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Films
5 Films
Keywords
“Squatter Settlements Homelessness”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
3
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North and Northeast Africa
1
South Asia
1
South-East Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Ethiopia
1
India
1
Italy
1
Romania
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
3
Development projects
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Migration
1
Reflexivity
1
Socioeconomic conditions
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
5
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Urban
2
Directors
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Pollack, Claire
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
3
Country of production
Italy
1
Japan
1
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
1979
1
1994
1
2002
1
2006
1
2011
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Other Europe
2011
75
‘
Directed by
Rossella Schillaci
.
What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled,
Western Mediterranean
Migration
Urban
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Ravi and Bhajay
2002
26
‘
Directed by
Rachel Webster
.
Street boys Ravi and Bhajay lead a tough life on the pavements of Mumbai in India. To get away from it, they visit the nearby holy city of Ujjain with the film-maker. But the call of life on the streets is still strong.
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Urban
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
‘
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
Swings and Roundabouts
1994
30
‘
Directed by
Helen Pratt
.
Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an
South-East Europe
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Development projects
Theatre Girls
1979
57
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
Claire Pollack
.
The “Theatre Girls Club” is a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. It is run by six paid workers and it is the only hostel in London which takes any women at any
British-Irish Isles
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
Gender Role and Identity