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Films
4 Films
available to watch on demand
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Region
“Western Europe”
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Keywords
“Migration”
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films with a digital version
2
short films
2
films available on demand
4
x
Region
North and Northeast Africa
1
Western Europe
4
x
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Belgium
1
Ethiopia
1
France
2
Germany
1
Greece
1
Keywords
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Ethnofiction
1
Labour
1
Migration
4
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Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
3
Refugees / Displaced populations
1
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Resettlement
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Directors
Mai, Nick
1
Mekonen, Solomon
1
Xu, Beina
1
van Lanker, Laurent
1
Series
Decolonising Shorts
1
Shorts Collection 2
1
not set
2
Country of production
Belgium
1
France
1
Germany
2
Year of production
2016
1
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
Kalès
2017
63
‘
RAI Basil Wright
Directed by
Laurent van Lanker
.
A film of wind and despair, of fire and solidarity, of hope and hell. An intimate and inside perspective of the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a polyphony of bodies, tales, and
Western Europe
Migration
Refugees / Displaced populations
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Travel (double screen)
2016
63
‘
Directed by
Nick Mai
.
(This version of the film uses a split-screen device throughout. For the single screen version see ‘Travel’). Joy left Nigeria to help her family after her father’s death. She knew that she was
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Labour
Migration
Ethnofiction
Reflexivity