Films 8 Films Country of production "Switzerland" x films with a digital version 7 short films 3 films available on demand 1 Region Central Asia and Far East 1 East Africa 1 Middle and Near East 1 South Asia 1 South-East Asia 1 Western Europe 2 Western Mediterranean 1 Country China 1 India 1 Japan 1 Portugal 1 Senegal 1 Switzerland 2 Yemen 1 Keywords Colonialism / Postcolonialism 1 Development projects 1 Environment 1 Everyday Life 2 Family / Kinship 1 Film / Photography / Mass media 1 Gender Role and Identity 1 Health / Health care / Healing 1 Herding 1 History 1 Infrastructure / Transport 1 LGBTQI* 1 Labour 2 Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy 1 Material Culture 2 Memory 1 Music / Ethnomusicology 1 Nomads and Nomadism 1 Political Activists 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 1 Resettlement 1 Resistance 1 Rural 1 Sex / Sexuality 1 Social Change 1 War / Conflict / Reconciliation 1 Directors Domenig, Aya 1 Entell, Peter 1 Grossenbacher, Ulrich 1 Horat, Thomas 1 Jaquerod, Muriel 1 Langer, Vanessa 1 Luethi, Damaris 1 Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo 1 Sonderegger, Ramona 1 Strasse, Cornelia 1 Series not set 8 Country of production Finland 1 Portugal 1 Senegal 1 Switzerland 8 x United Kingdom 1 Year of production 1988 1 1997 1 2003 1 2004 1 2013 1 2015 1 2016 2 Film list Between two Villages 2003 94' Directed by Muriel Jaquerod Eduardo Saraiva Pereira . Between two Villages tells the story of Aldeia da Luz, population of 330, bound to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few Western Mediterranean Resettlement Development projects Infrastructure / Transport The Day the Sun Fell 2015 78' Special Interest Directed by Aya Domenig . Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty for the Red Cross during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by South-East Asia History Memory Health / Health care / Healing War / Conflict / Reconciliation Depending on Heaven 1988 56' Directed by Peter Entell . The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey Central Asia and Far East Environment Nomads and Nomadism Herding Everyday Life 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 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 Messages by Music - Senegal in Transition 2013 76' Directed by Cornelia Strasse . The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the East Africa Music / Ethnomusicology Colonialism / Postcolonialism Social Change Political Activists Resistance Silk, Muthappar and VHS: Portraits from South India 1997 63' Directed by Ulrich Grossenbacher Damaris Luethi . The documentary, filmed during ethnographic field research, shows three portraits of ‘ordinary’ personalities — Mala, a young weaver sharing a one-bedroom house with nine siblings; Santa Cruz, South Asia Labour Everyday Life Film / Photography / Mass media The Veil Unveiled 2004 29' Directed by Vanessa Langer . In Yemen, the land of Queen Saba, a wide variety of veils can be found. In the capital Sana’a, the women, although at first sight appearing to all be wearing but black, distinguish themselves one Middle and Near East Gender Role and Identity Material Culture Religion / Belief / Faith