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Films
9 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Region
“South-East Europe”
x
Country of production
“United Kingdom”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
9
x
Region
South-East Europe
9
x
Country
Cyprus
1
Greece
2
Romania
5
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Children / Young people
2
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Love
1
Memory
2
Post-communism
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Social Change
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Travellers / Roma
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Loïzos, Peter
1
Moggan, Julie
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
7
not set
2
Country of production
Romania
1
United Kingdom
9
x
Year of production
1985
1
1994
1
1998
1
2000
1
2001
1
2002
1
2005
1
2008
1
2010
1
Film list
Endgames
2008
32
‘
Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
.
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe
Post-communism
Elderly people
Memory
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
In the Light of Memory
2010
40
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe
Memory
Post-communism
In Search of Home
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Julie Moggan
.
The Shabani family have been living in Manchester as refugees and are homesick for Kosovo. Feeling increasingly unwelcome in Britain, they return home to confront the nightmares of their recent past,
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Children / Young people
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Into the Field
2005
28
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘Into the Field’ follows the everyday “secular” lives of nuns in a Orthodox nunnery in Romania. Documenting the nuns’ activities, relationships and roles within their community, the film also
South-East Europe
Religion / Belief / Faith
Animation
Rock ‘n’ Pray
2001
24
‘
Directed by
Fotini Stefani
.
The monks from the monastery of Saints Augustine and Serapheim Sarow on mainland Greece have found modern ways to appeal to young people. The film explores how their traditional life co-exists with
South-East Europe
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship
The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Anne Schiltz
.
Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most
South-East Europe
Collective / Community identity
Travellers / Roma
Swings and Roundabouts
1994
30
‘
Directed by
Helen Pratt
.
Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an
South-East Europe
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Development projects