Films 12 Films Region "Central Europe" x films with a digital version 3 short films 9 Region Central Europe 12 x South-East Europe 2 Western Europe 2 Country Austria 6 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Czech Republic 1 France 1 Hungary 2 Italy 1 Poland 1 Spain 1 United Kingdom 1 not set 1 Keywords Animals 1 Collective / Community identity 1 Elderly people 1 Festivals / Carnival 8 Folklore 7 Gender Role and Identity 1 History 1 Labour 3 Prison 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 1 Social Change 1 Trade 1 Travellers / Roma 1 Directors Ahmed, Akbar 1 Blake, John 1 Kezich, Giovanni 1 Moderbacher, Christine 1 Read, Rosie 1 Tari, János 1 Trentini, Michele 7 Series Carnival King of Europe 7 Disappearing World Series 1 Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film 2 not set 2 Country of production Austria 1 Hungary 1 Italy 7 United Kingdom 3 United States 1 Year of production 1988 1 2000 1 2006 1 2010 1 2011 2 2014 1 2015 1 2016 1 2017 3 Film list Across the Tracks - The Vlach Gypsies in Hungary 1988 52' Directed by John Blake. *'Across the Tracks' is a gripping film for the general viewer. It is beautifully filmed in observational style (lingering scenes of muddy courtyards) with enough subtitled interview material to Central Europe Animals Labour Travellers / Roma Carnival King of Europe. Release 2.0 2011 38' Directed by Michele Trentini Giovanni Kezich. Award-winning ethnographic caleidoscope featuring over 50 different masquerades of some 13 European countries. Thanks to some careful editing, the underlying structure of European winter masked Western Europe South-East Europe Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore The Devil’s Mills. Roundabouts don't Build Houses any more 2006 56' Directed by János Tari. The everyday life of migrant fun fair operators is the filter through which we view the social and economic factors of the 20th and early 21st century that define the life and work of this social Central Europe Labour Social Change Trade Festivals / Carnival Domov 2000 28' Directed by Rosie Read. This film looks at the meaning of 'home' in the Czech Republic through the eyes of two women - one an old woman trying to assert her right to return home from an old person's residence, and the Central Europe Prison Elderly people The Great Epiphany of Wörth 2017 13' Directed by Michele Trentini. On the day of the Epiphany, a grand parade half-way between Christianity and paganism is staged, incorporating all the ancient characters of Alpine fables, the Twelve Days of Christmas, and the Three Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore Journey into Europe 2015 122' Directed by Akbar Ahmed. In Journey into Europe, Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned anthropologist, Islamic scholar, and filmmaker who the BBC has called “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam,” explores Islam Central Europe Western Europe South-East Europe History Religion / Belief / Faith Collective / Community identity Koza Szymborska. The Day of the Goat in Szymborze 2011 14' Directed by Michele Trentini. The Koza or Goat is animal that gives the masquerade its name throughout Eastern Europe, from Romania to Moldavia and the Ukraine, and all the way to northern Poland where we filmed it. This film Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore Men at Work 2010 32' Directed by Christine Moderbacher. "Men at Work" depicts the daily working life of one of the few remaining institutions in Austria that still employs only men. They are responsible for a 39 km stretch of Austria's biggest Central Europe Gender Role and Identity Labour The Sacred Thresh 2016 18' Directed by Michele Trentini. After ploughing and sowing, there follows harvesting and threshing, with a very dignified threshing squad ritually touring the village inns. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4 Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore Sweeping Evil Away in Rauris 2017 9' Directed by Michele Trentini. The Schnabelperchten of Rauris in the Salzburger Alps are mysterious, spiteful figures who appear out of nowhere with their brooms, and go round every house to perform a simple and effective Central Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival Visions of Shrove Thursday in Central Tyrol 2014 10' Directed by Michele Trentini. Due to the strict Jesuit prohibitions in olden days, the central Tyrol Fasnacht tends to ends on Shrove Thursday, a few days earlier than elsewhere. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe Central Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival A Women’s Carnival in Tyrol 2017 9' Directed by Michele Trentini. Patsch is only place in the whole of Tyrol, where a company of women takes on the lead role of the Carnival parade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**. On Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore