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Caught in a Magic Place 2007 28‘

Directed by Niccolo Patriarca .

A story of sandwiches and generations, ambitions and regrets from the heart of the Italian kitchen.

Western Mediterranean Food Intergenerational relations Labour

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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

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Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis. 2015 29‘

Intangible Culture Directed by Umberto Cao Andrea Mura .

Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in

Western Mediterranean Music / Ethnomusicology Festivals / Carnival Intergenerational relations

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Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love 1998 30‘

Directed by Cristina Grasseni .

An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of

Western Mediterranean Agriculture / Farming Social Change