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Films
6 Films
with a digital version available
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Series
“0”
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Country of production
“Netherlands”
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films with a digital version
6
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short films
1
Region
Middle and Near East
1
North America
1
South-East Asia
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Ghana
1
Indonesia
1
Netherlands
1
Syria
1
The Netherlands
1
United States
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Development projects
2
Disasters
1
Elderly people
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Material Culture
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Trade
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
Meyknecht, Steef
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Wessels, Joshka
1
Wildenauer, Nora
1
Series
not set
6
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Country of production
Indonesia
1
Netherlands
6
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Year of production
1986
1
2002
1
2005
1
2009
1
2015
1
2016
1
Film list
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
A Hospice in Amsterdam
2005
62
‘
Directed by
Steef Meyknecht
.
At the end of Van Goghstraat in Amsterdam is the Veerhuis. A normal residential house in a normal urban area, where children play outside in front of the door. But people come to the Veerhuis to die.
Western Europe
Health / Health care / Healing
Elderly people
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
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
‘
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans
Vasile Nedea
2009
43
‘
Directed by
Sjoerd van Grootheest
.
The film tells the story of Vasile Nedea, a Romanian gypsy musician an Amsterdam. Due to his former illegal status there have been times in which he was forced to show his skills whilst busking the
Western Europe
Travellers / Roma
Music / Ethnomusicology