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Films
277 Films
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Showing 12
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14
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12
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41
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18
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7
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16
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36
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7
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5
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1
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12
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11
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22
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2
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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9
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1
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1
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4
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1
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4
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1
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1
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8
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3
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1
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2
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3
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4
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1
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2
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1
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6
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3
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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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3
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2
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4
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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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2
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37
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11
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1
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3
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1
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2
not set
5
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7
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1
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15
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11
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2
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4
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2
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11
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12
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1
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2
Children / Young people
22
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1
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15
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5
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13
Death
6
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6
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1
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2
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6
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6
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1
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5
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7
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2
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6
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13
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1
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44
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1
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9
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38
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3
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3
Gender Role and Identity
19
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1
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11
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1
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2
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5
History of Anthropology
3
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6
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1
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1
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2
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18
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4
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3
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1
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5
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10
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4
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4
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12
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4
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4
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3
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1
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2
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6
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10
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13
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9
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14
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14
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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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5
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3
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3
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4
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2
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5
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9
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6
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1
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30
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4
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1
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1
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2
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27
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10
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1
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1
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7
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5
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11
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6
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6
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5
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8
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7
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14
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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
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Film list
Harpoons and Heartache
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Bessie Morris
.
Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Gender Role and Identity
Love
The Head Cornerstone
1992
37
‘
Directed by
Ruth Hammill
.
Griffiths takes his responsibilities seriously and works very hard as a taxi driver in Negril, Jamaica, to support his family. His sense of obligation extends to his siblings, his ageing father and
Caribbean Islands
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
Healer on the Street
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Joceny Pinhheiro
.
During the day, Isnar is a community paramedic who works in the local clinic and runs an arts and drugs rehabilitation centre for young people in Fortaleza on the coast of Northeast Brazil. But by
South America
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a “court”, which expresses a
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Herat Films: The City of Herat
1983
21
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Urban
Trade
Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat
1983
30
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Hillside Beauties
2008
25
‘
Directed by
Julia Kurc
.
In a violent, marginalized and discriminated environment such as the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, women create a time and a space to construct their identities and their beauty. Marcella, Thuany and
South America
Gender Role and Identity
Socioeconomic conditions
Holding the Tradition
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Matthew Fassnidge
.
The annual regatta on the island of Malta has been passionately contested for over 200 years by a number of local rowing clubs. Marsamxett has been dismissed by the others as being a club for ‘old
Western Mediterranean
Sport
Hope, Despair and Laughter: A circus project in Palestine
2007
27
‘
Directed by
Ester Hertog
.
Filmed in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West bank, this film is about a circus summer-camp dedicated to bring laughter and hope for Palestinian children. Children are taught all sorts of activities
Middle and Near East
Development projects
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
Horror in the Andes
2019
33
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it
South America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ethnofiction
Film / Photography / Mass media
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
House No. 15
2018
7
‘
Directed by
Aryo Danusiri
.
Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera
South-East Asia
Everyday Life
Children/ Young people
Sensory Ethnography
Hulme Homes for Hulme People
1992
23
‘
Directed by
Aunund Austena
.
Summer ’92 and Hulme, a densely populated and culturally diverse area of inner city Manchester, is being demolished for the second time in 30 years, this time in consultation with local residents and
British-Irish Isles
Urban