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Films
3 Films
with a digital version available
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Country of production
“France”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
3
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short films
1
films available on demand
2
Region
Melanesia
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Country
France
1
Senegal
1
Vanuatu
1
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Ethnofiction
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Labour
2
Linguistics / Language
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Reflexivity
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Directors
Francois, Alexandre
1
Mai, Nick
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Series
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
2
Country of production
France
3
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Year of production
2008
1
2016
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Land Lot S7
2020
28
‘
Directed by
Abtin Sarabi
.
Following sugar cane field workers in Senegal as they chop and burn their way through seemingly endless fields, this poetic film takes an unconventional approach to understanding the gruelling work
West Africa
Labour
Agriculture / Farming
The Poet’s Salary
2008
59
‘
Directed by
Eric Wittersheim
Alexandre Francois
.
For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island’s ancestors’ language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the
Melanesia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Linguistics / Language
Informant-researcher relationship
Travel (double screen)
2016
63
‘
Directed by
Nick Mai
.
(This version of the film uses a split-screen device throughout. For the single screen version see ‘Travel’). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She knew that she was
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Labour
Migration
Ethnofiction
Reflexivity