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Films
11 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Year of production
“2020”
x
films with a digital version
8
short films
11
x
films available on demand
11
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
1
Central Asia and Far East
2
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
South America
1
South Asia
2
West Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Australia
1
Belgium
1
China
2
Colombia
1
Germany
1
Greece
1
Los Angeles
1
Nepal
1
Pakistan
1
Senegal
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
2
Animals
1
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
3
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Digital media
1
Elderly People
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Internet
1
LGBTQI*
1
Labour
1
Life Story/ Life History
1
Love
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Personal Narrative
1
Reflexivity
1
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Resettlement
1
Rural
2
Sex / Sexuality
2
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
1
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
Urban
1
Directors
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Deger, Jennifer
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Eagle, Rob
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Nitzky, William
1
Ross, Nina
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Xu, Beina
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Pleasure Shorts
2
Shorts Collection 2
5
Shorts collection 2
3
Country of production
Australia
1
China
1
Colombia
1
France
1
Germany
1
Pakistan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
2020
11
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Film list
Bang the Drum
2020
28
‘
Directed by
William Nitzky
.
For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in
Central Asia and Far East
Music/ Ethnomusicology
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Rural
Shamans and Shamanism
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
Forget Alberto For Now
2020
19
‘
Directed by
Beina Xu
.
A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things
Western Europe
Western Mediterranean
Reflexivity
Migration
Resettlement
Refugees/ Displaced populations
Gula – Music for a sacred time
2020
15
‘
Directed by
Remigiusz Sowa
.
Introduces the rich and varied Hindu-Buddhist religious and ritual musical heritage of the ancient royal city of Bhaktapur (Nepal).
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Land Lot S7
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Abtin Sarabi
.
Following sugar cane field workers in Senegal as they chop and burn their way through seemingly endless fields, this poetic film takes an unconventional approach to understanding the gruelling work
West Africa
Labour
Agriculture / Farming
Making Worlds Otherwise
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Paul Gurrumuruwuy
Jennifer Deger
Enid Guruŋulmiwuy
Warren Balpatji
Meredith Balanydjarrk
James Ganambarr
Kayleen Djingadjingawuy
Victoria Baskin Coffey
Sebastian Lowe
.
An exuberant experiment in the ethnographic art of remix that gives new form to Miyarrka Media’s project of yuṯa, or new, anthropology. Sound, images, colour, light, and deeply felt patterns of
Australia
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Internet
Digital media
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Ocak
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Zeynep Kaserci
.
The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village
Middle and Near East
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Rural
Oink!
2020
22
‘
Directed by
Rob Eagle
.
An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,
Western Europe
North America
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Collective / Community identity
The Ospreys and the Old Man
2020
9
‘
Directed by
Ang Gao
.
A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most
Central Asia and Far East
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Animals
Elderly People
This Is A Majlis – A Sound Essay
2020
17
‘
Directed by
Timothy Cooper
Abeera Arif-Bashir
.
This short film is a multi-platform sound essay. It is primarily illustrated with still images, that conjure an atmosphere of intimacy and intensity of the majlis-e-aza, a mourning gathering central
South Asia
Music/Ethnomusicology
Urban
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
Social Change