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Films
7 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Migration”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
7
x
films available on demand
3
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
Western Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
2
Country
Belgium
1
Ethiopia
1
Germany
1
Greece
1
Mexico
1
Peru
1
Portugal
1
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Elderly people
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
7
x
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
2
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Resettlement
1
Trade
1
Directors
Coppens, Sharis
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Moore, Allen
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Werner, Louis
1
Xu, Beina
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
2
Country of production
Germany
2
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1996
1
1999
1
2003
1
2004
1
2018
1
2019
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Emails to My Little Sister
2018
35
‘
Directed by
Solomon Mekonen
.
An autoethnographic phenomenology of blackness in Berlin via Ethiopia. The film explores the historical and ongoing relationship between the so-called West and Africa. A brother who lives north of
Western Europe
North and Northeast Africa
Migration
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Reflexivity
Forget Alberto For Now
2020
19
‘
Directed by
Beina Xu
.
A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things
Western Europe
Western Mediterranean
Reflexivity
Migration
Resettlement
Refugees/ Displaced populations
From There to Here
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Qi Yu Teo
.
In 1949, the author’s young grandfather migrated from An Xi, China, to Singapore. Spending almost 70 years in Singapore, he has only been back home four times. As an immigrant from China,
Central Asia and Far East
Migration
Intergenerational relations
Life Story / Life History
Pepe
2004
23
‘
Directed by
Juana Schlenker
.
Pepe is a Spanish immigrant who came to England more than forty years ago to work as a waiter. After working in several restaurants and hotels, he retired two years ago and now he fills his days with
British-Irish Isles
Migration
Elderly people
Round Trip
1999
36
‘
Directed by
Angela Torresan
.
Portrait of a Brazilian woman and her friends, now living in Lisbon, exploring the basis of their sense of identity in the context of a transnational way of life.
Western Mediterranean
Collective / Community identity
Migration
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour
Vivir la Chicha
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Sharis Coppens
.
Chicha music evokes the experiences of the many Peruvians who migrate from the high Andes down to the cities. This film tells the story of Aurora Ramos, a cobbler and market saleswoman, and the role
South America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Trade
Migration