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Films
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12
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7
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16
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9
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24
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1
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4
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2
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1
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1
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5
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1
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1
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3
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1
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5
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1
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2
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2
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4
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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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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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2
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3
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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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2
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16
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20
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1
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1
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4
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3
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1
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1
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5
Keywords
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9
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1
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8
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11
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1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
5
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1
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5
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14
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1
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2
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21
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1
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21
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10
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6
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9
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6
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1
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2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
9
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4
Elderly People
1
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3
Environment
5
Essay film
1
Ethnofiction
3
Everyday Life
13
Family / Kinship
10
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Festivals / Carnival
42
Festivals/ Carnival
1
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3
Folklore
38
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6
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22
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10
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3
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7
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13
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4
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15
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15
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Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arias Ortiz, Carolina
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asch, Patsy
3
Asch, Timothy
4
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
Ayisi, Florence
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balikci, Anna
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
Beier, Ulli
1
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1
Benfield, Andy
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Blake, John
1
Bloching, Max
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Cai, Hua
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Colucci, Erminia
2
Connor, Linda
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Croall, Heather
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davies, Sera
1
De Groof, Matthias
1
Defersha, Eyob
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Diaz, Juan Diego
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dukmak, Abd Alrahman
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Esteva, Jordi
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Forge, Anthony
1
Fox, J.
1
Fox, James J.
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Fruzzetti, Lina
2
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Gazidis, Dorothea
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Griggs, David
1
Grimshaw, Anna
12
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
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1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
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1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hanson, Kieran
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
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Howes, Arthur
1
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2
Jayasankar, KP
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnson, Dul
1
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1
Johnston, Ned
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
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
Lehto, Veera
1
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1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Loizos, Peter
1
Longinotto, Kim
4
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
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1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lydall, Jean
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
15
MacDougall, Judith
7
Mafundikwa, Karen Marks
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
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
Moore, Allen
1
Moser, Brian
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
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1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Otto, Ton
1
Owen, Chris
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
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1
Paterek, Austin
1
Pereira, Nilton
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
3
Roy, Rahul
1
Sandall, Roger
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
3
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Shuffield, Robin
1
Singer, André
4
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Song, Zhifang
3
Sorensen, Richard
1
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
3
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Strecker, Ivo
1
Strecker, Kaira
1
Suhr, Christian
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
3
Werner, Louis
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
5
not set
1
van de Port, Mattijs
1
Östör, Ákos
2
𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
4
Carnival King of Europe
38
Caught in a Web
3
Decolonising Shorts
4
Disappearing World Series
2
Doon School Project
2
George’s Place
2
George’s Place: A seven part film series
5
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
44
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
2
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
5
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
2
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
3
Strangers Abroad
3
Sudan Trilogy
1
Taiga Nomads
2
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Turkana Conversations
1
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
93
Country of production
Australia
26
Belgium
3
Brazil
2
Canada
1
China
5
Colombia
1
Costa Rica
1
Côte d’Ivoire
1
Denmark
3
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
4
Finland
2
France
4
Germany
12
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Iceland
1
India
8
Indonesia
2
Italy
40
Jamaica
1
Japan
4
Kenya
1
Mexico
1
Netherlands
4
Nigeria
3
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Singapore
1
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
Taiwan
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
87
United States
34
Uzbekistan
1
not set
3
Year of production
not set
1
1963
1
1964
1
1969
1
1972
1
1973
2
1974
1
1975
1
1976
1
1978
2
1979
1
1980
2
1981
2
1982
1
1983
2
1984
3
1985
5
1986
6
1987
2
1988
3
1989
3
1991
3
1992
3
1993
2
1994
2
1995
3
1996
3
1997
1
1998
3
1999
4
2000
2
2001
8
2002
4
2003
3
2004
5
2005
5
2006
3
2007
3
2008
12
2009
12
2010
8
2011
9
2012
6
2013
9
2014
11
2015
9
2016
10
2017
11
2018
9
2019
14
2020
20
2021
2
2022
1
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Film list
Dancing Grass. Harvesting teff in the Tigrean highlands
2018
40
‘
Directed by
Mitiku Gabrehiwot
.
Dancing Grass is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). It captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient
North and Northeast Africa
Agriculture / Farming
Food / Water
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
The Day of the Masks on the Karst
2017
14
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
A small village in the Slovenian Karst is entirely taken over by the local masks, the so called “Škoromati”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 7 – THE PASTORAL LEGACY**. The
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
The Day of the Pustje on Mt. Matajur
2015
11
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
Throughout western Slovenia, Pust or Pustje are the names given to the Carnival dummy and the same names are also used in the Italian side of the Julian Alps. This film is part of **Carnival King
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
The Day of the Rams in Gljev
2012
17
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The Didi of Gljev, in the Dalmatian hinterland, are fully-fledged rams and for the duration a day they act and behave as if they were a single magical flock. This film is part of **Carnival King
South-East Europe
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore
The Day of the Zanni
2016
17
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
The Zanni of central Italy, are the same as the Pulcinella of the South of Italy or the Lachè in the North. They are Carnival heralds, clad in white, with a pointed, ribboned, imposing headpiece.
South-East Europe
Folklore
Festivals / Carnival
The Double Walk of the Joaldunak
2011
10
‘
Directed by
Michele Trentini
.
Joaldunak are “those who resound”, the great bell ringers heralding the Carnival parade between the twin villages of Ituren and Zubieta in the Basque-speaking Spanish Naffaroa. This film is
Western Mediterranean
Festivals / Carnival
Folklore