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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Agriculture Farming”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
5
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
Melanesia
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Italy
1
Nepal
1
Norway
1
Papua New Guinea
1
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
4
Agriculture/ Farming
1
x
Animals
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Everyday Life
1
Family/ Kinship
1
Gender Role and identity
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Dyson, Jane
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
National Film and Television School
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
1
Country of production
United Kingdom
5
x
Year of production
1987
1
1988
1
1998
1
2003
1
2019
1
Film list
The Dream of Maelen
2003
25
‘
Directed by
Eirik Sandberg
.
Arne Bakke Mælen lives alone on the small family farm he inherited on the edge of a fjord. The farm is no longer viable economically and, like many small farmers in Norway, he has not found a woman
Scandinavia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea
1988
25
‘
Directed by
Ariane Lewis
Jon Jerstad
.
A detailed account of domestic life in the Sepik area of Papua New Guinea, mainly from the women’s point of view. It describes their everyday activities in the ‘gardens’ in order to produce
Melanesia
Agriculture / Farming
Children / Young people
Ritual
Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer
1987
34
‘
Directed by
Bob Edwards
Alastair Kenneil
.
The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina brought the Falkland or Malwinas Islands into the news headlines. This film is less spectacular: It shows the way of life of one inhabitant of this
South America
Animals
Agriculture / Farming
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship
Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Cristina Grasseni
.
An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of
Western Mediterranean
Agriculture / Farming
Social Change