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Films
4 Films
Keywords
“Family Kinship”
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Country of production
“United Kingdom”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
3
films available on demand
1
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
2
Country
Botswana
2
Cyprus
1
Nepal
1
Keywords
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Everyday Life
1
Family / Kinship
3
x
Family/ Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Gender Role and identity
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Love
2
Marriage
2
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Dyson, Jane
1
Harrison, Ross
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Series
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
3
Country of production
United Kingdom
4
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Year of production
1985
1
2016
1
2018
1
2019
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Breaking the Yard
2018
21
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Caught in Between
2016
56
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Sophia and Her People
1985
35
‘
Directed by
Peter Loïzos
.
Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a
South-East Europe
Refugees / Displaced populations
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Spirit
2019
19
‘
Directed by
Jane Dyson
Ross Harrison
.
Saraswati is a new arrival in an Indian Himalayan village. She wonders how she will ever feel at home in the new setting. “Spirit” by Jane Dyson and Ross Harrison is a story of longing and
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and identity
Agriculture/ Farming
Everyday Life
Family/ Kinship