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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
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Keywords
“Environment”
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Series
“0”
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films with a digital version
7
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short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
East Africa
1
North America
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
China
1
Egypt
1
Greenland
1
Indonesia
1
Madagascar
1
Pakistan
1
Spain
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Development projects
3
Environment
7
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Everyday Life
1
Herding
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Resettlement
1
Rural
2
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Asadi Faezi, Daniel
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Elixhauser, Sophie
1
Entell, Peter
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Picard, David
1
Seitz, Anni
1
Singer, André
1
Series
not set
7
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Country of production
Egypt
1
Germany
2
Pakistan
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1988
1
1989
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2008
1
2009
1
2014
1
2018
2
Film list
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
Depending on Heaven
1988
56
‘
Directed by
Peter Entell
.
The film is in two parts and focuses on the Mongols living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Part One (28 minutes) follows the life of a nomadic Mongol family on their yearly journey
Central Asia and Far East
Environment
Nomads and Nomadism
Herding
Everyday Life
The Orchard Keepers
2014
24
‘
Directed by
Bryony Dunne
.
Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and
North and Northeast Africa
Environment
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Rural
Sermiligaag 65°54’N, 36°22’W
2008
64
‘
Directed by
Anni Seitz
Sophie Elixhauser
.
The people of East Greenland inhabit a small string of coastal land at the edge of the biggest island of the world. Long winters have always shaped daily life here, a life that has gone within a few
North America
Rural
Social Change
Environment
Tindaya Variations
2018
40
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Isaac Marrero-Guillamon
.
The mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) is more than a mountain. It was a sacred site for the indigenous people of Fuerteventura; later, its rock was quarried and sold for ornamental
Western Mediterranean
Archival material / Museum displays
Art / Artists / Artisans
Environment
Material Culture
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Archaeology
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
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