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Films
7 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Country
“Germany”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
7
x
films available on demand
2
Region
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
Western Europe
7
Country
Ethiopia
1
Germany
7
x
Los Angeles
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
History
1
LGBTQI*
1
Migration
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Science / Technology
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Eagle, Rob
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Straube, Anna
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
Pleasure Shorts
1
not set
1
Country of production
Germany
3
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
2008
2
2009
2
2010
1
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
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
Breeding Cells
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Anna Straube
.
Breeding Cells is a film about a reproductive laboratory. A fertility clinic is a place where human reproduction is separated from sex and anatomized into bio/technological components. There
Western Europe
Reproduction (biology)
Science / Technology
Emails to My Little Sister
2018
35
‘
Directed by
Solomon Mekonen
.
An autoethnographic phenomenology of blackness in Berlin via Ethiopia. The film explores the historical and ongoing relationship between the so-called West and Africa. A brother who lives north of
Western Europe
North and Northeast Africa
Migration
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Reflexivity
Faith
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Insa Langhorst
.
Together with a Pentecostal youth group, teenagers Colin and Salo are on a mission trip to East Germany preaching the word of God. On the streets of Wismar they experience the highs and lows of what
Western Europe
Children / Young people
Religion / Belief / Faith
Making it Big in Berlin
2009
24
‘
Directed by
Claudia Goldberg
.
In Berlin, where low rents and space for creative ideas are still available, self-employed workers live the alternative to a nine-to-five-job. A sewing café owner, a freelance journalist and two
Western Europe
Alternative culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
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
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