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Films
5 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“South Asia”
x
Keywords
“Children Young people”
x
films with a digital version
1
short films
5
x
Region
South Asia
5
x
Country
Afghanistan
1
India
4
Keywords
Children / Young people
5
x
Education / Knowledge Transmission
4
Gender Role and Identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Urban
1
Directors
Baily, John
1
Engels, Claudia
1
MacDougall, David
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
3
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
India
1
United Kingdom
4
United States
1
Year of production
2002
1
2008
1
2010
1
2012
1
2013
1
Film list
Arnav At Six
2012
28
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
Filmed as a collaborative project with Arnav Koshy in 2008, this film explores the mind and activities of an intelligent and observant child of six. Arnav is fascinated by the geology, plant-life,
South Asia
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Lessons from the Tiger
2010
22
‘
Directed by
Ife Olatunji
.
A brief glimpse into the Foundation Fior Di Loto girls’ school, this film explores the competing ideas of traditional and contemporary womanhood in Rajasthan, India. Four girls introduce us to the
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Ravi and Bhajay
2002
26
‘
Directed by
Rachel Webster
.
Street boys Ravi and Bhajay lead a tough life on the pavements of Mumbai in India. To get away from it, they visit the nearby holy city of Ujjain with the film-maker. But the call of life on the streets is still strong.
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Urban
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
A Spark in Him
2008
28
‘
Directed by
Claudia Engels
.
‘A Spark in Him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By
South Asia
Health / Health care / Healing
Children / Young people
Education / Knowledge Transmission