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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Dance Theatre Performance”
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Series
“0”
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Festival Prize Category
“Student”
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films with a digital version
2
films available on demand
1
Region
South America
2
Southern Africa
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Angola
1
Brazil
2
Italy
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
3
x
Festivals / Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Research methods
1
Directors
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
D’onofrio, Alexandra
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Series
not set
3
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Country of production
Brazil
1
Italy
1
South Africa
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1990
1
2014
1
2018
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Body Games – Capoeira and Ancestry
2014
87
‘
Student
Directed by
Richard Pakleppa
Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Christine Dettmann
.
The film follows master Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. A powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engolo
South America
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
IT WAS TOMORROW
2018
53
‘
Student
Directed by
Alexandra D’onofrio
.
After living in Italy for almost ten years without documents, three Egyptian men – Ali, Mahmoud and Mohamed – are suddenly awarded legal residence. As a whole new world of opportunities opens up to
Western Mediterranean
Animation
Art / Artists / Artisans
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Film / Photography / Mass media
Life Story / Life History
Memory
Migration
Research methods
Participatory / Collaborative methods
The Storyteller
1990
50
‘
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith