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Films
11 Films
Keywords
“Love”
x
films with a digital version
1
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
6
films available on demand
5
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
Central America
1
Central Asia and Far East
1
South America
2
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Southern Africa
2
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Botswana
2
Brazil
1
Colombia
1
Greece
2
India
1
Japan
1
Mexico
1
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
2
Elderly people
1
Essay film
1
Family / Kinship
3
Gender Role and Identity
6
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Intergenerational relations
1
LGBTQI*
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
11
x
Marriage
3
Memory
1
Migration
1
Reflexivity
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Research Methods
1
Sex / Sexuality
3
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Allward, Caroline
1
Brass, Anna
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Morris, Bessie
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Sojob, María
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Williams, Jano
1
van de Port, Mattijs
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Pleasure Shorts
2
not set
7
Country of production
Colombia
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
India
1
Mexico
1
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
1997
1
1998
2
2013
1
2016
1
2017
1
2018
2
2019
2
2020
1
Film list
The Boy From Allison Street
1998
30
‘
Directed by
Caroline Allward
.
Wayne has left school, sweet 16, disillusioned, with no qualifications. He is briefly distracted by Becka, the girl next door, and the discovery of his father’s porno movie. But all he really wants
British-Irish Isles
Children / Young people
Love
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
Come Here Come Here
2019
28
‘
Directed by
Julia Sterre Schmitz
.
As a poetic manifesto for a more plural understanding of female sexuality, this associative film interweaves many theories, images, fantasies, memories and confusions drawn from popular culture,
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Gender Role and Identity
Research Methods
Harpoons and Heartache
1998
28
‘
Directed by
Bessie Morris
.
Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.
South-East Europe
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Gender Role and Identity
Love
Knots and Holes. An Essay Film on the Life of Nets.
2018
74
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Mattijs van de Port
.
A singular anthropological essay film that observes the various nets we find across different contexts in Bahia (from fishing nets to delicate nets of lace), and the emotions and sensations
South America
Essay film
Reflexivity
Love
Leaving Greece
2013
79
‘
Directed by
Anna Brass
.
When entering the EU for the first time, a refugee must submit an application for asylum. So much is clear. Less well known, however is the fact that for 90% of all refugees, the Aegean is the
Western Mediterranean
Children / Young people
Migration
Love
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Shinjuku Boys
1997
54
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams
.
A film about love and gender. This film is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo where all the hosts are women who have decided to live as men. They make their living by working in a club with
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
Love
TOTE_Grandfather
2019
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
María Sojob
.
This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up in the
Central America
Indigenous Filmmaking
Gender Role and Identity
Family / Kinship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Elderly people
Love
Intergenerational relations
Linguistics / Language
Memory
Welcome Valentine 2017
2017
16
‘
Student
Directed by
Dhruv Satija
.
In a temple dedicated to Hanuman in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a priest flouts convention by marrying couples who are shunned elsewhere: mostly those who have eloped from families who disapprove of their
South Asia
Marriage
Love
LGBTQI*
Religion / Belief / Faith