Films 21 Films Year of production "2016" x films with a digital version 12 short films 13 films available on demand 4 Region Caribbean Islands 1 Central Europe 1 East Africa 1 Eastern Europe and Baltic States 1 Middle and Near East 1 North America 2 Scandinavia 1 South America 1 South-East Europe 5 Southern Africa 1 West Africa 2 Western Europe 5 Western Mediterranean 1 Country Anguilla 1 Austria 1 Botswana 1 Cameroon 1 Colombia 1 France 2 Ghana 1 Greece 1 Italy 6 Norway 1 Romania 1 Switzerland 2 Tanzania 1 United States 2 Yemen 1 Keywords Archaeology 1 Art / Artists / Artisans 2 Collective / Community identity 1 Education / Knowledge Transmission 1 Ethnofiction 2 Everyday Life 1 Family / Kinship 3 Festivals / Carnival 6 Film / Photography / Mass media 2 Folklore 5 Gender Role and Identity 1 Herding 1 Hunting / Gathering / Fishing 2 Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples 1 Informant-researcher relationship 1 Infrastructure / Transport 1 LGBTQI* 1 Labour 4 Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy 3 Love 1 Marriage 1 Material Culture 3 Migration 4 Music / Ethnomusicology 1 Myths / Fairy tales 1 Nomads and Nomadism 1 Post-communism 1 Race / Racism / Antiracism 1 Reflexivity 3 Religion / Belief / Faith 2 Rural 1 Sex / Sexuality 3 Social Change 1 Social Conflict 1 Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage 1 Trade 2 Urban 1 War / Conflict / Reconciliation 1 Directors Esteva, Jordi 1 Ferrarese, Adriana 1 Fossgard-Moser, Titus 1 Grieco, Anthony 1 Grimshaw, Anna 1 Horat, Thomas 1 Lloyd, Ravi Hart 1 Mai, Nick 2 Schillaci, Rossella 1 Smith, Sophia Hersi 1 Sonderegger, Ramona 1 Trentini, Michele 5 Visser, Mara Lin 1 Waage, Trond 1 Werbner, Richard 1 Șalaru, Maria 1 Series Carnival King of Europe 5 not set 16 Country of production Cameroon 1 Canada 1 France 3 Italy 8 Netherlands 1 Norway 2 Romania 1 Spain 1 Switzerland 2 Tanzania 1 United Kingdom 3 United States 1 Year of production 2016 21 x Film list 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 The Block 2016 60' Student Directed by Maria Șalaru . From neighbourly disputes over garlic-heavy cooking to memories of Ceaușescu’s heatless winters, "The Block" explores the rich social and material universe of a Romanian apartment Eastern Europe and Baltic States Urban Post-communism Infrastructure / Transport 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 Coraggio coscritti: take heart, all new recruits! 2016 25' Directed by Michele Trentini . The yearly parade of the new recruits is the perfect occasion in which to vent an extraordinarily wide repertoire of traditional songs. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 - South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore The Day of the Zanni 2016 17' Directed by Michele Trentini . The Zanni of central Italy, are the same as the Pulcinella of the South of Italy or the Lachè in the North. They are Carnival heralds, clad in white, with a pointed, ribboned, imposing headpiece. South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival Extended Family 2016 31' Student Directed by Ramona Sonderegger . This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to Western Europe LGBTQI* Family / Kinship Sex / Sexuality Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Ghetto PSA 2016 15' Special Interest Directed by Rossella Schillaci . Jacob arrived in Italy alone from French Guinea when he was 11 years old. Today he is 27, and hip hop music is his whole world: it is his way to express dreams, hopes and frustrations, and to not Western Europe Music / Ethnomusicology Migration Education / Knowledge Transmission Ignacio's Legacy 2016 52' Special Interest Directed by Titus Fossgard-Moser . Between 1960 and 1992, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Moser made four films concerning indigenous peoples of northwest Amazonia: "Piraparana" (1960), "War of the Gods" South America Film / Photography / Mass media Social Change Reflexivity Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Living with Boko Haram 2016 37' Special Interest Directed by Trond Waage . January 2015. Boko Haram's violent insurgency is approaching Mogdé, on the Nigerian/Cameroonian border, where Antoniette lives. Just outside Oslo, Norway, lives her son Vakote, worried and afraid West Africa Scandinavia Religion / Belief / Faith Social Conflict War / Conflict / Reconciliation Migration The Log Rafters of Lake Aegeri 2016 29' Material Culture Directed by Thomas Horat . Aegeri, in a remote part of Switzerland, is one of the few lakes in Central Europe where professional log rafters can still be found. This film is based on the gentle observation of the work of a Western Europe Material Culture Labour Rural Processes 2016 23' Directed by Adriana Ferrarese . Like every year, Corigliano Calabro, a small village in the south of Italy, celebrates Easter: from the investiture of a man to embody Jesus during a night procession, to the passionate debates for South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Festivals / Carnival 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 Shepherds in the Cave 2016 87' Material Culture Directed by Anthony Grieco . An international team of art restorers, archaeologists and volunteers begin work on the restoration of religious frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced with local bureaucratic challenges Western Mediterranean Archaeology Herding Art / Artists / Artisans Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Socotra, the Island of Djinns 2016 64' RAI Basil Wright Directed by Jordi Esteva . The film is the story of a journey across the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Yemen. Socotra is isolated during the monsoon season, when it is impossible to land on it. This Middle and Near East Myths / Fairy tales Nomads and Nomadism Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Trade Travel 2016 63' Special Interest Directed by Nick Mai . (This version of the film is edited using a single screen. For the split screen version see 'Travel - double screen version'). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She Western Europe Sex / Sexuality Labour Migration Ethnofiction Informant-researcher relationship Reflexivity 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 Treasured Moments 2016 33' Student Directed by Ravi Hart Lloyd . This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought Caribbean Islands North America Family / Kinship Race / Racism / Antiracism Collective / Community identity Film / Photography / Mass media 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 The Way We Live Now 2016 32' Student Directed by Sophia Hersi Smith . 'The Way We Live Now' is an intimate portrait of the daily routines and rituals of the Hadza; modern-day hunter-gatherers living in the acacia-baobab woodlands surrounding Lake Eyasi in North-Central East Africa Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Everyday Life We can be heroes just for (two) days. The Jannisaries of Naoussa 2016 20' Directed by Michele Trentini . The memory of an heroic episode of resistance against the Ottomans is re-enacted in Naoussa every year with the parade of an army of Janissaries. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival The White Primavera of the Agordino 2016 16' Directed by Michele Trentini . The beauty of the village, impersonating a gypsy woman, the Zinghenesta, has the main dancing role in the masquerade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**. South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival