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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“Middle and Near East”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
5
short films
5
x
Region
Middle and Near East
5
x
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Afghanistan
2
Italy
1
Jordan
1
Palestine
1
Yemen
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
History
1
Labour
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Trade
1
Urban
2
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Baily, John
2
Boswall, Karen
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Series
not set
5
x
Country of production
Jordan
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1983
2
2004
1
2011
1
2014
1
Film list
Boya Boya (Shine Shine)
2014
18
‘
Directed by
Karen Boswall
Ruba Al Akash
.
A portrait of Syrian refugee Mohammed, a 12-year-old shoe shine boy, ‘Boya Boya (Shine Shine)’ looks at the reality of the growing population of urban refugees from a child’s point of view. While
Middle and Near East
Children / Young people
Refugees / Displaced populations
Labour
Herat Films: The City of Herat
1983
21
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Urban
Trade
Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat
1983
30
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
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
The Veil Unveiled
2004
29
‘
Directed by
Vanessa Langer
.
In Yemen, the land of Queen Saba, a wide variety of veils can be found. In the capital Sana’a, the women, although at first sight appearing to all be wearing but black, distinguish themselves one
Middle and Near East
Gender Role and Identity
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith