FILMFESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
∙ Ethno Film Festival Djakovo / Croatia (2010)
∙ Museum of Ethnography, University of Zurich / Switzerland (2010)
∙ NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival, Aarhus / Denmark
(2010)
∙ Kos International Health Film Festival Ippokratis / Greece (2010)
∙ Moscow International Festival of Visual Anthropology / Russia (2010)
∙ International Film Festival Etnofilm Cadca / Slovakia (2010)
∙ Cambodia International Film Festival, Phnom Penh / Cambodia
(2010)
∙ International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade / Serbia (2010)
∙ Contro-Sguardi International Anthropological Film Festival, Perugia /
Italy (2010)
∙ Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Greece (2010)
∙ Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, Phnom Penh / Cambodia
(2010)
∙ Antropofest International Film Festival, Prague / Czech Republic
(2011)
∙ Days of Ethnografic Film, Ljubljana / Slovenia (2011)
∙ Worldfilm Festival of Visual Culture, Tartu / Estonia (2011)
∙ Espiello Muestra de Documental Etnografico, Boltana / Spain (2011)
∙ Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore,
Lisbon / Portugal (2011)
∙ RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, London / UK (2011)
∙ Days of Ethnographic Cinema, Moscow / Russia (2011)
∙ AAA Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival,
Montreal / Canada (2011)
∙ Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany (2012)
∙ Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, Kathmandu (2012)
∙ Weitwinkel Filmfestival, Koblenz, Germany (2013)
AWARDS
∙ Slovak Ethnographic Society Award, International Film Festival
Etnofilm Cadca / Slovakia (2010)
∙ Espiello Rechira, Award for best Research Work, Espiello Muestra de
Documental Etnografico, Boltana / Spain (2011)
∙ Honorable Mention, Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media
Festival, Montreal / Canada (2011)
SYNOPSIS
On the basis of a social anthropological case study, this film documents the birth practices of the Bunong in Mondulkiri province, located in the northeast of Cambodia.
Social, economic, and political changes are transforming the province tremendously and are affecting villagers’ beliefs, perceptions and habits regarding pregnancy, delivery and early motherhood.
Traditional midwives, pregnant women, mothers and their families give a personal insight into their present decision-making strategies, which are at the crossroads between tradition and modernity.
TRAILER
TRAILER
TEAM
Tommi Mendel
director, camera, sound, editing
Brigitte Nikles
Nomad RSI, Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Ph: +855 12 463 977 | brigittenikles@gmx.ch
research, field coordination, interviews
Neth Prak
interviews, translations, additional field coordination
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