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Films
16 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“2008”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
16
x
Region
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
Melanesia
1
North America
2
South America
3
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
4
West Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Brazil
2
Bulgaria
1
Chile
1
Croatia
1
Germany
2
Greenland
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
India
1
Japan
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Republic of Macedonia
1
Romania
1
Trinidad and Tobago
1
United States
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
4
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Everyday Life
1
Festivals / Carnival
3
Folklore
3
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
History
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Post-communism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Trade
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kurc, Julia
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Trentini, Michele
3
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Series
Carnival King of Europe
3
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
12
not set
1
Country of production
Italy
3
Slovenia
1
United Kingdom
12
Year of production
2008
16
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Film list
75 Grams
2008
31
‘
Directed by
Priscilla Clarissou
.
Nestled below the rugged Chilean peaks of the Andes lies the gold mining town of Andacollo. The town’s remoteness and mining economy has nurtured religious beliefs in the power of the Virgin over the
South America
Labour
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Beautiful Dachau
2008
30
‘
Directed by
Alan Marcus
.
Beautiful Dachau is an experimental documentary that observes streams of visitors to the Dachau concentration camp, now a popular tourist attraction. 800,000 people visit the site annually.
Western Europe
History
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Endgames
2008
32
‘
Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
.
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Elderly people
Memory
Enet Yapai – an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
.
Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life
The Gaijin
2008
24
‘
Directed by
Chris Christodoulou
.
‘The Gaijin’ tells the story of an individual negotiating his identity in a foreign country. It follows Luke Jonathan Driscoll, an American who has been residing in Japan for nearly 3 years and
Central Asia and Far East
Migration
Hillside Beauties
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Julia Kurc
.
In a violent, marginalized and discriminated environment such as the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, women create a time and a space to construct their identities and their beauty. Marcella, Thuany and
South America
Gender Role and Identity
Socioeconomic conditions
One day in Begnishte
2008
7
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The Orthodox New Year’s Eve is marked by the appearance of the Djolomari, the “old ones”, for a long day of ritual, which is both structured and frenetic. This film is part of **Carnival
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
One day in Chelnik
2008
14
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
On the day of the Kukeri, mysterious, impenetrable masks visit every house in Bulgarian Thrace, and end up in the village square for a most persuasive wedding and ploughing ritual. This film is
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
One day in Rukavac
2008
11
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
Zvonča in Croatian means “bell” and the Istrian Zvončari are the popular carnival heralds who undertake some challenging walkabouts between neighbouring villages every year – Croatia. This
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Read Me
2008
29
‘
Directed by
Janina Kriszio
.
Reading traditionally played an important role for German (self-)identification. In 2000 an international survey revealed that German pupils are lacking basic reading skills, giving rise to
Western Europe
Education / Knowledge transmission
The Shrimpers
2008
30
‘
Directed by
Austin Paterek
.
For the past 10 years the shrimping industry in United States has been on a steady decline. Estimates show that only 15 percent of the original fleet is still in operation, due to overseas
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Trade
A Spark in Him
2008
28
‘
Directed by
Claudia Engels
.
‘A Spark in Him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
The Temple in the Sea
2008
26
‘
Directed by
Theo Youngstein
.
‘The Temple in the Sea’ looks at ritual and religious practice at a well-known Hindu shrine and its associated cremation grounds in Central Trinidad. Documenting the daily life of the Temple, and
Caribbean Islands
Ritual
Tenonde’i – a Beautiful Future
2008
30
‘
Directed by
Nadja Marin
.
In a village inside the world’s fifth largest and tough city, São Paulo, a young Guaraní created a children’s choir to raise money for his community. Filled with beautiful sounds, the film is a
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Children / Young people
Thanks Be to God
2008
31
‘
Directed by
Patrícia Pedrosa
.
Four Christian women work and live in a Muslim and patriarchic world. The ‘Sisters of the Consolata Missionaries’ are building a new library in Empada, a small village in the south of
West Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Untouched Rock
2008
28
‘
Directed by
James Vybiral
.
‘Untouched Rock’ follows a British climbing expedition to Greenland where six young men hope to establish new routes on the mountains of ‘the un-named valley’.
North America
Children / Young people
Sport