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Films
138 Films
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5
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Australia
4
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8
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2
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1
Central America
5
Central Asia and Far East
16
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7
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1
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9
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6
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30
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9
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7
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1
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2
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1
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1
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3
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1
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3
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1
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3
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1
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1
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4
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6
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1
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17
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4
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1
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1
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5
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1
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3
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1
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4
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
United Kingdom
8
United States
7
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
1
not set
3
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
4
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
4
Animals
5
Animation
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
Archival material / Museum displays
4
Art / Artists / Artisans
5
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
9
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
9
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
5
Dance / Theatre / Performance
3
Death
4
Development projects
4
Digital media
1
Disasters
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
3
Education / Knowledge transmission
2
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
2
Environment
3
Everyday Life
3
Family / Kinship
7
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
40
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Folklore
38
Food / Water
2
Gender Role and Identity
9
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
4
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
History
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
2
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
7
Informant-researcher relationship
3
Infrastructure / Transport
2
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Intergenerational relations
2
Internet
3
LGBTQI*
1
Labour
2
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2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Life Story / Life History
2
Life Story/ Life History
1
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2
Love
3
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4
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3
Migration
7
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8
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1
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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
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4
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6
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2
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1
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11
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1
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1
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2
Ritual
9
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4
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1
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8
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3
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4
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2
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5
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4
Directors
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asch, Patsy
2
Asch, Timothy
2
Baily, John
1
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
Bernstein, Anya
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Cai, Hua
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Engels, Claudia
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Griggs, David
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lutz, Peter
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
2
MacDougall, Judith
2
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Milling, Julie
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
3
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
3
Song, Zhifang
3
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
3
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
1
Werner, Louis
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
not set
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Decolonising Shorts
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
43
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
1
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
3
not set
25
Country of production
Australia
8
Canada
1
China
5
Colombia
1
Denmark
1
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
France
1
Germany
3
Greece
1
Iceland
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
37
Japan
4
Mexico
1
Netherlands
1
Nigeria
2
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Singapore
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Taiwan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
57
United States
12
Uzbekistan
1
Year of production
1963
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1964
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1973
2
1983
1
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
1
1988
2
1989
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
3
1997
1
1998
1
1999
3
2000
1
2001
5
2002
4
2003
2
2004
5
2006
3
2007
1
2008
9
2009
8
2010
8
2011
6
2012
2
2013
4
2014
7
2015
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2016
6
2017
7
2018
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2019
10
2020
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Festival Prize Category
Film list
The Gilles of La Louvière and the Chinels of Fosses-la-Ville
2014
9
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the Catholic, French-speaking part of Belgium, monumental, all-encompassing masquerades take place in the middle of Lent. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 – RITUAL
Western Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
The Gnaga
2017
8
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The Gnaga is an old hag, carrying her drunk husband back home in a pannier. This film is part of Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE. On Carnival days, the village is brought back
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Great Epiphany of Wörth
2017
13
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
On the day of the Epiphany, a grand parade half-way between Christianity and paganism is staged, incorporating all the ancient characters of Alpine fables, the Twelve Days of Christmas, and the Three
Central Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
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
Guli Armug’on
2019
23
‘
Directed by
Iqbol Meliqo’ziev
.
Uzbek and Tajik women in eastern Uzbekistan celebrate the arrival of spring by gathering at the grave of an Islamic saint. The Afghan redbud trees growing on the site are in full bloom. The magical
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Ritual
A good day in Sharnford. God Speed the Plough!
2010
14
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the heart of Ye Olde England, the first Monday after the Epiphany is still “Plough Monday”, with the ritual parading of a decorated plough and the Morris Dance. This film is part of
British-Irish Isles
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore