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RAI FILM

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The Absence of Apricots 2018 49‘

Student Directed by Daniel Asadi Faezi .

In the Hunza Valley in the northern Pakistan there is a magnificent turquoise lake. But the lake hasn’t been always there: it is the result of a massive landslide that blocked a river, causing

South Asia Environment Memory Development projects Resettlement

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Between two Villages 2003 94‘

Directed by Muriel Jaquerod Eduardo Saraiva Pereira .

Between two Villages tells the story of Aldeia da Luz, population of 330, bound to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few

Western Mediterranean Resettlement Development projects Infrastructure / Transport

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Breaking the Chains 2015 64‘

Student Directed by Erminia Colucci .

The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and

South-East Asia Prison Health / Health care / Healing Political Activists Development projects

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The Carrot and the Stick 1988 44‘

Directed by Susi Arnott .

When they retired from selling insurance and teaching, John and Irene Brown volunteered to work overseas under a British Aid programme. They were sent to expand a marketing project aimed at

Melanesia Development projects Agriculture / Farming Rural

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Doctors of Two Worlds 1989 55‘

Directed by Natasha Solomons .

In the Bolivian highlands an English doctor is setting up a network of health care for remote mountain villages. While teaching the inhabitants the essentials of Western medicine the doctor is

South America Health / Health care / Healing Informant-researcher relationship Development projects

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Fighting for Nothing to Happen 2015 48‘

Student Directed by Nora Wildenauer .

After the volcanic eruption of Mount Rokatenda, the people of the island of Pulau Palue in east Indonesia are to be relocated. But are the planned relocation and the "new" life at the

South-East Asia Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Refugees / Displaced populations Development projects Disasters

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Little Waterfall 2002 52‘

Directed by Joshka Wessels .

Shallalah Saghirah (‘Little Waterfall’) is a small village of about 20 households located in the Khanasser valley, in north Syria. The village has no electricity and still uses an ancient ganat

Middle and Near East Infrastructure / Transport Material Culture Development projects

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Uncanny Strangers 2009 46‘

Directed by David Picard .

Uncanny Strangers has been filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar. Through a series of everyday life episodes the film provides insight into the relationships between the

East Africa Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Development projects Environment

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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