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The Athens International Film Festival, Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival and Greece’s Francophone Film Festival support local movie theaters

Thursday November 24th, 2022

The Athens International Film Festival, Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival and Greece’s Francophone Film Festival would like to express their support and solidarity to the historic Athenian movie theaters ΙΝΤΕΑΛ, ΑΣΤΟΡ and ΑΕΛΛΩ that are threatened with closure as part of the expansive plans of real estate companies. Independent movie theaters need the direct …
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Download our Programme | Ethnofest 13

Sunday November 20th, 2022

We are proud  to present this year’s programme, full of interesting films, exciting guests, physical and online screenings and side events. Scroll through the programme, note down the films that you like and check out the times and dates for physical or online screenings!   Download our english programme here ! (link)   We are …
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Change The Narrative | Ethnofest 13

Thursday November 17th, 2022

13th Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival Films | Special Screenings | Side Events ❇︎ 24 November – 4 December 2022 November 24 – 27  | ASTOR Cinema December 2 | The Greek Film Archive Foundation November 28 – December 4 | Online on our website   Change The Narrative The 13th Ethnofest – International …
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The 13th Ethnofest is coming! Stay tuned for more.

Sunday November 13th, 2022

The 13th edition of  Ethnofest – International Ethnographic Film Festival is coming back to Athens and online with documentaries that record, feature and comment upon the human condition. From the 24th till the 27th of November, the festival will take place in our beloved ASTOR, while its curated online edition will be available from the …
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People in the cinema for Ethnofest premiere

Call for film submissions is now closed!

Monday June 6th, 2022

We are extremely thankful for the amazing submissions we received for the 13th Ethnofest.The call for films is now closed. Our work starts here as we prepare to dive into the 1000+ films from which this year’s festival programme shall emerge. Sincere thanks to everyone who submitted their films!

Ethnofest call for films for the 2022 festival

Ethnofest 2022 | Submission of films

Monday March 21st, 2022

An ever-shifting reality of pandemic, war and displacement has flooded our everyday lives while it shapes and reshapes our disposition towards the world and our place in it. This reality is also affecting the ways in which we see, we feel, we connect to others and our understanding of representation. In this conjuncture the Ethnofest …
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call for applications, summer school 2022

Call for applications – Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices

Tuesday March 8th, 2022

Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices 1 – 21 July 2022 The Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam (UvA) organises the intensive “Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices”. The summer school is back with a new format after 5 years of successful collaboration with the Netherlands …
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People watching the premiere of the film Allou, Pantou (Elsewhere, Everywhere)

Elsewhere, Everywhere (Αλλού, Παντού) Film Premiere

Thursday December 16th, 2021

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the official premiere of Elsewhere, Everywhere (Αλλού, Παντού) that took place on Wednesday, December 1st at ASTOR cinema in Athens, at the same time with screenings at cinemas in Paris and Brussels. The film was selected by the Rotterdam International Film Festival for its world premiere in 2020 …
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THE DOCUMENTARY ELSEWHERE, EVERYWHERE (AILLEURS, PARTOUT) IN GREECE

Thursday December 9th, 2021

We are very excited to inaugurate a new initiative as an organization, by distributing selected documentaries in Greece. The first film we are honoured to showcase, is the documentary Elsewhere, Everywhere (Ailleurs, Partout) by Isabelle Ingold & Vivianne Perlemuter the work of which we have been following for some time now, and we have selected …
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That’s a wrap! | Moments from the 12th Ethnofest

The 12th Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival came to an end for this year.  For us the number 12 symbolized  the completion of a full circle and a new beginning. We hoped you enjoyed this year hybrid format as much as we did and  we would like to thank all of you for attending …
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Announcement for online screenings

Sunday November 28th, 2021

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Download our festival’s Programme!

Wednesday November 24th, 2021

We are proud  to present this year’s programme, full of interesting films, physical and online screenings and side events. Scroll through the programme, note down the films that you like and check out the times and dates for physical or online screenings!   Click here to download the programme! (link)   We are counting in …
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