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Films
15 Films
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Year of production
“2012”
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films with a digital version
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short films
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Region
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
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Scandinavia
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3
South Asia
4
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1
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2
Southern Africa
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1
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Country
Argentina
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2
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2
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Death
1
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Elderly people
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Festivals / Carnival
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Intergenerational relations
2
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
1
Social Conflict
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Socioeconomic conditions
2
Directors
Afreen, Sara
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Ahmad Simon, Kamar
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Bhattachary, Nilanjan
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Bringas, Sylvie
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Garland, Christy
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Htway, Aung Nwai
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Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
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Johnson, Dul
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Kharel, Dipesh
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Lindner, Tobias
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MacDougall, David
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Magaña, Jaime
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Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Saito, Asami
1
Schillaci, Rosella
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Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
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Trentini, Michele
2
Series
Ambulante Beyond
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Carnival King of Europe
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Yangon Film School
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not set
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Country of production
Argentina
1
Australia
1
Bangladesh
1
Canada
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
India
2
Italy
3
Japan
1
Mexico
1
Myanmar
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1
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Film list
The Day of the Rams in Gljev
2012
17
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Directed by
Michele Trentini
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The Didi of Gljev, in the Dalmatian hinterland, are fully-fledged rams and for the duration a day they act and behave as if they were a single magical flock. This film is part of **Carnival King
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Short Happy Life of the Poklad
2012
27
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Directed by
Michele Trentini
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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 Ethnographer
2012
86
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Directed by
Ulises Rosell
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John Palmer arrived in a Wichí community, located in Argentina, thirty years ago as an anthropologist – today he has married a Wichí woman with whom he has five sons in the last 5 years, who babble
South America
History of Anthropology
Everyday Life
Informant-researcher relationship
Sea Boundary
2012
55
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Directed by
Rosella Schillaci
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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
Yanomami: From Machetes to Mobile Phones
2012
58
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Directed by
Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin
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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
Playing with Nan
2012
88
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Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
Asami Saito
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Playing with Nan is the story of a Nepali young man who migrated to work in a Nepali restaurant in northern Japan. The film explores his daily life at work and his family at home, which reflects
South Asia
Central Asia and Far East
Labour
Migration
Socioeconomic conditions
Are You Listening!
2012
90
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Directed by
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sara Afreen
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By the coastal belts of Bangladesh, in a small village named Sutarkhali, Rakhi, 27, lives with her husband Soumen, 32, and their 6 year-old son Rahul. Fighting against all the odds of the woods,
South Asia
Environment
Disasters
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
The Guest
2012
20
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Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
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Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
Orania
2012
94
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Directed by
Tobias Lindner
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Orania is situated in South Africa’s barren Northern Cape province. All of its 800 inhabitants are white Afrikaners. They live here on private property which was bought in 1991. People of other
Southern Africa
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Social Conflict
Los Guardianes del Mayab
2012
34
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Directed by
Jaime Magaña
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Luis Puc is a Yucatecan Mayan jmen (shaman). He dies and travels to the dimension of the seven heavens where he meets the báalam (guardians). Through them, he receives healing powers and wisdom,
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Shamans and Shamanism
Rain in the Mirror
2012
48
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Directed by
Nilanjan Bhattachary
Kanchan Mukhopadhayay
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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
There is Nothing Wrong with my Uncle
2012
78
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Directed by
Sylvie Bringas
Dul Johnson
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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
Arnav At Six
2012
28
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Directed by
David MacDougall
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Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Behind the Screen
2012
35
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Directed by
Aung Nwai Htway
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A son dissects his parents’ marriage – they were film icons in 1960s Myanmar. It turns out the heartrending scenes they acted out on the silver screen are a pretty accurate reflection of their
South-East Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Family / Kinship
Memory
The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
2012
71
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Directed by
Christy Garland
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‘The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song’, using direct cinema style, introduces us to the Smith family in Georgetown, Guyana, where both Muscle, and his mother Mary, each struggle to fight the family
South America
Elderly people
Family / Kinship
Intergenerational relations