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Films
8 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Children Young people”
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Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
7
short films
8
x
Region
Central America
1
Melanesia
2
Middle and Near East
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
2
West Africa
1
Country
Afghanistan
1
Burkina Faso
1
Ethiopia
1
India
1
Jordan
1
Mexico
1
Papua New Guinea
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
8
x
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
2
Everyday Life
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Labour
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Prison
1
Reflexivity
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Baily, John
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
MacDougall, David
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
Series
not set
8
x
Country of production
Australia
1
India
1
Japan
1
Jordan
1
Mexico
1
Slovenia
1
United Kingdom
3
not set
1
Year of production
1988
1
1990
1
2006
1
2008
1
2012
1
2013
2
2014
1
Film list
Arnav At Six
2012
28
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
‘
Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, ‘Boya Boya (Shine Shine)’ looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child’s point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Chantal’s Choice
1990
30
‘
Directed by
Priscilla Hinckley
Carlyn Saltman
.
Adolescents in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, create a play for their peers in Europe and the USA. They enact an African folktale about a girl who faces a painful dilemma because she is determined to stay in school.
West Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Children / Young people
Reproduction (biology)
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
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
Out of Focus
2013
37
‘
Directed by
Adrian Arcé
Antonio Zirión
.
This is a collaborative documentary about arts, culture and everyday life inside a prison for minors. It was shot during a photography and video workshop with young inmates at the Juvenile Community
Central America
Children / Young people
Prison
Art / Artists / Artisans
Reflexivity
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
‘
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity