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Films
9 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Memory”
x
films with a digital version
3
short films
9
x
Region
Central America
1
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
South America
2
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
2
Country
Italy
1
Myanmar
1
Palestine
1
Peru
2
Portugal
1
Romania
2
United States
1
Venezuela
1
Keywords
Disasters
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
History
1
Memory
9
x
Migration
1
Popular Culture
1
Post-communism
2
Trade
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
3
Directors
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
5
Yangon Film School
1
not set
3
Country of production
Myanmar
1
United Kingdom
8
Venezuela
1
Year of production
1992
1
1994
1
2002
2
2008
1
2010
1
2011
1
2012
1
2015
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
Between Memories
2015
34
‘
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Eudosia is still searching for her husband’s remains in the highlands of Ayacucho; Lucero has been in prison for 25 years now for the crime of terrorism against the Peruvian state; since 2009 the
South America
Memory
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Business as Usual
2002
27
‘
Directed by
Lucy Pardee
.
Everyone knows about Ground Zero in New York, but have you bought into the memory? Big Mike, Tyrone and the other street vendors will sell you part of the disaster whilst offering you their views on
North America
Trade
Memory
Disasters
Cinema Pedregal
1994
27
‘
Directed by
Ricardo Leizaola
.
For forty years Alejandro Farfán has been making and showing films in El Pedregal. Now located in the heart of Caracas, this community was a small village when Alejandro first went to the cinema.
Central America
Popular Culture
Urban
Film / Photography / Mass media
Memory
Endgames
2008
32
‘
Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
.
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Elderly people
Memory
Going Back Home
1992
35
‘
Directed by
Catarina Alves-Costa
.
For those who live in the city, each and every summer is about going back to Arga, the village in Northern Portugal, which they left to find work. For the few who have stayed, their return brings
Western Mediterranean
Migration
Memory
In the Light of Memory
2010
40
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe
Memory
Post-communism
Letters from Palestine
2011
35
‘
Directed by
Ludovica Fales
.
What if in your great-grandfather’s letters there is a mystery your family doesn’t want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never
Western Mediterranean
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
History
Self Defence
2002
28
‘
Directed by
María Elena Planas
.
With the Shining Path guerilla movement in decline, the government in Peru set up a Commission for Peace and Reconciliation to hear the testimonies of those who had suffered in the war. Framed by the
South America
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory