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Films
3 Films
available to watch on demand
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Region
“Western Europe”
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Country of production
“Germany”
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films with a digital version
1
short films
2
films available on demand
3
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Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
Western Europe
3
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Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Belgium
1
Ethiopia
1
Germany
2
Greece
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Elderly people
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
2
Personal Narrative
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
2
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Resettlement
1
Social participation
1
Directors
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Xu, Beina
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
1
Country of production
Germany
3
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Year of production
2017
1
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
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
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
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