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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
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shorter than 40 minutes
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Region
“British-Irish Isles”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
6
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short films
6
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films available on demand
1
Region
British-Irish Isles
6
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Country
United Kingdom
6
Keywords
Animals
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
1
Death
1
Elderly people
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Life Story/ Life History
1
Migration
2
Personal Narrative
1
Popular Culture
1
Ritual
1
Urban
1
Directors
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Owles, Ed
1
Ross, Nina
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
Series
National Film and Television School
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
4
Country of production
United Kingdom
6
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Year of production
1982
1
2003
1
2004
1
2006
1
2007
1
2020
1
Film list
Cultivating Death
2003
23
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Directed by
Martin Gruber
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Cemeteries are not only places for the dead. They are also spaces in which the living interact with each other – and with the dead. “Cultivating Death” depicts the different ways in which
British-Irish Isles
Death
Ritual
The Daring Young Girl on the Flying Trapeze
2020
27
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Directed by
Nina Ross
.
As a child, Nancy Willis dreamt of joining the circus, longing for freedom and adventure. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and told she would not live beyond her twenties, the now 65-year-old artist
British-Irish Isles
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Personal Narrative
Health/ Health care/ Healing
Life Story/ Life History
Fragments from the Past
2006
27
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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
John the Eel Trapper
1982
28
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Directed by
Toni de Bromhead
.
The fens of East Anglia provide the scenery for this documentary. At the centre of the film is John, a solitary character, who makes his living by trapping eels in the numerous canals of the area.
British-Irish Isles
Animals
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Pepe
2004
23
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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
Southeast London Ethnography – Three Student Films: Anglesea Road; The Good Ol’ Days; Talk of Trade
2007
13
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Directed by
Elhum Shakerifar
Ed Owles
Jamie Taylor
.
These 3 films on Southeast London were made by GCC college students who took a course in anthropology & film. ANGLESEA ROAD: Situated in Woolwich, South East London, Anglesea Road is a small
British-Irish Isles
Urban