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10
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11
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7
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3
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6
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9
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1
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25
Children / Young people
30
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21
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8
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20
Death
9
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13
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3
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14
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8
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6
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10
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3
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5
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12
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21
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8
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21
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1
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1
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2
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1
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47
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23
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6
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6
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10
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6
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2
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33
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11
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10
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20
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14
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22
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28
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13
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Directors
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1
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1
Ahmad Simon, Kamar
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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11
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
2
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1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brass, Anna
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Brown, David
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Cai, Hua
2
Cao, Umberto
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Colucci, Erminia
3
Croall, Heather
1
Curtis, Edward S.
1
D’onofrio, Alexandra
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Davies, Sera
1
Day, Mike
1
De Groof, Matthias
2
Deger, Jennifer
1
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Deveson, Philippa
1
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Domenig, Aya
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunlop, Ian
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Engelbrecht, Beate
1
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1
Esteva, Jordi
2
Fales, Ludovica
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
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1
Hajee, Amin
1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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3
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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17
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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22
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13
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jamie
1
Taylor, Lucien
1
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1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsering Lepcha, Dawa
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Uribe, Simón
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Williams, Jano
3
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1
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1
Yorke, Michael
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
2
not set
1
van Lanker, Laurent
1
van de Port, Mattijs
3
Östör, Ákos
2
Șalaru, Maria
1
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
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Australia
37
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1
Belgium
8
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Brazil
3
Bulgaria
1
Cameroon
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Canada
4
Chile
1
China
3
Colombia
3
Costa Rica
1
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1
Denmark
4
Egypt
1
Estonia
1
Finland
2
France
12
Germany
16
Hong Kong
1
Hungary
2
Iceland
1
India
21
Indonesia
3
Ireland
1
Italy
10
Jamaica
1
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Kenya
2
Mexico
3
Nepal
1
Netherlands
9
Nigeria
7
Norway
6
Pakistan
1
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1
Peru
1
Portugal
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
Senegal
2
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
Spain
3
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2
Switzerland
8
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1
United Kingdom
99
United States
33
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Film list
The Absence of Apricots
2018
49
‘
Student
Directed by
Daniel Asadi Faezi
.
In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing
South Asia
Environment
Memory
Development projects
Resettlement
Across the Border: Afghan Musicians exiled in Peshawar
2008
54
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
It is the year 2000 and most of Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. Hearing that many of Afghanistain’s musicians are now in exile across the border in Pakistan, ethnomusicologist John
South Asia
Refugees / Displaced populations
Music / Ethnomusicology
Religion / Belief / Faith
Adhiambo – Born in the Evening
2001
66
‘
Directed by
Ruth Prince
Wenzel Geißler
Ruth Tuchtenhagen
.
‘Adhiambo’ means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the language of the Luo of western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month
East Africa
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Aeroplane Dance
1994
58
‘
Directed by
Trevor Graham
.
December 1942: US bomber ‘Little Eva’ was returning to base after a bombing raid over New Guinea. It hit a storm and crashed at Moonlight Creek in Australia’s far north. Aeroplane Dance
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
The Ainu Bear Ceremony
1931
27
‘
Directed by
Neil G. Munro
.
The RAI has reedited the original film of this ceremony among the Ainu people of Japan. In the bear ceremony, now no longer performed, a specially reared bear was reverently killed and its flesh and
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Animals
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Amir – An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshavar, Pakistan
1985
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
The film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Refugees / Displaced populations
Are You Listening!
2012
90
‘
Directed by
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Sara Afreen
.
By the coastal belts of Bangladesh, in a small village named Sutarkhali, Rakhi, 27, lives with her husband Soumen, 32, and their 6 year-old son Rahul. Fighting against all the odds of the woods,
South Asia
Environment
Disasters
Refugees / Displaced populations
Development projects
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
The Art of Regret
2007
60
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
Photography is known in China as the “Art of Regret”. In the rapidly changing city of Kunming, people are ambivalent about whether they want photography to be a medium of preservation and
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Film / Photography / Mass media
At Low Tide
2016
63
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Every day, carrying the simplest of tools, diggers across coastal Maine set out at low tide to dig for clams on the wide mud flats that stretch far into the bay. It is backbreaking work. But it has
North America
Material Culture
Labour
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Atieno
2018
64
‘
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
Awareness
2011
67
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
Filmed in South India, Andhra Pradesh, at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Krishnamurti, ‘Awareness’ explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teenagers,
South Asia
Education / Knowledge transmission
Children / Young people
Ayouni
2020
75
‘
Directed by
Yasmin Fedda
.
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to
Middle and Near East
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Memory
Political Activists