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Films
11 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“2015”
x
films with a digital version
6
short films
11
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
2
North America
2
South America
1
South-East Europe
5
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Italy
6
Japan
1
Peru
1
Russian Federation
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Keywords
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Festivals / Carnival
6
Folklore
5
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Intergenerational relations
2
Memory
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Trentini, Michele
5
Series
Carnival King of Europe
5
not set
6
Country of production
Greece
1
Italy
5
Japan
1
Russia
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
2
Year of production
2015
11
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Film list
Between Memories
2015
34
‘
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Eudosia is still searching for her husband’s remains in the highlands of Ayacucho; Lucero has been in prison for 25 years now for the crime of terrorism against the Peruvian state; since 2009 the
South America
Memory
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Caroling with the Star among the Bersntoler
2015
26
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the German-speaking Bersntol (Val dei Mòcheni) in the Italian Alps, the Three Wise Men have left in their stead a robust choir of young men, parading the Star from farm to farm. This film is
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Day of the Pustje on Mt. Matajur
2015
11
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
Throughout western Slovenia, Pust or Pustje are the names given to the Carnival dummy and the same names are also used in the Italian side of the Julian Alps. This film is part of **Carnival King
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
A Donation to the Museum
2015
25
‘
Directed by
Teri F. Brewer
.
Human remains from the California Channel Islands were donated to an English city museum nearly a century ago. More recently research began into how they came to be there, and whose remains they
North America
Western Europe
Archaeology
Archival material / Museum displays
Land of Udehe
2015
26
‘
Student
Directed by
Ivan Golovnev
.
This film takes us into the world of Udehe – indigenous people of the Far East of Russia. According to the census of 2010, their population dropped to 1,490 souls…
Central Asia and Far East
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis.
2015
29
‘
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Umberto Cao
Andrea Mura
.
Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in
Western Mediterranean
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Intergenerational relations
The Passion and Death of the Carlisèp
2015
19
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In Schignano, in the Lombardy mountains close to the Swiss border, Carlisèp is the local name of the Carnival dummy, who attempts a last minute escape. Carnival trials such as that held in Valda,
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
A Rite on the Run: the Blùmari of Benecija
2015
10
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a year, just like the Arval Brethren of ancient Rome. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
Speeding the Plough in Stilfs
2015
22
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In Upper Vinschgau in South Tyrol a highly charged Carnival parade takes place with the specific purpose of “speeding the plough”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4 SPEEDING
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
Uzu
2015
27
‘
Directed by
Gaspard Kuentz
.
Held every October in the city of Matsuyama, the Dogo Autumn Festival is one of the most violent religious festivals celebrated in Japan. Eight teams of men carrying massive portable wood shrines
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations