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13
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4
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16
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1
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7
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5
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1
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7
Madagascar
1
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1
Mexico
7
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2
Morocco
2
Myanmar
2
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5
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1
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8
Pakistan
6
Palestine
1
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7
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1
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4
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1
Romania
2
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1
Russian Federation
6
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1
Senegal
3
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1
Singapore
1
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2
South Africa
2
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1
Spain
3
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1
Sudan
7
Sweden
1
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2
Syria
1
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
2
Tibet
1
Togo
1
Turkey
2
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1
United Kingdom
16
United States
22
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1
Vanuatu
1
Various
9
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4
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1
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
1
not set
4
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
9
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Alternative culture
6
Animals
16
Animation
2
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
4
Archaeology
4
Archival material / Museum displays
7
Art / Artists / Artisans
16
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
17
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
26
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
4
Dance / Theatre / Performance
13
Death
5
Development projects
9
Disasters
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
6
Education / Knowledge transmission
3
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
3
Environment
8
Ethnofiction
5
Everyday Life
23
Family / Kinship
15
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
12
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
13
Folklore
1
Food
2
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
28
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
23
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
Herding
11
History
7
History of Anthropology
13
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
13
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
8
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
23
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7
Infrastructure / Transport
7
Infrastructure/transport
1
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6
Intergenerational relations
7
Internet
2
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5
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20
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11
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4
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4
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1
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2
Love
1
Marriage
10
Material Culture
12
Memory
6
Migration
18
Music / Ethnomusicology
20
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1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths / Fairy tales
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
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Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
10
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3
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6
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8
Post-communism
4
Prison
2
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5
Race / Racism / Antiracism
4
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8
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12
Refugees/ Displaced populations
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35
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3
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3
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3
Ritual
45
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21
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15
Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
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Al Akash, Ruba
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Arnott, Susi
1
Asadi Faezi, Daniel
1
Ash, David
1
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
Baily, John
10
Balikci, Anna
1
Balikci, Asen
1
Balikci-Denjongpa, Anna
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Basu, Helene
1
Beckham, Michael
2
Beier, Ulli
1
Bhattachary, Nilanjan
1
Blake, John
2
Bonifacio, Valentina
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
2
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brass, Anna
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Brice, Mark
1
Bringa, Tone
1
Bringas, Sylvie
1
Brown, David
1
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Cai, Hua
2
Cao, Umberto
1
Carr, Peter
1
Chabamier, Gabriel
1
Chabanier, Gabriel
1
Chambers, Simon
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christie, Debbie
1
Colucci, Erminia
3
Contreras, Isis
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Cross, Stephen
1
Curling, Chris
5
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Day, Mike
1
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Diengdoh, Wanphrang
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Dineen, Molly
1
Dontchev, Antonii
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dumont, Dirk
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Entell, Peter
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Folly, Anne Laure
1
Fossgard-Moser, Titus
1
Francois, Alexandre
1
Gao, Ang
1
Garland, Christy
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Getzels, Peter
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Gordon, Harriet
1
Grieco, Anthony
1
Grigsby, Michael
1
Grimshaw, Anna
13
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Grossenbacher, Ulrich
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Haensch, Valerie
1
Hajee, Amin
1
Hardie, Amy
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harries, Andy
3
Harrison, Ross
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Hawkins, Russel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Hellwig, Jean
1
Henley, Paul
3
Heusch, Luc de
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Holtedahl, Lisbet
