27.-28.1.2017
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

EXTENDED FAMILY

Švýcarsko, Velká Británie, 2016, 31 min
R. H. Sonderegger
28.01.2017 15:25

Mummy, mama and daddy; mummy, mama and sperm donor: The film Extended Family offers an intimate insight into two same-sex families' lives, who found a way to create their families within a legal grey zone in Switzerland. Swiss law bans access to adoption and any assisted reproductive medicine for same-sex couples. The portrayed families therefore do not exist officially. Nevertheless, according to estimations, there are between 6'000 and 30'000 children living in rainbow families across the country.

Ramona Helena  Sonderegger was  born in Altstätten (SG) Switzerland  in 1982. 2004 Primary Teacher degree, Switzerland 2012 Field research in Kyrgyzstan, realisation as an ethnographic film 2013 BA in Social Anthropology, Political Sciences and Psychology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland 2013 Field research in Yaoundé, Cameroon together with a local NGO about the situation of women widows 2015 MA in Visual Anthropology with Ethnographic Documentary Film, Granada Centre, University of Manchester.

Director, camera, script, edit, production: Ramona H. Sonderegger
Festivals (selection): Regard Bleu Ethnographic Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland; Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Greece; Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, Minnesota, USA

Language of Dialogues: Swiss German
Language of Subtitles: English, Czech

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
 

TAMA GAUN - THE COPPER VILLAGE

Japonsko, Norsko, Nepál, 2015, 89 min
F. Storaas, D. Kharel
28.01.2017 18:55

In Okharbot village of Western Nepal a few persons still know the age-old traditional practise of mining, smelting and casting of copper. The copper has a number of symbolic meanings and economic aspects connected to exchange and healing properties, as well as being the Hindu god Shiva. The complex caste system of Nepal, although abolished, still structures the lives of most people. The untouchable smiths, the Kami, produce one of the purest metals in Hindu cosmology. The film follows Ujir, the foreman, who guides the steps of the mining and smelting. During the smelting work the festival of Dassain took place in the village. The festival is part of the social and cultural context presented in the film along with the traditional smelting process of copper.
 
Dipesh Kharel is an independent documentary filmmaker from Nepal about to finish his PhD research in film and social anthropology at the University of Tokyo in Japan. He received a Master of Philosophy in documentary film studies from the University of Tromsø in Norway.
Frode Storaas is a professor of visual anthropology at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway. His anthropological research has mainly been with pastoralists in Eastern Africa. A theme conveyed in many of his films has been how cultural traditions and ideas influence everyday life. Storaas is gen.sec. of NAFA, a worldwide network for visual anthropology, and the NAFA collection of anthropological films.

Director, camera, script, edit: F. Storaas, D. Kharel
Production: University Museum of Bergen, Norway, Media Help Line, Nepal
Festivals (selection): 2015 Nepal Panorama, Best Documentary; 14th RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM, Watershed in Bristol, England 2015

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