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Folk art
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A joyously animated myth retells why painting is prayer to India’s Bhil people
A film by Nina Sabnani and Sher Singh Bhil
Spirituality and religion
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When his faith crumbles, an ‘Amish atheist’ rebuilds his world from scratch
Directed by Lance Edmands
Music
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Faith, struggle and song intertwine in this classic film on Appalachian music
Directed by John Cohen
Ageing and death
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At India’s ‘death hotels’, devout Hindus seek liberation from cycles of rebirth
Directed by Dan Braga Ulvestad
Poetry
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Childhood collides with the adult world in this haunting Bukowski adaptation
A film by Jonathan Hodgson
Music
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A music video moulded in clay finds joy in nature amid life’s sorrows
Directed by Lynn Tomlinson
Folk art
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Scottish Gaelic songs send a message in a bottle across the oceans of time
Directed by Jamie Chambers
Creativity
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An improvised animation doubles as an absurdly fun lesson in creativity
Directed by Sasha Svirsky
Meditation and contemplation
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A leaf, a bird and a fisherman animate Heraclitus’ aphorism on flux
A film by Michelle Brand
Creativity
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Meet the artists who create sounds for movies – and have so much fun doing it
A film by Jeremy Benning
Parenting and families
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When a young woman leaves home, her parents’ world literally begins to unravel
A film by Dina Velikovskaya
Poetry
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An English teacher asks his class: ‘What’s the opposite of a gun?’
Directed by Anna Samo and Lisa LaBracio