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H is for Harry 2018 81'

A coming of age story about Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives at secondary school in suburban London unable to read or write. With the help of Sophie, his extremely dedicated teacher,

HARMONI: HEALING TOGETHER 2021 98'

Directed by Erminia Colucci .

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

Habilito - Debt for Life 2010 52'

Directed by Chuck Sturtevant .

This documentary explores many of the conflicts and tensions that arise at the point of contact between highland migrants and lowland indigenous peoples, focusing particularly on the system of debt

South America Socioeconomic conditions Migration Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Labour

Half Elf 2020 64'

Main Competition Directed by Jón Bjarki Magnússon .

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect the elf within. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on Icelandic shores for over seventy years. Her love of books is

Heal the Whole Man 1974 50'

Directed by Paul Robinson .

The ‘Barolong boo Ratshidi’ are one of the group of Tswana peoples, who together form a culturally homogeneous population of over two million. The Barolong themselves number about 75’000 and

Southern Africa Religion / Belief / Faith Health / Health care / Healing

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The Healer and the Psychiatrist 2019 74'

Werbner Award Directed by Mike Poltorak .

This film explores the tensions, contradictions, and resonances between traditional and psychiatric treatment in the South Pacific Island group of Vava’u. We meet two main characters: the

Heartbound 2018 90'

RAI Basil Wright Directed by Janus Metz Sine Plambech .

In a small, wind-swept fishing community on the Northern coast of Denmark live 926 Thai-women. 25 years ago there were none. Heartbound is a unique study of this unprecedented network of Thai/Danish

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Herat Films: The City of Herat 1983 21'

Directed by John Baily .

These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and

Middle and Near East Urban Trade

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Herat Films: The Annual Cycle of Music in Herat 1983 54'

Directed by John Baily .

These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and

Middle and Near East Dance / Theatre / Performance Music / Ethnomusicology

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Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat 1983 30'

Directed by John Baily .

These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and

Middle and Near East Religion / Belief / Faith Urban

Hidden Faces 1990 52'

Directed by Kim Longinotto .

This film reveals contradictions in the lives of Egyptian women in Muslim society. Living abroad, Safaa Fathy returns to Egypt to interview the internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El

North and Northeast Africa Gender Role and Identity Development projects

Hold Me Tight Let Me Go 2007 99'

Directed by Kim Longinotto .

*The main reason I wanted to shoot is that when the kids misbehave, the teachers don’t punish them but try to find out why they are acting in such a way. The driving idea behind the school is to

British-Irish Isles Children / Young people Education / Knowledge Transmission Health / Health care / Healing

Holy Men and Fools 2005 61'

Directed by Michael Yorke .

The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering

South Asia Religion / Belief / Faith Inter-religious relations Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage

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Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair 2021 29'

Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin Directed by Alanis Obomsawin .

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

Honouring Professor Stephen Nugent '

Conference
Convened by Renato Athias .

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

Horror in the Andes 2019 33'

Special Interest Directed by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich .

Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it

South America Art / Artists / Artisans Dance / Theatre / Performance Ethnofiction Film / Photography / Mass media Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples

A Hospice in Amsterdam 2005 62'

Directed by Steef Meyknecht .

At the end of Van Goghstraat in Amsterdam is the Veerhuis. A normal residential house in a normal urban area, where children play outside in front of the door. But people come to the Veerhuis to die.

Western Europe Health / Health care / Healing Elderly people

The House-Opening 1980 45'

Directed by Judith MacDougall .

When Geraldine Kawanka’s husband died, she and her children left their house at Aurukun on Cape York Peninsula. In earlier times a bark house would have been burnt, but today a ‘house-opening’

Australia Ritual Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Death

How to Save a Dead Friend 2022 103'

Main Competition Directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya .

Muzzled by the increasingly autocratic regime of the “Depression Federation”, 16-year-old Marusya decides to join her generations’ suicide statistics by year’s end. Then she meets Kimi and a

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