This year we celebrate the tenth round of graduate projects to emerge from our MA in Ethnographic and Documentary film. We are hugely proud of all our students, past and present, for the courage, skill and dedication they demonstrate through their studies. This year’s selection embodies the spirit of our community of aspiring filmmakers who are unafraid to express themselves and undeterred from questioning the status quo, seeking truths with compassion and curiosity. 

Session 1: 

Do You Remember?
Husam Ibrahim | 2025 | UK | 11′ | digital | English, Dakhni spoken, English subtitles 

An experimental work exploring the lasting effects of trauma, and the process by which lost childhood memories can be reclaimed. 

A Film, My Body
Maar Dinu | 2025 | UK | 23′ | digital | English spoken 

The materiality of film is juxtaposed against the trans experience in this deeply personal piece exploring process and the act of becoming. 

 Nest of the Birdman
Yifei Wang | 2025 | UK | 29’ | digital | Mandarin spoken, English subtitles 

In a rebuff to the authorities, a farmer spends years building a tower on the outskirts of the city. The process becomes an obsession – a sense of freedom is revealed through this seemingly limitless reach for the sky.  

Session 2: 

A Step Change 
Yitong Liu | 2025 | UK | 24′ | digital | Mandarin spoken, English subtitles  

This film follows the day-to-day lives of two porters – their laborious work carrying loads up and down Mount Tai – and traces how the tendrils of modernity stretch to the most unlikely places.  

I Am Mine, and I Am Yours Too 
Panchsheel Gaikwad | 2025 | UK | 22′ | digital | English, Marathi spoken, English subtitles  

The legacy of India’s caste system and its enduring impact on Indians at home and abroad is dissected in this personal essay.  

A Month with My Grandpa 
Liren Zhang | 2025 | UK | 30′ | digital | Mandarin spoken, English subtitles  

The complex relationship between the filmmaker and his grandfather, a renowned Chinese opera director, engenders questions around authority, familial expectations, and inter-generational understanding. 

Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and a reception to celebrate 10 years of Public Anthropology.