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Films
8 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Family Kinship”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
8
x
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Anguilla
1
Botswana
1
Cyprus
1
Denmark
1
France
1
Nepal
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
7
Family/ Kinship
1
x
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Gender Role and identity
1
Herding
1
LGBTQI*
2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Love
1
Marriage
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Sex / Sexuality
2
Social Change
1
Directors
Coppe, Alexia
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Werbner, Richard
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
5
Country of production
Germany
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
8
x
Year of production
1985
1
1998
1
2007
1
2012
1
2016
2
2018
1
2019
1
Film list
Breaking the Yard
2018
21
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Fighting for Control
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Alexia Coppe
.
An unconventional household of two women and five children in South London, attempting to leave a difficult past behind, and build a happy future.
British-Irish Isles
Family / Kinship
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
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
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship
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
Treasured Moments
2016
33
‘
Student
Directed by
Ravi Hart Lloyd
.
This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought
Caribbean Islands
North America
Family / Kinship
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Film / Photography / Mass media