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Films
277 Films
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films hosted on Kanopy
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short films
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films available on demand
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18
C
14
D
15
E
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F
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G
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H
12
I
11
J
5
K
3
L
16
M
14
N
7
O
14
P
8
R
12
S
41
T
18
U
6
V
7
W
16
Y
3
Region
Australia
5
British-Irish Isles
36
Caribbean Islands
5
Central Africa
1
Central America
10
Central Asia and Far East
23
Central Europe
9
East Africa
3
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1
Melanesia
3
Middle and Near East
10
New Zealand and Polynesia
1
North America
15
North and Northeast Africa
6
Scandinavia
7
South America
19
South Asia
18
South-East Asia
19
South-East Europe
37
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6
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19
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24
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12
not set
1
Country
Afghanistan
3
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1
Australia
5
Austria
6
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1
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3
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1
Brazil
5
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
China
11
Colombia
4
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3
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1
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1
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4
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1
Egypt
1
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1
Ethiopia
3
France
3
Germany
7
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3
Greece
5
Greenland
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Haiti
1
Hungary
1
India
12
Indonesia
11
Ireland
1
Israel
1
Italy
22
Jamaica
2
Japan
7
Jordan
1
Lesotho
1
Los Angeles
1
Malawi
1
Malta
2
Mexico
9
Mongolia
1
Morocco
1
Myanmar
4
Namibia
1
Nepal
4
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1
Nigeria
8
Norway
3
Pakistan
1
Palestine
2
Papua New Guinea
3
Peru
4
Poland
1
Portugal
2
Republic of Macedonia
1
Romania
6
Russian Federation
3
Senegal
1
Sierra Leone
2
Singapore
1
Slovenia
2
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
3
Sweden
2
Switzerland
4
Syria
1
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
2
Togo
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Turkey
1
Uganda
2
United Kingdom
37
United States
11
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
3
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
2
not set
5
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
7
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
15
Animals
11
Animation
2
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
Archaeology
2
Archival material / Museum displays
11
Art / Artists / Artisans
12
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
22
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
15
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
5
Dance / Theatre / Performance
13
Death
6
Development projects
6
Digital media
1
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
6
Education / Knowledge transmission
6
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
5
Environment
7
Ethnofiction
2
Everyday Life
6
Family / Kinship
13
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
44
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
9
Folklore
38
Food
3
Food / Water
3
Gender Role and Identity
19
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
11
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Herding
2
History
5
History of Anthropology
3
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
6
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
18
Informant-researcher relationship
4
Infrastructure / Transport
3
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
5
Intergenerational relations
10
Internet
4
LGBTQI*
4
Labour
12
Land Rights
4
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
4
Life Story / Life History
3
Life Story/ Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
2
Love
6
Marriage
10
Material Culture
13
Memory
9
Migration
14
Music / Ethnomusicology
14
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Personal Narrative
3
Political Activists
5
Popular Culture
3
Possession
3
Post-communism
4
Prison
2
Public Figure
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
5
Reflexivity
9
Refugees / Displaced populations
6
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
30
Reproduction (biology)
4
Research Methods
1
Resettlement
1
Resistance
2
Ritual
27
Rural
10
Science / Technology
1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
7
Shamans and Shamanism
5
Social Change
11
Social Conflict
6
Social Norms
1
Social Organisation
1
Socioeconomic conditions
6
Sport
5
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
8
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
7
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
Trade
6
Travellers / Roma
4
Urban
14
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
11
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Allward, Caroline
1
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asadullah, Sara
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
6
Asch, Timothy
5
Austena, Aunund
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bolchover, James
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Connor, Linda
3
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Ford, Ellie
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
French, Dominic
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Grove-White, Will
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Hughes, Richard
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Huysmans, Carla
1
Hörmann, André
1
Ihle, Johanne Haaber
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Juárez-Allen, Gema
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kirk, Laura
1
Kirkwood, Nick
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kurc, Julia
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
Merrun, Gabriel
1
Milling, Julie
1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Vella, Steve
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
7
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Decolonising Shorts
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
121
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
1
National Film and Television School
4
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Yangon Film School
3
not set
70
Country of production
Australia
14
Austria
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
2
China
7
Colombia
2
Denmark
2
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
France
2
Germany
7
Greece
2
Iceland
1
India
4
Indonesia
1
Italy
40
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
5
Myanmar
3
Netherlands
2
Nigeria
6
Norway
2
Pakistan
1
Peru
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
160
United States
21
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
4
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1973
2
1975
1
1980
1
1982
1
1983
6
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
2
1988
3
1989
2
1990
1
1991
2
1992
5
1993
1
1994
4
1995
5
1996
5
1997
6
1998
6
1999
5
2000
8
2001
7
2002
10
2003
12
2004
10
2005
2
2006
5
2007
8
2008
16
2009
18
2010
18
2011
9
2012
7
2013
6
2014
10
2015
11
2016
13
2017
9
2018
8
2019
11
2020
11
Film list
Earning a Crust
2009
28
‘
Directed by
Elisa Contreras
.
Through their experiences, Uncle Isidro (a horse dealer) and Jeremo (a scrap collector) illustrate traditional gypsy occupations in the south of Spain, as well as the obstacles facing their
Western Mediterranean
Travellers / Roma
Labour
Easy Life
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Amelia Hann
.
This film is about a Breton woman and her family, their vision of life, and their clash with the French state which marked them as ‘terrorists’.
Western Europe
Political Activists
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Eco trip
1997
30
‘
Directed by
Rachel Robertson
.
A group of eco-activists travel around Britain attending festivals and other events aimed at raising awareness of ecological issues and of new, alternative ways of living. But sometimes relationships
British-Irish Isles
Alternative culture
Environment
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
Endgames
2008
32
‘
Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
.
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Elderly people
Memory
Enet Yapai – an Ambonwari Girl
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Daniela Vávrová
.
Enet Yapai was six years old when Vavrova met her for the first time in 2005 in Ambonwari village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Between November 2007 and April 2008 she followed Enet and
Melanesia
Children / Young people
Rural
Everyday Life
Even Asteroids Are Not Alone
2018
17
‘
Directed by
Jón Bjarki Magnússon
.
Eve Online is a computer game in which players mine, trade and fight their way through computer-generated galaxies. Whilst computer game aficionados are often depicted as isolated, this game is
Internet
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy