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Films
6 Films
Region
“Western Europe”
x
Series
“0”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
x
films with a digital version
3
films hosted on Kanopy
1
films available on demand
3
Region
Central Europe
1
South-East Europe
1
Western Europe
6
x
Country
Belgium
1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1
France
2
Germany
1
Italy
2
Spain
1
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
2
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Elderly people
1
Ethnofiction
1
Family / Kinship
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Herding
1
History
1
History of Anthropology
1
Labour
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Personal Narrative
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Rural
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Social participation
1
Travellers / Roma
1
Directors
Ahmed, Akbar
1
De Groof, Matthias
1
Grootheest, Sjoerd van
1
MacDougall, David
1
Mai, Nick
1
Papenbrook, Jana
1
Series
not set
6
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Country of production
Australia
1
Belgium
1
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Netherlands
1
United States
1
Year of production
1993
1
2009
1
2015
1
2016
1
2017
1
2019
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
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
Palimpsest of the Africa Museum
2019
69
‘
Directed by
Matthias De Groof
.
In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has
Western Europe
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Education / Knowledge Transmission
History of Anthropology
Tempus de Baristas
1993
100
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
This film depicts the characters, and social dilemmas of three generations of Sardinian mountain shepherds. Although born roughly 20 years apart, Franchiscu (62), his son Pietro (17) and their
Western Europe
Herding
Social Change
Family / Kinship
Rural
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
Vasile Nedea
2009
43
‘
Directed by
Sjoerd van Grootheest
.
The film tells the story of Vasile Nedea, a Romanian gypsy musician an Amsterdam. Due to his former illegal status there have been times in which he was forced to show his skills whilst busking the
Western Europe
Travellers / Roma
Music / Ethnomusicology
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