27.-28.1.2017
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

BRIDGE TO KOBANE

Irák, 2016, 22 min
L. Askari
27.01.2017 18:35

Mihemed, a journalist from Kobane in Syrian Kurdistan, renegotiates his future plans while living as a refugee in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan. Following the changing future perspectives of Mihemed's story, Bridge to Kobane ties together issues of migration, borders and future horizons in times of crisis.

Lana Askari is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology with Visual Media at the University of Manchester. Trained in Anthropology (MPhil Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge) and Documentary Filmmaking (MA Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester), she recently returned from her fieldwork in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan where she was a research affiliate at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Her research areas include ethnographic documentary film, diaspora and migration, and the anthropology of time, infrastructure and the state.

Director, Camera, Edit, Script, Production: Lana Askari

Language of Dialogues: Kurdish
Language of Subtitles: English, Czech
 

PROBLEMATIKA ELIT

Česká republika, 2016, 12 min
M. Romanutti
28.01.2017 14:35

The film captures the way in which students spend a typical free night. Within the film we tried to monitore groups of students of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia and the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia.
The film was made by four students who study at Faculty of Phylosophy at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. The film was made within the course of audio-visual technology in anthropology.

Director: Marcel Romanutti
Production: Jan Jaňour
Camera: Michaela Fryčková
Script: Ilona Čapková
Edit: M. Romanutti, J. Jaňour

Language of Dialogues: Czech
Language of Subtitles: none

THESE OBJECTS, THOSE MEMORIES

Jižní Afrika, 2015, 29 min
R. Horn
28.01.2017 16:30

These Objects, Those Memories" is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Through an exploration of the objects brought with them, objects sent back to their homeland, objects left behind and their associated memories; stories of joy, loss, and hopes for a return to Zimbabwe are examined.

Roger Horn is a lecturer (University of Cape Town - Visual Anthropology and SAE Institute Cape Town - Documentary Production/Film Studies), PhD candidate in Anthropology, and filmmaker with over 18 years of television and film production experience. His research and filmic interests include material culture, migration, xenophobia, post colonialism, and gender and sexuality.

Director, camera, script, edit: Roger Horn
Production: Roger Horn Films
Festivals (selections):  Le Cube Anthropologies Numeriques 4th Edition (March 2016 - Paris, France); EASA European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference (July 2016 - Milan, Italy); Eureka Springs Human Rights Fest (August 2016 - Arkansas, USA); Apricot Tree International Ethno Film Festival (Oct. 2016 - Armenia); Ethnographic Film Festival "Kratovo" 2016 (Oct.- Macedonia) ; Regard Bleu Film Festival 2016 (Oct. - Zurich, Switzerland) ; CEAD Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Conference (November 2016 - Cape Town, South Africa)

Language of Dialogues: English
language of Subtitles: English, Czech