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Films
9 Films
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Country of production
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Festival Prize Category
“Student”
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films with a digital version
8
short films
3
films available on demand
3
Region
Caribbean Islands
1
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
3
South-East Asia
1
Southern Africa
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
1
Western Mediterranean
1
Country
Angola
1
Anguilla
1
Brazil
2
Denmark
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
1
Senegal
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
United States
1
Venezuela
1
Keywords
Animation
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
3
Development projects
1
Family / Kinship
3
Festivals / Carnival
2
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
LGBTQI*
2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Memory
1
Migration
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Prison
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
2
Reproduction (biology)
1
Research methods
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
2
Social Change
1
Directors
Assunção, Matthias Röhrig
1
Colucci, Erminia
1
D’onofrio, Alexandra
1
Davidson, John Paul
1
Dettmann, Christine
1
Henley, Paul
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Pakleppa, Richard
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Sowa, Remigiusz (aka Remi)
1
Series
not set
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Country of production
Australia
1
Brazil
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
2
Senegal
1
South Africa
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
9
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Year of production
1987
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1990
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2012
1
2014
1
2015
2
2016
2
2018
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Film list
Body Games – Capoeira and Ancestry
2014
87
‘
Student
Directed by
Richard Pakleppa
Matthias Röhrig Assunção
Christine Dettmann
.
The film follows master Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. A powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engolo
South America
Southern Africa
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Breaking the Chains
2015
64
‘
Student
Directed by
Erminia Colucci
.
The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and
South-East Asia
Prison
Health / Health care / Healing
Political Activists
Development projects
Cuyagua – the Saint With Two Faces
1987
56
‘
Student
Directed by
Paul Henley
.
The film centres on the predominantly female celebration of the feast of Saint John. The women sing the songs associated with the Feast, describe their beliefs and how they organise the feast.
South America
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
Festivals / Carnival
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
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
Kanraxël: the Confluence of Agnack
2015
52
‘
Student
Directed by
Remigiusz (aka Remi) Sowa
.
**DVD copies are available for secondary teaching and home use at the following prices: £35 (plus VAT) schools and colleges; £20 (plus VAT) individual / home use licence** Agnack is a
West Africa
Linguistics / Language
Social Change
The Storyteller
1990
50
‘
Student
Directed by
John Paul Davidson
.
Unaware of the written word until the 1950s, the Waura tribe who live in the headwaters of the Xingu river in Brazil still practise the art of storytelling. Tribal storyteller Aruta recounts one of
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Religion / Belief / Faith
Treasured Moments
2016
33
‘
Student
Directed by
Ravi Hart Lloyd
.
This is the personal story of a boy who grew up mixed in every aspect of his life, his parents, where he was from, his race. The black kid who thought that he was white. The white kid who thought
Caribbean Islands
North America
Family / Kinship
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Collective / Community identity
Film / Photography / Mass media