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Films
14 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Family Kinship”
x
films with a digital version
8
short films
14
x
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Asia and Far East
3
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
3
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Anguilla
1
Bangladesh
1
Botswana
1
China
3
Cyprus
1
Denmark
1
France
1
Indonesia
1
Myanmar
1
Nepal
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Animals
1
Collective / Community identity
3
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
13
Family/ Kinship
1
x
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
Gender Role and Identity
4
Gender Role and identity
1
Herding
1
LGBTQI*
2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Love
1
Marriage
3
Memory
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Ritual
2
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
3
Social Change
2
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Cai, Hua
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Fox, James J.
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
2
Seaman, Gary
2
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
2
Werbner, Richard
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
Song Family Village
2
Yangon Film School
1
not set
7
Country of production
Australia
1
China
3
Germany
1
Myanmar
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
8
United States
3
Year of production
1985
1
1988
1
1989
1
1995
1
1998
1
2007
1
2009
2
2012
2
2016
2
2018
1
2019
1
Film list
Behind the Screen
2012
35
‘
Directed by
Aung Nwai Htway
.
A son dissects his parents’ marriage – they were film icons in 1960s Myanmar. It turns out the heartrending scenes they acted out on the silver screen are a pretty accurate reflection of their
South-East Asia
Film / Photography / Mass media
Family / Kinship
Memory
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
The Secret of the Stone
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Located on the North China Plain about 200 miles south of Beijing, ‘Song Family Village’ is home to about 1,300 people. Some 80% of all villagers are members of a single lineage of the Song surname.
Central Asia and Far East
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Ritual
Festivals / Carnival
Seed and Earth
1989
36
‘
Directed by
Lina Fruzzetti
Alfred Guzzetti
Ned Johnston
Ákos Östör
.
Seed on Earth is a film about everyday life in rural Bangladesh (village of Janta, near Bishnupur town). It follows the daily schedule of two families and observes the complementary and difference of
South Asia
Rural
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
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
Spear and Sword: a Payment of Bridewealth on the Island of Roti
1988
22
‘
Directed by
James J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
The film begins as the groom’s side gathers the animals and money for a bridewealth payment, and discusses problems that might arise in negotiating the exchange. In ritual silence, they walk to the
South-East Asia
Ritual
Marriage
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
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality