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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Festival Prize Category
“Student”
x
films with a digital version
6
x
short films
6
x
films available on demand
1
Region
Caribbean Islands
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
East Africa
1
North America
2
Scandinavia
1
Western Europe
1
Country
Anguilla
1
Denmark
1
Russian Federation
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
Tanzania
1
United States
2
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
2
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
3
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Intergenerational relations
1
LGBTQI*
2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Sex / Sexuality
2
Social Change
1
Directors
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Series
not set
6
Country of production
Russia
1
Switzerland
1
Tanzania
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
2012
1
2015
2
2016
3
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
Land of Udehe
2015
26
‘
Student
Directed by
Ivan Golovnev
.
This film takes us into the world of Udehe – indigenous people of the Far East of Russia. According to the census of 2010, their population dropped to 1,490 souls…
Central Asia and Far East
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Treasured Moments
2016
33
‘
Student
Directed by
Ravi Hart Lloyd
.
This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought
Caribbean Islands
North America
Family / Kinship
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Film / Photography / Mass media
The Way We Live Now
2016
32
‘
Student
Directed by
Sophia Hersi Smith
.
‘The Way We Live Now’ is an intimate portrait of the daily routines and rituals of the Hadza; modern-day hunter-gatherers living in the acacia-baobab woodlands surrounding Lake Eyasi in North-Central
East Africa
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Everyday Life
Youth Group
2015
28
‘
Student
Directed by
Wanwan Lu
.
Set in the predominantly Asian “ethnoburbs” of Los Angeles County, this film follows a vibrant Buddhist youth group in a Chinese-American temple. Youth group members, most raised by immigrant
North America
Collective / Community identity
Religion / Belief / Faith
Intergenerational relations