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Films
11 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Animals”
x
films with a digital version
7
short films
11
x
films available on demand
3
Region
British-Irish Isles
3
Central Asia and Far East
3
North America
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
2
Western Europe
1
Country
Canada
1
China
1
France
1
Indonesia
2
Japan
1
Taiwan
1
United Kingdom
3
not set
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Animals
11
x
Development projects
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Elderly People
1
Family / Kinship
1
Food / Water
1
Herding
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
3
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Ritual
1
Directors
Campbell, Karlia
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Gao, Ang
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Rice, Tom
1
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
National Film and Television School
3
Shorts Collection 2
3
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
1
Canada
1
China
1
Germany
1
Taiwan
1
United Kingdom
8
Year of production
1931
1
1982
1
1983
1
1987
1
2001
1
2004
1
2007
1
2010
1
2019
2
2020
1
Film list
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Fish Have Feelings Too
2001
23
‘
Directed by
Tom Rice
.
For Jack and Stan, two men from Manchester, koi carp have become something more than an obsession. Not only have their pets become a source of fame and distinction, but of affection and mutually
British-Irish Isles
Animals
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
John the Eel Trapper
1982
28
‘
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
The fens of East Anglia provide the scenery for this documentary. At the centre of the film is John, a solitary character, who makes his living by trapping eels in the numerous canals of the area.
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Leyssart
2007
30
‘
Directed by
Alexander Hirl
.
Living among 8,000 animals in the South of France, Thérèse and Dominique live their passion as herders and breeders. Their philosophy of life makes us reflect on the nature of relationships between
Western Europe
Animals
Herding
Family / Kinship
Lives and Deaths between Ebbs and Flows
2019
14
‘
Directed by
Futuru C.L. Tsai
.
Futuru Tsai explores the relationship between Amis people and the sea in this playful portrait of maritime culture in coastal Taiwan. The film focuses on various social and practical activities in
Central Asia and Far East
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
Muktuk
1983
40
‘
Directed by
Graham Johnston
.
Shot on the mosquito-ridden shores of the Mackenzie Delta in Canada’s North-West territories, the film deals with the annual Beluga (white whale) hunt. Three families are followed who have
North America
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Education / Knowledge transmission
The Ospreys and the Old Man
2020
9
‘
Directed by
Ang Gao
.
A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most
Central Asia and Far East
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Animals
Elderly People
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
Small Man of the Forest
2004
37
‘
Directed by
Hugh Hartford
.
Murray Collins leaves his city life in search of a bipedal ape. On his journey to highland Sumatra, he meets an academic, three farmers, two conservationists and a shaman, all of whom advise him on
South-East Asia
Animals
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing