“The 3rd International Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists Greece (SKAE), to be held in Volos on 6–8 November 2026 in collaboration with the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, adopts the perspective of a decentered world. In doing so, it proposes an analytical and political shift in perspective: one that challenges the locations from which dominant narratives of history, progress, development, security, community and humanity are produced.”
As part of the conference, Ethnofest curates and presents two films:
Friday, 6 November, 20:30, Gianis Kordatos Auditorium
New Beginnings
Five years after their previous film Ailleurs, Partout, which premiered at the 11th Ethnofest, the festival’s beloved directors return with their new documentary, which premiered in the Burning Lights Competition at Visions du Réel. A Vietnam veteran living on his tribal reservation in Northern California, Al Moon, faces resurgent war fears as violence and environmental destruction escalate. His cross-country journey to confront his past and his battalion becomes a portrait of a wounded nation searching for healing.
Dir: Isabelle Ingold, VIvianne Perelmuter
Country: Βέλγιο, Γαλλία
Language: English
Year: 2025, 91′
Saturday, 7 November, 20:30, Gianis Kordatos Auditorium
Morichales
In Venezuela’s Guayana region, vast gold reserves lie beneath the moriche palms, also known as “trees of life”, drawing miners from across the land. Through the voice of a narrator, the film, which premiered in the International Competition of DOK Leipzig 2024, maps the intricate network of gold extraction and trade, questioning humanity’s exploitative bond with nature. Shot over thirteen years, it traces a restless, dreamlike quest for treasure.
Dir: Chris Gude Country: Colombia, U.S.A.
Language: Spanish
Year: 2025, 83’
Film Still from Morichales
More info for the conference, Here.