1
Hopkins, Ben
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Howes, Arthur
3
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Husmann, Rolf
1
Hörmann, André
1
Iteanu, Andre
1
Jaquerod, Muriel
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
2
Johnson, Dul
1
Johnston, Graham
2
Journet, Martine
2
Kapon, Eytan
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawanami, Hiroko
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kerlogue, Fiona
1
Kharel, Dipesh
2
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Kurutuac, Judith
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lancker, Laurent Van
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Lappalainen, Heimo
3
Lasko, Claire
2
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lepcha, Dawa
1
Lepcha, Dawa T
1
Levie, Francoise
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lindner, Tobias
1
Llewelyn-Davies, Melissa
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loizos, Peter
2
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Luethi, Damaris
1
MacDonald, Bruce
3
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Mai, Nick
2
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Milne, Claudia
1
Milner, George
1
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Mollona, Massimiliano
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Mora, Alba
1
Mora, Yves
1
Moser, Brian
7
Mukhopadhayay, Kanchan
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Møhl, Perle
1
Nairn, Charlie
5
Ndinya, June
1
Nguyen, M. Trinh
1
Niglas, Liivo
1
Nitzky, William
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Nougarol, Gérard
2
Opipari, Carmen
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Pakaslahti, Antti
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Pasini, Carlos
2
Picard, David
1
Powell, Harry
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robinson, Paul
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saito, Asami
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Sanmartí, Anna
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo
1
Schillaci, Rosella
1
Schillaci, Rossella
2
Schlenker, Juana
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Seitz, Anni
1
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Shalygin, Cliff Orloff and Olga
1
Sheahan, Tom
1
Sheppard, John
4
Shuffield, Robin
1
Sincich, Francesco
1
Singer, André
17
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Solomons, Natasha
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Sowa, Remigiusz (aka Remi)
1
Speed, Frank
7
Sperschneider, Werner
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Sturtevant, Chuck
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Tari, János
2
Taylor, Jamie
1
Tender, Priit
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Timbert, Sylvie
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Wason, David
5
Werbner, Richard
1
Werner, Louis
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wester, Hasse
1
Whitby-Coles, Charlotte
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Winter, Pattie
1
Wittersheim, Eric
1
Woodhead, Leslie
12
Xu, Beina
1
Yorke, Michael
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
1
Șalaru, Maria
1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
3
Disappearing World Series
54
Forbidden Rites
3
George’s Place
2
George’s Place: A seven part film series
5
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
3
Mr Coperthwaite: a life in the Maine Woods
4
National Film and Television School
10
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
Strangers Abroad
6
Sudan Trilogy
3
Taiga Nomads
3
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
1
not set
161
Country of production
Argentina
1
Australia
3
Belgium
5
Bolivia
1
Brazil
1
Bulgaria
1
Canada
2
Chile
1
China
7
Denmark
3
Egypt
1
Estonia
1
Finland
4
France
10
Germany
10
Hungary
2
Iceland
1
India
7
Indonesia
4
Italy
7
Japan
5
Jordan
1
Kenya
2
Mexico
5
Nepal
1
Netherlands
6
Nigeria
7
Norway
4
Pakistan
2
Peru
1
Portugal
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
Senegal
2
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
2
Switzerland
7
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
151
United States
32
Uzbekistan
1
not set
3
Year of production
not set
1
1931
1
1952
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1971
3
1972
2
1973
2
1974
8
1975
5
1976
1
1977
5
1979
3
1980
2
1982
4
1983
8
1984
3
1985
3
1986
8
1987
9
1988
10
1989
9
1990
6
1991
6
1992
3
1993
3
1994
1
1995
1
1996
3
1997
2
1998
3
1999
6
2000
2
2001
4
2002
4
2003
4
2004
2
2005
5
2006
8
2007
5
2008
8
2009
11
2010
5
2011
5
2012
11
2013
12
2014
8
2015
11
2016
12
2017
1
2018
7
2019
9
2020
13
2021
2
Film list
Ian Gleadell: A Falkland Farmer
1987
34
‘
Directed by
Bob Edwards
Alastair Kenneil
.
The 1982 war between Britain and Argentina brought the Falkland or Malwinas Islands into the news headlines. This film is less spectacular: It shows the way of life of one inhabitant of this
South America
Animals
Agriculture / Farming
Ignacio’s Legacy
2016
52
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Titus Fossgard-Moser
.
Between 1960 and 1992, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Brian Moser made four films concerning indigenous peoples of northwest Amazonia: "Piraparana" (1960), "War of the Gods"
South America
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Change
Reflexivity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
1988
69
‘
Directed by
Richard Hawkins
.
An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts
East Africa
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
In the Light of Memory
2010
40
‘
Directed by
Alyssa Grossman
.
‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe
Memory
Post-communism
In Search of Cool Ground: The Mursi Trilogy
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
.
This is a trilogy about aspects of the culture of two groups of people, the Kwegu and the Mursi, in Ethiopia. The titles are: THE MURSI , THE KWEGU, THE MIGRANTS *What made this trilogy special
North America
Social Change
Socioeconomic conditions
Health / Health care / Healing
In the dooryard
2020
71
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
Spring in Buck’s Harbor is about preparing for the fishing season ahead. Work on lobster traps and on halibut hooks begins in earnest. But it is rarely a solitary activity. Every day people
North America
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
Trade
Indo Pino
2002
84
‘
Directed by
Martine Journet
Gérard Nougarol
Gabriel Chabamier
.
The small ethnic group of the Wana Wewaju live in Indonesia in the eastern part of Sulawesi (Celebes Island) among the dense equatorial rain forest of the Tokkala Mountains. The film documents the
South-East Asia
Shamans and Shamanism
Health / Health care / Healing
IntranQu’îllités
2019
20
‘
Directed by
Edward Owles
.
Lyrically narrated by award-winning Haitian poet James Noël, the short film interweaves the work of several Haitian artists who want to redefine how their nation is perceived. The film explores the
Caribbean Islands
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
Nationalism
Social Organisation