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Films
10 Films
Region
“Scandinavia”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
7
Region
Scandinavia
10
x
West Africa
1
Country
Cameroon
1
Denmark
3
Faroe Islands
3
Norway
3
Sweden
2
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
1
Alternative culture
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Everyday Life
2
Family / Kinship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
2
LGBTQI*
1
Land Rights
2
Migration
1
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Rural
2
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Conflict
1
Social Organisation
1
Sport
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
Urban
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Finnestad, Mari
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Milling, Julie
1
Rasmussen, Ulla
2
Rasmussen, Ulla Boje
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Waage, Trond
1
Series
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
5
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
3
not set
2
Country of production
Cameroon
1
Denmark
3
Norway
1
United Kingdom
6
Year of production
1990
1
1992
1
1993
1
1994
1
2002
1
2003
2
2012
1
2014
1
2016
1
Film list
1700 Metres from the Future
1990
86
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen portrays with humour and empathy life in the small Faroese village of Gásadalur, inhabited by just 16 adults and a 9-year old boy. The film gives a unique insight into the
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
The Dream of Maelen
2003
25
‘
Directed by
Eirik Sandberg
.
Arne Bakke Mælen lives alone on the small family farm he inherited on the edge of a fjord. The farm is no longer viable economically and, like many small farmers in Norway, he has not found a woman
Scandinavia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Rural
Agriculture / Farming
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
The Light on Mykines Island
1992
66
‘
Directed by
Ulla Rasmussen
.
Ulla Boje Rasmussen’s at once historical and contemporary documentary from 1992 about the life and nature of the sparsely populated and spellbound island of Mykines. With outstanding footage she
Scandinavia
Everyday Life
Social Organisation
Rural
Living with Boko Haram
2016
37
‘
Special Interest
Directed by
Trond Waage
.
January 2015. Boko Haram’s violent insurgency is approaching Mogdé, on the Nigerian/Cameroonian border, where Antoniette lives. Just outside Oslo, Norway, lives her son Vakote, worried and afraid
West Africa
Scandinavia
Religion / Belief / Faith
Social Conflict
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Migration
Out of Place
1993
38
‘
Directed by
Peter Lutz
.
The war in Bosnia in the early 1990s drove Nerma and Mavis from their homes. Having found refuge in Sweden, they learn to cope with a new situation.
Scandinavia
Refugees / Displaced populations
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Smell the Roses
2003
28
‘
Directed by
Julie Milling
.
Christiania is a self-governing community in the heart of Copenhagen set up by squatters at the height of 1970s idealism. Faced with extinction or urban redevelopment, residents struggle to redefine a fading ideology.
Scandinavia
Alternative culture
Urban
Staging a Return
1994
30
‘
Directed by
Jakob Hogel
.
The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are a Danish dependency and for generations, young people have gone to Denmark to complete their studies. When they return for the summer, there is a tradition
Scandinavia
Dance / Theatre / Performance
They Say We’re All Winners
2002
32
‘
Directed by
Mari Finnestad
.
The Zimbabwean girls’ team comes to Norway to take part in the world’s largest kids’ football tournament. The film questions the outcome of this well-intentioned cultural exchange because some of the
Scandinavia
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Sport
Collective / Community identity
Western Outposts – Faroese Cinematic Narratives
2014
140
‘
Directed by
Ulla Boje Rasmussen
.
WESTERN OUTPOSTS – Faroese Cinematic Narratives is a DVD box set containing newly digitised versions of Ulla Buje Rasmussen’s 1990s films about Faroese life, a 2015 epilogfilm and a 32 page booklet
Scandinavia
Land Rights
Infrastructure / Transport
Everyday Life