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Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
12
Caribbean Islands
2
Central Africa
3
Central America
8
Central Asia and Far East
29
Central Europe
3
East Africa
11
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
1
London
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Melanesia
10
Micronesia
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Middle and Near East
14
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26
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17
Scandinavia
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29
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30
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19
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8
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3
Various
9
West Africa
20
Western Europe
16
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10
not set
2
Country
Afghanistan
8
Albania
1
Algeria
1
Angola
1
Anguilla
1
Argentina
1
Australia
1
Bangladesh
1
Belgium
3
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2
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2
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1
Brazil
8
Bulgaria
1
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
4
Canada
2
Chile
1
China
13
Colombia
4
Cyprus
1
Denmark
1
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
8
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1
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1
France
4
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1
Germany
1
Ghana
3
Greece
3
Greenland
1
Guatemala
1
Guyana
1
Haiti
1
Hungary
2
India
16
Indonesia
13
Iran
1
Israel
1
Italy
7
Ivory Coast
1
Japan
5
Jordan
1
Kenya
7
Madagascar
1
Mali
1
Mexico
7
Mongolia
2
Morocco
2
Myanmar
2
Nepal
5
Netherlands
1
Nigeria
8
Pakistan
6
Palestine
1
Papua New Guinea
7
Paraguay
1
Peru
4
Portugal
1
Romania
2
Russia
1
Russian Federation
6
Samoa
1
Senegal
3
Sierra Leone
1
Singapore
1
Solomon Islands
2
South Africa
2
South Korea
1
Spain
3
Sri Lanka
1
Sudan
7
Sweden
1
Switzerland
2
Syria
1
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
2
Tibet
1
Togo
1
Turkey
2
Uganda
1
United Kingdom
16
United States
22
Uzbekistan
1
Vanuatu
1
Various
9
Venezuela
4
Vietnam
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
Informant-researcher relationship
7
Infrastructure / Transport
7
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
6
Intergenerational relations
7
Internet
2
LGBTQI*
5
Labour
20
Land Rights
11
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
4
Life Story / Life History
4
Life Story/ Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
2
Love
1
Marriage
10
Material Culture
12
Memory
6
Migration
18
Music / Ethnomusicology
20
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths / Fairy tales
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Nomads and Nomadism
10
Participatory / Collaborative methods
2
Personal Narrative
3
Political Activists
6
Popular Culture
1
Possession
8
Post-communism
4
Prison
2
Public Figure
5
Race / Racism / Antiracism
4
Reflexivity
8
Refugees / Displaced populations
12
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
35
Reproduction (biology)
3
Resettlement
3
Resistance
3
Ritual
45
Rural
21
Science / Technology
1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
9
Shamans and Shamanism
9
Social Change
36
Social Conflict
13
Social Norms
3
Social Organisation
14
Social participation
1
Socioeconomic conditions
10
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
3
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
8
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Trade
13
Travellers / Roma
2
Urban
11
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
15
Directors
Aaltonen, Jouko
1
Ahmed, Akbar
1
Akin, Dorcas
1
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
War of the Gods
1971
52
‘
Directed by
Brian Moser
.
While relying on a polemical stance directed against the cultural genocide wrought by missionaries, ‘War of the Gods’ also contains a wealth of information and detail about Amazonian Indian
South America
Religion / Belief / Faith
Collective / Community identity
Agriculture / Farming
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
Steven Lansing
.
The film demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by temple priests. A biologist and an anthropologist look at
South-East Asia
Infrastructure / Transport
Development projects
Environment
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
We Are All Neighbours
1993
52
‘
Directed by
Debbie Christie
.
The film shows the effect of war on families in a racially mixed village outside Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Moslems lived peacefully together. Norwegian anthropologist Tone
South-East Europe
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Collective / Community identity
Inter-religious relations
We Don’t Need A Grave
2014
27
‘
.
‘We Don’t Need a Grave’ attempts to show how the people who choose Shizenso rather than the typical family grave try to accept one’s death. Shizenso is a natural mortuary practice that has no
Central Asia and Far East
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
Ritual
Were Ni! He is a Madman
1963
30
‘
Directed by
Frank Speed
Raymond Prince
.
This ethnopsychiatric film shows the management of psychiatric disorders by the Yoruba of Nigeria. There are two basic types of institutions to deal with psychiatric disorders. First there are
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Ritual
Possession
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera
1988
52
‘
Directed by
John Blake
David Wason
.
The Whale Hunters of Lamalera was filmed over a period of four weeks during June 1987. Lamalera is a village which is perched on the rocky slopes of an active volcano on the southern coast of the
South-East Asia
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Animals
Everyday Life
Where the Clouds End
2014
52
‘
Directed by
Wanphrang Diengdoh
.
“My late great grandfather was a Bengali who came to Shillong in the early 1900s – long before the present political border divided the lands.” After the creation of borders between India and
South Asia
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Wild Honey: Caring for bees in a divided land
2019
30
‘
Directed by
Lisa Palmer
.
For more than a century, the island of Timor has been divided by a colonial border. Timor’s migratory wild honey bees challenge this division. In community honey harvest rituals, queen bees are
South-East Asia
Animals
Food / Water
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Winter Days
2013
59
‘
Directed by
Anna Grimshaw
.
"Winter Days" evokes the stillness and quietness of the forest in winter. Life is lived close to the stove. It’s a time for small tasks and chores – making a wedge, sewing a pocket, the
North America
Alternative culture
Rural
Everyday Life
Art / Artists / Artisans
Witchcraft Among the Azande
1982
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
*Witchcraft among the Azande’ is suitable for showing in undergraduate and graduate classes on topics of religion, philosophy, and African ethnography. It could also be stimulating to discussions of
North and Northeast Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Health / Health care / Healing
Social Change
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Wives
2017
85
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Lisbet Holtedahl
.
Alhajji Ibrahim is an Islamic scholar who has served as judge at the Sultanate of Ngaoundéré in Northern Cameroon for 46 years. The film follows Alhajji during the last years of his life, focusing
West Africa
Family / Kinship
Everyday Life
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Personal Narrative
Religion / Belief / Faith
Social Norms
The Wodaabe
1988
52
‘
Directed by
Leslie Woodhead
David Wason
.
*Is the Wodaabe world disappearing? How are we to place the painted male faces? The very considerable success of this film is the ways it answers these questions.* J. Picto The Wodaabe follow
Central Africa
Herding
Animals
Everyday Life
Ritual