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Films
10 Films
Country of production
“Netherlands”
x
films with a digital version
6
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
2
films available on demand
3
Region
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
South America
3
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
3
Country
Brazil
3
Ghana
1
Indonesia
1
Netherlands
1
Syria
1
The Netherlands
2
United States
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
2
Disasters
1
Elderly people
2
Essay film
3
Folklore
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Love
1
Material Culture
3
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Reflexivity
3
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Trade
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
van de Port, Mattijs
3
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
1
not set
9
Country of production
Indonesia
1
Netherlands
10
x
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
1986
1
2002
1
2005
1
2009
1
2010
1
2015
1
2016
2
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
The Body Won’t Close
2020
74
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
.
Our bodies are semi-permeable. All over the world, stories are being told about heroes who magically “close” their bodies, so as to become invincible. This film follows one such story, as it is
South America
Essay film
Gender Role and Identity
Folklore
Reflexivity
Fighting for Nothing to Happen
2015
48
‘
Student
Directed by
Nora Wildenauer
.
After the volcanic eruption of Mount Rokatenda, the people of the island of Pulau Palue in east Indonesia are to be relocated. But are the planned relocation and the "new" life at the
South-East Asia
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
Disasters
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
In a State of Dress
2010
21
‘
Directed by
Madelief de Heer
.
Filmed in Walcheren, a region in the south-west of the Netherlands, this film tells of the lived experience of wearing regional dress. Once worn by the whole community, today this complex attire is
Western Europe
Material Culture
Elderly people
Intergenerational relations
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
2018
74
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
.
A singular anthropological essay film that observes the various nets we find across different contexts in Bahia (from fishing nets to delicate nets of lace), and the emotions and sensations
South America
Essay film
Reflexivity
Love
Little Waterfall
2002
52
‘
Directed by
Joshka Wessels
.
Shallalah Saghirah (‘Little Waterfall’) is a small village of about 20 households located in the Khanasser valley, in north Syria. The village has no electricity and still uses an ancient ganat
Middle and Near East
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Development projects
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
The Possibility of Spirits
2016
72
‘
Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
.
What is it that you film when you film a spirit? I was brought up to believe that spirits do not exist. Years of research on an afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult taught me the limits of such
South America
Essay film
Religion / Belief / Faith
Reflexivity
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
Vasile Nedea
2009
43
‘
Directed by
Sjoerd van Grootheest
.
The film tells the story of Vasile Nedea, a Romanian gypsy musician an Amsterdam. Due to his former illegal status there have been times in which he was forced to show his skills whilst busking the
Western Europe
Travellers / Roma
Music / Ethnomusicology