The submission period for the 9th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival is now over. We want to thank everyone who have submitted their film. This year we have received over 400 submissions – and thus a pretty difficult selection period lies ahead for us! Τhe first selection period ends in September and the final programme will …
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We are really excited to announce a collaboration of which we are most proud of: Ethnofest and JAF (Journal of Anthropological Films, by the wonderful Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) ) will collaborate to produce a Special Issue based on this year’s Festival themed section – “Critical Encounters: The European Refugee Crisis”, which is curated …
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We are happy to announce that the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest will participate in the fourth edition of “Dialogues in Archaeology”, which will take place in Athens from May 31st to June 3rd 2018. This year’s theme is “Cities / Urban Landscape” and Ethnofest’s participation consists of a screening session of selected short …
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The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest will participate in the programme of Photometria International Photography Festival 2018, in the framework of the screenings’ section with the subject “Why do we Photograph?”. Photometria International Photography Festival is organized by NGO “Entefxis” for the 10th year in Ioannina. It’s the first interactive Photography Festival and this …
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The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest, in collaboration with INNOVATHENS powered by Samsung, participates in the celebrations of the International Museum Day 2018 at the Industrial Gas Museum. The theme chosen for 2018 is “Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new publics” and, in that context, the Industrial Gas Museum presents The Ne(s)t, an audiovisual trip …
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After three successful editions, the Summer School “Visual Ethnography of Cityscapes” is one of Ethnofest’s most beloved educational activities. The Summer School consists of an intensive series of workshops and courses on ethnographic cinema and it’s co-organized by the the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest and the Netherlands Institute in Athens (NIA), in collaboration …
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The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest participates at the three-day-tribute “Leo at Trianon”, honoring the memory of Leonidas Papageorgiou, former director of cine Trianon. The tribute will take place in April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at cine Trianon (21 Kodrigktonos & 101 Patission), with free entrance. The Poster for the Event Within the …
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Alima, a film by Loukas Koubouris and Nickolas Papadimitriou, is an Ethnofest production in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Antropos (MedINA). The film is based on an ethnographic observation of the daily routine of the fishermen at the Mesolonghi-Aitoliko Lagoon. Over the centuries, local communities around the Messolonghi lagoon in Greece have developed …
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Since 2014, the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest has established a themed section, that focuses on a specific topic every year. This themed section aims at making the Festival accessible to wider audiences and at promoting the educational and reflexive dimensions of ethnographic cinema. This year’s themed section is dedicated to the “refugee crisis” …
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For the third year in a row, Ethnofest collaborates with the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Antrhopology, and the Social Anthropology Lab (University of Thessaly). In the framework of this collaboration, Ethnofest travels to Volos in order to present a selection of films that were screened during the 8th edition of the Festival. The …
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Α film production of Ethnofest in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Antropos (MedINA) will be screened at the 20th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Alima, a film by Loukas Koubouris and Nickolas Papadimitriou, is an ethnographic observation of the daily routine of the fishermen at the Mesolonghi-Aitoliko Lagoon. Over the centuries, local communities around …
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The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest continues its exploration of the world through the ethnographic lens. For its upcoming ninth edition, Ethnofest is announcing a call for films that observe, feel with every sense and reflect upon their subjects while using the tools of visual anthropology. This call is addressed to anthropologists and scientists …
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