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Films
13 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Year of production
“2010”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
13
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Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
3
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
Central Europe
1
North America
1
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
3
Country
Australia
1
Austria
1
China
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
Ghana
1
India
1
Jamaica
1
Romania
1
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Keywords
Alternative culture
1
Animals
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Children / Young people
3
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
History of Anthropology
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Post-communism
1
Reflexivity
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Social Change
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
11
not set
2
Country of production
Austria
1
Canada
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
13
x
United States
2
Year of production
2010
13
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Film list
Changes
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Afua Asare-Nyako
.
Kwabena wants to move back to Ghana, the country he left more than 30 years ago. This film shows one of the many journeys that he has to take in preparation for his return. It explores the motives
West Africa
Western Europe
Migration
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
For The Love of the Game
2010
24
‘
Directed by
Birgitta H. Anttila
.
Hurling is a game combining skill, speed and strength. Players – even at the highest levels – are amateurs, but still spend hours on training. Through the encounter with hurler Shane Dooley, we learn
British-Irish Isles
Sport
In the Light of Memory
2010
40
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe
Memory
Post-communism
In a State of Dress
2010
21
‘
Directed by
Madelief de Heer
.
Filmed in Walcheren, a region in the south-west of the Netherlands, this film tells of the lived experience of wearing regional dress. Once worn by the whole community, today this complex attire is
Western Europe
Material Culture
Elderly people
Intergenerational relations
Lessons from the Tiger
2010
22
‘
Directed by
Ife Olatunji
.
A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls’ school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Made in Trenchtown
2010
33
‘
Directed by
Ester Maagdenberg
.
‘Made in Trenchtown’ is the product of a collaboration with three teenagers from Trenchtown – a ghetto in Kingston, Jamaica, controlled by drug lords. As Philomena, Diamond and Stephan hold the
Caribbean Islands
Children / Young people
Reflexivity
Masks of Mer
2010
37
‘
Directed by
Michael Eaton
.
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. ‘The Masks of Mer’ tells the extraordinary story of
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Men at Work
2010
32
‘
Directed by
Christine Moderbacher
.
"Men at Work" depicts the daily working life of one of the few remaining institutions in Austria that still employs only men. They are responsible for a 39 km stretch of Austria’s biggest
Central Europe
Gender Role and Identity
Labour
Raised by Humans
2010
25
‘
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
.
‘Raised by Humans’ follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
Vaud and the Villains
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Lukas Belkind
.
Three members of an 18-piece, 1930s style, American folk big band explore their personal relationships with Los Angeles, performing, the music they love, and the band that binds them all together.
North America
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Views from Heavenly Lake
2010
26
‘
Directed by
Polly Vinken
.
Since the beginning of the Mao era in 1949, populations that were once nomadic, isolated by miles of desert and mountains across the Tian Shan ranges, are now becoming highly sought after objects of
Central Asia and Far East
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Social Change
[S+P2]
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Samir-Shakir
.
Following various members of The Forest Collective in the run-up to the ‘DIY’ arts space’s Tenth Birthday celebrations, we observe some of the internal and external struggles faced by this
British-Irish Isles
Alternative culture
Collective / Community identity