founded in 1973 and still operational today, the
President's Award - Trinh T. Minh-ha
2023
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Special Programmes
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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.
Ten by Ten
2021
29
'
Student
Directed by
Jami L. Bennett
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There is no denying the evocative power of food to remind us of who we are and where we come from. After living in Asia for over fifteen years, Jessica was longing for the burgers and barbecue of her
Toang
2022
37
'
Student
Directed by
Rizky Maulana
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Toang is an intimate portrait of a rice paddy farmer and his family in Indramayu (Indonesia), who were in a precarious situation due to the cycle of indebtment and environmental degradation that the
Tobacco memories
2020
30
'
Student
Directed by
Manca Filak
.
The villages in southwest Bulgaria have long been known for the cultivation and production of tobacco. Muslim Pomaks, still engaged in this work, are facing a decline due to the low purchase price of
The Train Driver
2021
6
'
Animation
Directed by
Christian Wittmoser
Zuniel Kim
.
Trigger warning: suicide and related trauma In the five-minute animated documentary film The Train Driver, an anonymous train driver recounts his experience with suicide on the rails. Six times he
Unearthed
2021
16
'
Shorts
Directed by
Colin Rosemont
.
The film examines the intersections of history, spirituality, colonialism, and contemporary archaeology through the experiences of archaeologists and Native Californians brought together by an excavation.
A Village with a View
2022
20
'
Shorts
Directed by
Joseph Inman
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In wartime Britain, a Lord permitted unused land on Cornwall’s Rame Peninsula to be built on. Tiny chalets appeared, each as individual as its owner, and the community of Freathy came to life. In
Walking is Medicine
2018
5
'
Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin
Directed by
Alanis Obomsawin
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This is the story of the Nishiyuu walkers, six young Cree men who decided to trek 1600km from Whapmagoostui, Quebec, to Ottawa, in the spirit of their ancestors, whose traditions were to travel long
The Water Holds Me / The Water Binds Us
2021
2
'
Animation
Directed by
Lily Mae Kroes
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Based on the stories of women who dip, dive and swim in rivers, lakes and seas, this animated film evokes many different experiences in one swim, from the anticipation of getting in cold water to the
A Wedding
2021
15
'
Shorts
Directed by
Emiko Stock
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At a Cham Muslim wedding in rural Cambodia, an ethnographer doubles as a wedding videographer, capturing a day-long event in constant movement. Through unstable camera movements never completely
When the Sea Sends Forth a Forest
2020
21
'
Shorts
Directed by
Guangli LIU
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The story revolves around the memory of a Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge. This tragedy, which took the lives of two million people, continues to reshape our present. This forgotten moment of
Yarang Mamin
2019
21
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Arandu - Listen to the Weather
Directed by
Kamatxi Ikpeng
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Indigenous filmmaker Kamatxi Ikpeng documents the story of a group of Ikpeng women who formed a movement to collect forest seeds and restore the banks of the Xingu River. The Yarang Women’s
You can't show my face
2021
20
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Shorts
Directed by
Knutte Wester
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The sound of the streets of Tehran are transformed into forbidden beats, people sing and young women and men rhyme their inner feelings. They tell us about a society that rejects them, streets