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Films
9 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Tourism Travel Pilgrimage”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
9
x
films available on demand
2
Region
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
2
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
1
South-East Europe
2
Western Europe
1
Country
China
3
Colombia
1
Germany
1
Greece
2
Mexico
1
Norway
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
History
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Love
2
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Public Figure
1
Ritual
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Change
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
7
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Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
Trade
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Berg, Julia
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Nitzky, William
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
7
Pleasure Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
Country of production
Colombia
1
Greece
1
United Kingdom
6
United States
1
Year of production
1998
1
2002
2
2003
1
2008
1
2009
1
2010
1
2020
2
Film list
All that Glitters
2003
32
‘
Directed by
Irene Petropoulou
.
For the people of Olympos, a small mountain village on the Greek island of Carpathos, preserving tradition is of great importance, not least as a source of income. The parading ‘brides’ of the Virgin
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Intergenerational relations
Ritual
Bang the Drum
2020
28
‘
Directed by
William Nitzky
.
For the Yao minority in rural southwest China, the bronze drum is a sacred heritage. Its sound aids the souls of deceased elders in reaching the ancestral land. When the Chinese government steps in
Central Asia and Far East
Music/ Ethnomusicology
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Rural
Shamans and Shamanism
Beautiful Dachau
2008
30
‘
Directed by
Alan Marcus
.
Beautiful Dachau is an experimental documentary that observes streams of visitors to the Dachau concentration camp, now a popular tourist attraction. 800,000 people visit the site annually.
Western Europe
History
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Harpoons and Heartache
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Bessie Morris
.
Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Gender Role and Identity
Love
The Most Admired Man
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Julia Berg
.
‘Wise’? ‘Serene’? ‘A Sage’? Mythologized as the Daoist physician from the Jade Dragon Mountain of Lijiang Province in southwest China , Dr Ho receives hundreds of visitors in search of the ‘Real
South-East Asia
Public Figure
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
They Say We’re All Winners
2002
32
‘
Directed by
Mari Finnestad
.
The Zimbabwean girls’ team comes to Norway to take part in the world’s largest kids’ football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this well-intentioned cultural exchange because some of the
Scandinavia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Sport
Collective / Community identity
Vendemos Recuerdos
2009
25
‘
Directed by
Carolina Corral Paredes
.
Carlos is an enthusiastic tour guide and Doña Rosa is an indigenous old woman that sells crafts in the market. Both of their life’s works are an effort to provide what inquisitive tourists might
Central America
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Trade
Views from Heavenly Lake
2010
26
‘
Directed by
Polly Vinken
.
Since the beginning of the Mao era in 1949, populations that were once nomadic, isolated by miles of desert and mountains across the Tian Shan ranges, are now becoming highly sought after objects of
Central Asia and Far East
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Social Change