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The 10th Anthropological Film Festival

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The 10th Anthropological Film Festival

The Jerusalem Cinematheque, together with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University, are working to promote documentary films with ethnographic orientation. These films use cinematic techniques in order to demonstrate the complexity and difficulties of the lives of individuals and communities around the world, the relationship between the human and non-human, and the social political and financial aspects of these relationships.

The screenings are accompanied by lectures and talks.

Come join us, come and be part of the world we live in.

The 2022 edition will take place November 29-December 01. Details to follow

Speaker (in Heb.): Eliran Arazi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Between Fire and Water

Dir.: Viviana Gómez Echeverry, Anton Wenzel
| 92 minutes

Camilo was adopted by an indigenous couple from the Quillasinga tribe. The only black man in his community, he has always felt different. Now, he sets out on a journey in search of his origins. The journey reveals the intricacy of Colombia and the uniqueness of the community that adopted him.
Speaker (in Heb.): Lydia Ginzburg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ostrov – Lost Island

Dir.: Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop
| 92 minutes

On the island of Ostrov in the Caspian Sea the inhabitants, left alone by the Russian state after the collapse of the USSR, with no gas nor electricity, and no legal jobs, no doctors nor policemen, try to survive and imagine a better future.
Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Nurit Stadler, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Faith Can Move Mountains

Dir.: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
| 79 minutes

The initiative of a group of Greek Orthodox nuns to build a monastery on a steep and dangerous mountain overseeing the fjord is met with mixed reactions by the local community of a remote and beautiful village in Norway. This is a unique, paradoxical story about the globalized intersection of willpower, transcendence, and profit.

Opening Event

Opening remarks and musical performance 

The Bubble

Dir.: Valerie Blankenbyl
| 91 minutes

Not far from Disney World Florida, 150,000 senior citizens reside in The Villages. With 96 activity centers, 54 golf courses, 70 swimming pools, and 3000 clubs, The Villages is no ordinary retirement home solution. But beneath the pristine green lawns lurk issues of race, money, and even politics.

Beyond the White

Dir.: Evgeny Kalachikhin
| 90 minutes

Cut off from civilization, Northern Russian villagers at the White Sea struggle to survive – while still living under the raw forces of nature. Nature and culture form a new relationship, leaving space for beauty, solace, disappointments, and dreams for the future.
Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Rotem Geva, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Writing with Fire

Dir.: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh
| 93 minutes

Against all odds, India's Khabar Lahariya news network has gained a strong following. Initiated and managed by Dalit women, this group of journalists investigates and reports on various political and social issues. Their story offers a new and different understanding of the democratic experience in a segmented society. 
Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Orit Ouaknine-Yekutieli, Ben-Gurion University

Fadma: Even Ants Have Wings

Dir.: Jawad Rhalib
| 89 minutes

When Fadma and her family from Casablanca arrive at a small community in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where the age-old gender division is alive and well, she challenges the status quo and leads the local women to demand equality.

On the Cinema of Jean Rouch

Conversation between Prof. Tamar Elor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Dan Geva, University of Haifa

Little by Little

Dir.: Jean Rouch
| 96 minutes

Jean Rouch sends his African friends to investigate Paris and its inhabitants. With an ironic and piercing ethnographic approach, Rouch turns the traditional subject into the investigator. The result: Paris, the French, cinema, and humans are rediscovered in one of the funniest and smartest films of all time. 
Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Tamar Elor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rise and Fall of the Plastic Sandal

Dir.: Florian Vallée
| 52 minutes

The Jelly Shoes have a surprising history. First created for the French, they quickly made their way to West Africa and became a symbol of middle-class and colonialism. An object born out of a mistake makes for a fascinating lesson in material culture, consumerism, taste, and colonialism.
Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Michal Zelcer-Lavid, Bar-Ilan University

Singing in the Wilderness

Dir.: Dongnan Chen
| 99 minutes

After hiding in the mountains for a century, a Miao ethnic Christian choir is discovered by a propaganda official and becomes a national sensation. Two young Miaos and all the villagers must reconcile their faith, identity, and love with the real world of China.
Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Lynn Schler, Ben-Gurion University

Zinder

Dir.: Aicha Macky
| 82 minutes

Told through the young residences of the place – boys, teens, men, girls – Zinder is the story of the Kara-Kara district of Zinder, Niger, a harsh arena of violence and despair. Though the lives of the residents are saturated with violence and exploitation, friendships and humanity manage to erupt
Speaker (in Heb.): Dr. Inna Leykin, The Open University of Israel

Kombinat

Dir.: Gabriel Tejedor
| 75 minutes

Magnitogorsk, an industrial town in the heart of Russia, lives in the backdrop of The Kombinat, a gigantic steel factory. The life of the city and its inhabitants is dictated by the heartbeat of this factory – their varied journeys explore Russia, past, present, and future.
Speaker (in Heb.): Prof. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Tel Aviv University

Kodokushi

Dir.: Ensar Altay
| 85 minutes

Family, death, and hope in 21st century Japan come to light in this documentary about a group of men whose job is to clean the apartments of individuals who have died isolated from society and the volunteers trying to find and reach out to these elderly lonesome people.