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Films
9 Films
Country
“Indonesia”
x
Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
6
films available on demand
3
Region
South-East Asia
9
Country
Indonesia
9
x
Keywords
Animals
2
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children/ Young people
1
Death
2
Development projects
1
Environment
2
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
1
Food / Water
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Marriage
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
3
Sensory Ethnography
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
3
Asch, Timothy
3
Colucci, Erminia
1
Connor, Linda
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Singer, André
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
Shorts Collection 2
2
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
5
Indonesia
2
United Kingdom
3
United States
2
Year of production
1973
1
1983
1
1988
1
1989
1
1991
1
2004
1
2018
1
2019
1
2021
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
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
House No. 15
2018
7
‘
Directed by
Aryo Danusiri
.
Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera
South-East Asia
Everyday Life
Children/ Young people
Sensory Ethnography
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
Releasing the Spirits: a village cremation in Bali
1991
44
‘
Directed by
Patsy Asch
Linda Connor
Timothy Asch
.
In 1978, as part of the preparations for the island-wide ceremony eka dasa rudra, religious officials urged all Balinese to cleanse the island by cremating their dead. Many were forced to pool
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
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
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
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
.
The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at
South-East Asia
Infrastructure / Transport
Development projects
Environment
The Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia
1983
30
‘
Directed by
J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the
South-East Asia
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Linguistics / Language
Environment
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing