Films 19 Films Region "Western Mediterranean" x films with a digital version 9 short films 11 films available on demand 1 Region Middle and Near East 1 Western Mediterranean 19 x Country Greece 1 Italy 8 Malta 2 Palestine 1 Portugal 4 Spain 4 Keywords Agriculture / Farming 1 Animation 1 Archaeology 2 Archival material / Museum displays 1 Art / Artists / Artisans 3 Children / Young people 1 Collective / Community identity 2 Dance / Theatre / Performance 1 Development projects 1 Environment 1 Family / Kinship 1 Festivals / Carnival 2 Film / Photography / Mass media 1 Folklore 1 Food 1 Herding 2 History 1 Hunting / Gathering / Fishing 1 Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples 1 Infrastructure / Transport 1 Intergenerational relations 3 Labour 3 Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy 1 Life Story / Life History 1 Love 1 Material Culture 1 Memory 3 Migration 7 Music / Ethnomusicology 1 Participatory / Collaborative methods 1 Religion / Belief / Faith 1 Research methods 1 Resettlement 1 Ritual 1 Rural 1 Social Change 1 Socioeconomic conditions 1 Sport 1 Squatter Settlements / Homelessness 1 Travellers / Roma 1 Urban 1 War / Conflict / Reconciliation 1 Directors Alves-Costa, Catarina 1 Brass, Anna 1 Cao, Umberto 1 Carr, Peter 1 Contreras, Elisa 1 D'onofrio, Alexandra 1 Fales, Ludovica 1 Fassnidge, Matthew 1 Grasseni, Cristina 1 Grieco, Anthony 1 Jaquerod, Muriel 1 Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac 1 Mura, Andrea 1 Patriarca, Niccolo 1 Saraiva Pereira, Eduardo 1 Schillaci, Rosella 1 Schillaci, Rossella 1 Torresan, Angela 1 Trentini, Michele 1 Vella, Steve 1 Øien, Cecilie 1 Series Carnival King of Europe 1 Disappearing World Series 1 Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film 8 not set 9 Country of production Canada 1 Germany 1 Italy 6 Portugal 1 Switzerland 1 United Kingdom 12 Year of production 1989 1 1992 1 1998 2 1999 1 2003 2 2006 1 2007 1 2009 1 2011 3 2012 1 2013 1 2015 1 2016 1 2018 2 Film list Between two Villages 2003 94' Directed by Muriel Jaquerod Eduardo Saraiva Pereira . Between two Villages tells the story of Aldeia da Luz, population of 330, bound to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few Western Mediterranean Resettlement Development projects Infrastructure / Transport Caught in a Magic Place 2007 28' Directed by Niccolo Patriarca . A story of sandwiches and generations, ambitions and regrets from the heart of the Italian kitchen. Western Mediterranean Food Intergenerational relations Labour The Double Walk of the Joaldunak 2011 10' Directed by Michele Trentini . Joaldunak are “those who resound”, the great bell ringers heralding the Carnival parade between the twin villages of Ituren and Zubieta in the Basque-speaking Spanish Naffaroa. This film is Western Mediterranean Festivals / Carnival Folklore Earning a Crust 2009 28' Directed by Elisa Contreras . Through their experiences, Uncle Isidro (a horse dealer) and Jeremo (a scrap collector) illustrate traditional gypsy occupations in the south of Spain, as well as the obstacles facing their Western Mediterranean Travellers / Roma Labour Going Back Home 1992 35' Directed by Catarina Alves-Costa . For those who live in the city, each and every summer is about going back to Arga, the village in Northern Portugal, which they left to find work. For the few who have stayed, their return brings Western Mediterranean Migration Memory Growing Pains 2006 41' Directed by Cecilie Øien . Júlia is a young Angolan woman who lives in a poor neighborhood of Lisbon, together with her daughter Magui. The story of how she arrived in Portugal and what happen to her afterwards is dramatic, Western Mediterranean Family / Kinship Intergenerational relations Migration Holding the Tradition 1998 28' Directed by Matthew Fassnidge . The annual regatta on the island of Malta has been passionately contested for over 200 years by a number of local rowing clubs. Marsamxett has been dismissed by the others as being a club for 'old Western Mediterranean Sport IT WAS TOMORROW 2018 53' Student Directed by Alexandra D'onofrio . After living in Italy for almost ten years without documents, three Egyptian men - Ali, Mahmoud and Mohamed - are suddenly awarded legal residence. As a whole new world of opportunities opens up to Western Mediterranean Animation Art / Artists / Artisans Dance / Theatre / Performance Film / Photography / Mass media Life Story / Life History Memory Migration Research methods Participatory / Collaborative methods In Our Blood 2003 26' Directed by Steve Vella . In Malta, devotion to the Virgin Mary is very fervent, particularly in the village of Naxxar, where the most important annual feast, taking place over several days, is dedicated to her honour. But Western Mediterranean Religion / Belief / Faith Ritual Leaving Greece 2013 79' Directed by Anna Brass . When entering the EU for the first time, a refugee must submit an application for asylum. So much is clear. Less well known, however is the fact that for 90% of all refugees, the Aegean is the Western Mediterranean Children / Young people Migration Love Letters from Palestine 2011 35' Directed by Ludovica Fales . What if in your great-grandfather's letters there is a mystery your family doesn't want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never Western Mediterranean Middle and Near East War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory History Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis. 2015 29' Intangible Culture Directed by Umberto Cao Andrea Mura . Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, 'launeddas' are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in Western Mediterranean Music / Ethnomusicology Festivals / Carnival Intergenerational relations Other Europe 2011 75' Directed by Rossella Schillaci . What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled, Western Mediterranean Migration Urban Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Round Trip 1999 36' Directed by Angela Torresan . Portrait of a Brazilian woman and her friends, now living in Lisbon, exploring the basis of their sense of identity in the context of a transnational way of life. Western Mediterranean Collective / Community identity Migration Sea Boundary 2012 55' Directed by Rosella Schillaci . The film depicts the daily struggle of fishermen to earn a living in a harsh physical environment that brings out the social and economic tensions of modern society. Manning the Priamo are Cola, the Western Mediterranean Labour Hunting / Gathering / Fishing Socioeconomic conditions Migration Shepherds in the Cave 2016 87' Material Culture Directed by Anthony Grieco . An international team of art restorers, archaeologists and volunteers begin work on the restoration of religious frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced with local bureaucratic challenges Western Mediterranean Archaeology Herding Art / Artists / Artisans Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy Those Who Don’t Work Don’t Make Love 1998 30' Directed by Cristina Grasseni . An observational documentary about dairy farmers in the Italian Alps. Caught between pride for tradition and the pressure for modernisation, the story of one family is told through the eyes of Western Mediterranean Agriculture / Farming Social Change Tindaya Variations 2018 40' Special Interest Directed by Isaac Marrero-Guillamon . The mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) is more than a mountain. It was a sacred site for the indigenous people of Fuerteventura; later, its rock was quarried and sold for ornamental Western Mediterranean Archival material / Museum displays Art / Artists / Artisans Environment Material Culture Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Archaeology The Villagers of Sierra de Gredos 1989 52' Directed by Peter Carr . The 130 villagers of Navalguijo in the Sierra de Gredos of Central Spain live in a village perched high in the mountains and they face an extreme climate with very cold winters and hot summers. The Western Mediterranean Herding Rural Collective / Community identity