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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
x
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Migration”
x
films with a digital version
6
x
short films
6
x
films available on demand
2
Region
British-Irish Isles
2
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
North America
1
Western Europe
2
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Belgium
1
Greece
1
Italy
1
Mexico
1
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Keywords
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
6
x
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Popular Culture
1
Reflexivity
1
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Resettlement
1
Directors
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Moore, Allen
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Werner, Louis
1
Xu, Beina
1
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
Shorts collection 2
1
not set
4
Country of production
Germany
1
Italy
1
Singapore
1
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Year of production
1996
1
2004
1
2006
1
2016
1
2019
1
2020
1
Film list
Forget Alberto For Now
2020
19
‘
Directed by
Beina Xu
.
A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things
Western Europe
Western Mediterranean
Reflexivity
Migration
Resettlement
Refugees/ Displaced populations
Fragments from the Past
2006
27
‘
Directed by
Vedide Kaymak
Hakan Demiralay
.
In the days before DVD and satellite television, the cinema was important to London’s Turkish speaking population as a place to meet and as a link with home. Eight individuals recount their
British-Irish Isles
Popular Culture
Migration
Film / Photography / Mass media
From There to Here
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Qi Yu Teo
.
In 1949, the author’s young grandfather migrated from An Xi, China, to Singapore. Spending almost 70 years in Singapore, he has only been back home four times. As an immigrant from China,
Central Asia and Far East
Migration
Intergenerational relations
Life Story / Life History
Ghetto PSA
2016
15
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Rossella Schillaci
.
Jacob arrived in Italy alone from French Guinea when he was 11 years old. Today he is 27, and hip hop music is his whole world: it is his way to express dreams, hopes and frustrations, and to not
Western Europe
Music / Ethnomusicology
Migration
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Pepe
2004
23
‘
Directed by
Juana Schlenker
.
Pepe is a Spanish immigrant who came to England more than forty years ago to work as a waiter. After working in several restaurants and hotels, he retired two years ago and now he fills his days with
British-Irish Isles
Migration
Elderly people
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour