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5
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9
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4
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6
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6
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5
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1
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8
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16
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5
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7
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6
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1
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1
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1
Baily, John
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
Cai, Hua
2
Cao, Umberto
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
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1
Dunne, Bryony
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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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
Jerstad, Jon
1
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1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Nitzky, William
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Werner, Louis
1
Xu, Beina
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
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1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
3
National Film and Television School
4
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
not set
56
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Australia
1
China
7
Egypt
1
France
1
Germany
3
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1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
2
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
5
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1
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6
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Peru
1
Russia
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
39
United States
11
Uzbekistan
1
not set
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1931
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1964
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1966
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1970
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1975
1
1982
1
1983
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1984
1
1985
1
1987
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1988
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1996
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2000
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2003
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2004
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2008
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2009
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2018
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2019
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2020
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Film list
The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a “court”, which expresses a
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
Herat Films: The City of Herat
1983
21
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Urban
Trade
Herat Films: The Shrines of Herat
1983
30
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
These videos were edited from seven hours of Super 8 film shot by John Baily during two years of ethnomusicological fieldwork carried out in the Herat region of western Afghanistan between 1973 and
Middle and Near East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Urban
Horror in the Andes
2019
33
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
.
Horror in the Andes is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the process of making a horror movie in Ayacucho, Peru. Directed by audio-visual anthropologist Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, it
South America
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ethnofiction
Film / Photography / Mass media
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
House No. 15
2018
7
‘
Directed by
Aryo Danusiri
.
Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera
South-East Asia
Everyday Life
Children/ Young people
Sensory Ethnography