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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Environment”
x
Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
3
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
2
Country
Bolivia
1
Egypt
1
Indonesia
2
South Korea
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
2
Development projects
1
Disasters
1
Environment
5
x
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Infrastructure/transport
1
Land Rights
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Political Activists
1
Resistance
1
Rural
2
Social Conflict
1
Directors
Asch, Patsy
1
Asch, Timothy
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Fox, J.
1
Lansing, Steven
1
Singer, Andrรฉ
1
๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ, Ana
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
Shorts Collection 1
1
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
1
Egypt
1
South Korea
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
not set
1
Year of production
1983
1
1989
1
2014
1
2019
1
2020
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
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
The People Next to Coal Power Plant
2019
22
‘
Directed by
Hyewon Choi
.
Vegetable crops are contaminated, fish have disappeared, illness is rife. Life in the shadow of a Korean coal power plant is difficult, but the locals have no choice but to struggle on nonetheless.
Central Asia and Far East
Infrastructure/transport
Environment
Disasters
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia
2020
76
‘
Directed by
Ana ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ
.
Uma: a water crisis in Bolivia tells the story of three Andean indigenous communities in the highlands of Bolivia who are fighting to protect their water from diversion and contamination amid a
South America
Environment
Food / Water
Gender Role and Identity
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Land Rights
Political Activists
Resistance
Rural
Social Conflict
The Water Goddess and the Computer
1989
52
‘
Directed by
Andrรฉ 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 Water of Words: a cultural ecology of a small island in Eastern Indonesia
1983
30
‘
Directed by
J. Fox
Timothy Asch
Patsy Asch
.
This film examines the ecology and poetry of everyday life. Two Rotinese narrate this film, each offering his perception of the importance of the Lontar (Borassus) palm: a clan leader describes the
South-East Asia
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Linguistics / Language
Environment