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Films
6 Films
Region
“Western Europe”
x
Country of production
“Germany”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
5
films available on demand
3
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
Western Europe
6
x
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Belgium
1
Ethiopia
1
France
1
Germany
4
Greece
1
Keywords
Animals
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Children / Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Herding
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
2
Personal Narrative
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
2
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Resettlement
1
Science / Technology
1
Social participation
1
Directors
Hirl, Alexander
1
Langhorst, Insa
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Straube, Anna
1
Xu, Beina
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
2
Country of production
Germany
6
x
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
2007
1
2009
1
2010
1
2017
1
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
Breeding Cells
2009
39
‘
Directed by
Anna Straube
.
Breeding Cells is a film about a reproductive laboratory. A fertility clinic is a place where human reproduction is separated from sex and anatomized into bio/technological components. There
Western Europe
Reproduction (biology)
Science / Technology
Emails to My Little Sister
2018
35
‘
Directed by
Solomon Mekonen
.
An autoethnographic phenomenology of blackness in Berlin via Ethiopia. The film explores the historical and ongoing relationship between the so-called West and Africa. A brother who lives north of
Western Europe
North and Northeast Africa
Migration
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Reflexivity
Faith
2010
30
‘
Directed by
Insa Langhorst
.
Together with a Pentecostal youth group, teenagers Colin and Salo are on a mission trip to East Germany preaching the word of God. On the streets of Wismar they experience the highs and lows of what
Western Europe
Children / Young people
Religion / Belief / Faith
Forget Alberto For Now
2020
19
‘
Directed by
Beina Xu
.
A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting the landscape of his transit. Things
Western Europe
Western Mediterranean
Reflexivity
Migration
Resettlement
Refugees/ Displaced populations
Leyssart
2007
30
‘
Directed by
Alexander Hirl
.
Living among 8,000 animals in the South of France, Thérèse and Dominique live their passion as herders and breeders. Their philosophy of life makes us reflect on the nature of relationships between
Western Europe
Animals
Herding
Family / Kinship
Why is Mr W. Laughing?
2017
76
‘
Directed by
Jana Papenbrook
.
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than
Western Europe
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Elderly people
Health / Health care / Healing
Life Story / Life History
Personal Narrative
Social participation