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Films
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3
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12
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5
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1
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3
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1
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1
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3
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5
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1
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2
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7
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6
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4
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4
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16
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9
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1
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24
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1
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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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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
Poland
1
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1
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1
Romania
3
Russian Federation
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
United Kingdom
16
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20
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1
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1
Various
4
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3
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1
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1
not set
5
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
9
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
8
Animals
11
Animation
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
5
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
5
Art / Artists / Artisans
14
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
21
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
21
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
10
Dance / Theatre / Performance
6
Death
9
Development projects
6
Digital media
1
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
9
Education / Knowledge transmission
4
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
3
Environment
5
Essay film
1
Ethnofiction
3
Everyday Life
13
Family / Kinship
10
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
42
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
3
Folklore
38
Food / Water
6
Gender Role and Identity
22
Gender Role and identity
1
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10
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1
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1
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3
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2
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7
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4
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
8
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2
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
18
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6
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6
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2
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3
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3
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2
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7
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8
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3
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4
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7
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7
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2
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13
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17
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1
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1
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4
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4
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4
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8
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2
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1
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1
Public Figure
5
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8
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10
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6
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
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23
Research Methods
1
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1
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4
Ritual
15
Rural
15
Sensory Ethnography
1
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8
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
13
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6
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2
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2
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9
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5
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5
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6
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
2
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11
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4
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9
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7
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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
Balikci, Asen
2
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
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
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Haddis, Tesfahun
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Howes, Arthur
1
Husmann, Rolf
2
Jayasankar, KP
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Johnston, Ned
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kezich, Giovanni
1
Kildea, Gary
1
Kriszio, Janina
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Landseer, Kimona
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lappalainen, Heimo
2
Lawrence, Andy
1
Leach, Jerry
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Loizos, Peter
1
Longinotto, Kim
4
Lopes, André
1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
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
Mansu, Marcia
1
Marin, Nadja
1
McKenzie, Kim
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Milling, Julie
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Monteiro, Anjali
1
Moore, Allen
1
Moser, Brian
1
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Musleh, Hanna
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Ndinya, June
1
Newman, David
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Otto, Ton
1
Owen, Chris
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Papenbrook, Jana
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
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Making Worlds Otherwise
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Paul Gurrumuruwuy
Jennifer Deger
Enid Guruŋulmiwuy
Warren Balpatji
Meredith Balanydjarrk
James Ganambarr
Kayleen Djingadjingawuy
Victoria Baskin Coffey
Sebastian Lowe
.
An exuberant experiment in the ethnographic art of remix that gives new form to Miyarrka Media’s project of yuṯa, or new, anthropology. Sound, images, colour, light, and deeply felt patterns of
Australia
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Internet
Digital media
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Marriage, Maoism and Modernity
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
This film outlines the types of marriage exchange practiced in a Chinese village over the last fifty years. Dowry, brideprice and exchange marriages have dominated the marriage market in turn as
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
History
Social Change
Mongolia part 2: The City on the Steppes
1975
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
The second of two films on Mongolia made by Granada Television in 1974–75 looks at life in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia and home of a quarter of the population. The city celebrates the 53rd
Central Asia and Far East
Festivals / Carnival
Urban
Everyday Life
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
My Eyes as a Stranger
1984
53
‘
Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
This film tells the story of the friendship between an English filmmaker and Nicola, a Sicilian ex-gangster who lives in Florence. The film moves to and fro between a street of ill repute, and the
South-East Europe
Gender Role and Identity