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Films
8 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
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Country of production
“Australia”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
8
x
films available on demand
3
Region
Australia
3
East Africa
1
South-East Asia
4
Country
Australia
3
Indonesia
4
Uganda
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Death
1
Digital media
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Environment
1
Family / Kinship
1
Food / Water
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
2
Internet
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Marriage
1
Material Culture
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Reflexivity
1
Ritual
2
Directors
Asch, Patsy
2
Asch, Timothy
2
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
2
Palmer, Lisa
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
3
Decolonising Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
8
x
United States
1
Year of production
1973
2
1983
1
1986
1
1988
1
2014
1
2019
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
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
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
Ringtone
2014
30
‘
Directed by
Jennifer Deger
Paul Wunungmurra
.
Yolngu Aboriginal families offer glimpses into their lives and relationships through their choice of ringtones. From ancestral clan songs to 80s hip hop artists and local gospel tunes, these songs
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Music / Ethnomusicology
Material Culture
Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti
1988
22
‘
Directed by
James J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the
South-East Asia
Ritual
Marriage
Family / Kinship
A Transfer of Power
1986
22
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Replacing the engine in an old car is a familiar rural task, but how people go about it differs. For these Aboriginal men in New South Wales, it’s an occasion for affirming continuing
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
Infrastructure / Transport
Under the Men’s Tree
1973
15
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David
East Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
The Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia
1983
30
‘
Directed by
J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the
South-East Asia
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Linguistics / Language
Environment
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing