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Films
8 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“British-Irish Isles”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
8
x
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
8
x
West Africa
1
Country
Nigeria
1
Sierra Leone
1
United Kingdom
8
Keywords
Animals
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Development projects
1
Elderly people
1
Festivals / Carnival
1
Folklore
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Life Story/ Life History
1
Migration
1
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
1
Public Figure
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
2
Travellers / Roma
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Basu, Paul
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Henley, Paul
1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Ross, Nina
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Trentini, Michele
1
Series
Carnival King of Europe
1
Decolonising Shorts
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
4
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
1
Country of production
Canada
1
Italy
1
United Kingdom
7
Year of production
1995
1
1996
1
1999
1
2004
1
2010
2
2018
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
Faces Voices
2018
18
‘
Directed by
Paul Basu
Christopher Thomas Allen
.
The film complicates any simple reading of a colonial photographic archive from Southern Nigeria and Sierra Leone that was collected between 1909 and 1915. Through a collaborative creative effort
West Africa
British-Irish Isles
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
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
Raised by Humans
2010
25
‘
Directed by
Karlia Campbell
.
‘Raised by Humans’ follows two dogs with difficult life histories as volunteers from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals try to find families to adopt them in Stockport,
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Development projects
The Thompsons
1996
29
‘
Directed by
Andy Lawrence
.
In 1996 the troubles in Northern Ireland continued to the sound of beating drums and marching feet. This is the story of a Protestant family in rural Ulster and their fight to remain British and free from Irish rule.
British-Irish Isles
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Two Ears, One Mouth
1999
25
‘
Directed by
Andy Benfield
.
Duncan Williamson is of Traveller descent and lives in Scotland, Amy Douglas is fifty years younger and lives in Cheshire. But they share a love for telling stories and both manage to make a living
British-Irish Isles
Travellers / Roma
Art / Artists / Artisans
We Are Born to Survive
1995
30
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Paul Okojie
.
A political biography of the activist Kath Locke, from Manchester’s Moss Side, based on an interview conducted by her political comrade Paul Okojie shortly before her death in 1992, aged 64.
British-Irish Isles
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Public Figure
A good day in Sharnford. God Speed the Plough!
2010
14
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
In the heart of Ye Olde England, the first Monday after the Epiphany is still “Plough Monday”, with the ritual parading of a decorated plough and the Morris Dance. This film is part of
British-Irish Isles
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore