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The applications for the 2026 summer school are now closed

Ethnofest — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:36:31 +0000

We are overwhelmed in the best possible way! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱! Thank you for the trust.

Now, the selection process begins. See you on the other side ✨

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2026 Call for Submissions | Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices

Ethnofest — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:20:18 +0000

Call for Submissions

Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices

In collaboration with the University of Amsterdam (UvA)

June 29 – July 19

Apply here

Deadline: Friday, April 3

Interviews: Friday, April 16 – Saturday, April 17

Notification of Successful Applicants: Monday, April 20

Ethnofest, in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam (UvA), invites applications for the 2026 Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices, an intensive, practice-based programme dedicated to ethnographic, research-driven, and socially engaged audiovisual practices.

Taking place in Athens, the summer school offers participants the opportunity to work with the city as a living field, engaging with locally grounded practices, domestic contexts and everyday realities, while situating their work within broader international dialogues in visual anthropology and multimodal ethnography.

Still from our Athens walk in 2024 © Christina-Thalia Pappa

About the Summer School

Visual ethnographic research and multimodal practices have become essential tools for exploring contemporary social life and for expanding how situated knowledge can be produced, shared and experienced. The Athens Summer School in Visual Ethnographic Practices foregrounds practice as research, bringing together theory, fieldwork and creative experimentation.

The programme is designed for those interested in exploring how ethnographic thinking can take shape through moving image, sound, writing and hybrid forms. Working in small groups, participants will collaboratively design and develop their own small-scale research projects, engaging closely with fieldwork, creative inquiry and collective decision-making. The summer school emphasizes process, hands-on learning, situated research and critical engagement over the production of a polished or industry-ready film.

Structure & Methodology

Over three intensive weeks, participants will:

Attend courses, masterclasses,

Workshops and film screenings.

Plan and conduct small-scale ethnographic fieldwork.

Work in small groups and engage in collaborative research.

Engage in feedback sessions.
Work with audiovisual tools through hands-on exercises.

* The programme is practice-based. Final projects may take different forms, including (but not limited to):

A short documentary

An audio work
A treatment or project dossier

Tutors

The summer school is led by an international team of researchers, filmmakers and educators, an example of whom are the following (more names to be announced soon):

International collaborators

Lana Askari

Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker focused on political anthropology, migration, futures and the SWANA-region.

Philip Cartelli

Media anthropologist and filmmaker, whose work bridges sensory ethnography, experimental documentary and academic research.

Alexandra D’Onofrio

Research Associate at Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology/ University of Manchester. Visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker specialising in participatory, collaborative and community-based methodologies.

Zacharias Mavroeidis

Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Established scriptwriting instructor and consultant.

Summer School Team

Konstantinos Aivaliotis

Assistant professor at the University of the Aegean, festival expert and visual anthropologist with extensive experience in ethnographic cinema, film festivals and film markets.

Andreas Anastasiades

Researcher and documentary filmmaker, whose work spans feature-length and short nonfiction films, with a strong focus on contemporary social realities and collaborative production.

Konstantina Bousmpoura

Anthropologist, filmmaker and human rights activist, working at the intersection of dance, politics, and transfeminist social movements through long-term ethnographic practice between Athens and Buenos Aires.

Who Can Apply*

The programme is open to final-year BA students, MA students, and PhD candidates.

Any candidate not listed in the categories above but associated with a research or audiovisual project can email us at edu@ethnofest.gr.

The working language of the summer school is English.

Applications must be submitted via the online form here.

Please ensure all required materials are submitted by the deadline.

Timeline

Application Deadline: Friday, April 3

Interviews: Friday, April 16 – Saturday, April 17

Notification of Successful Applicants: Monday, April 20

Students are encouraged to bring their own equipment and laptops in order to make their training process smoother; however, the summer school will provide in-rotation cameras and audio equipment. Please fill in the relevant section of the application form.

Costs and subsidies

The total cost of the course is 950€ for EU and international students. Greek students are eligible for a concession fee of 700€. Students are expected to cover their flights from their country of residence to Athens and back, as well as the costs of accommodation, lunch, and dinner. Upon confirmation of the participants, the selected students will be contacted to discuss the prospect of sharing accommodation.

What to expect

Participants can expect an intensive and collaborative learning environment designed as a unique, potentially life-changing experience that combines deep immersion in local cultures with rigorous academic and creative challenges. The programme places a strong emphasis on ethnographic process and situated practice, encouraging participants to engage critically with their surroundings and with one another. Through sustained discussions, experimentation, and peer exchange, students will work with Athens not simply as a backdrop but as an active field of inquiry. Throughout the programme, supportive supervision and collective reflection create the conditions for meaningful learning, personal growth, and the development of thoughtful, research-driven work.

You can find the application form here.

Deadline: Friday, April 3

For further information, please contact: Leda Dialyna | Summer School Coordinator | 📧 edu@ethnofest.gr | 🌐 www.ethnofest.gr

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16th ETHNOFEST | In a New Framework

Ethnofest — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:27:47 +0000

The 16th Ethnofest – Athens International Ethnographic Film Festival has been successfully completed, receiving a warm response from the public, with more than 2,000 viewers attending screenings at the Astor Cinema until December 1, and online until December 7.

This year’s edition marked the first time that the section “Initiations: Student Films in Greece” assumed a competitive format. The Jury, consisting of Panos Gkenas, Mel Kalfantis, and Fili Olsevski, awarded a Special Mention to The Café Will Remain Closed by Magda Alexandri and Anna Chrysanthakopoulou, while the Best Film Award was given to Taratsa by Dimitra Chrysoula.
The filmmakers received their awards in an atmosphere of emotion, mutual support, and pride. As a tangible form of support for emerging cinematic voices, the award was accompanied by a €500 cash prize. Throughout the festival, international and Greek student films filled the Astor cinema, creating a vibrant community of dialogue, exchange, and interaction beyond the confines of academia.

One of the central meeting points and defining features of this year’s Ethnofest was the tribute “Geographies of the Gaze: Off-Plan Greece (1950–2000)”, presented in collaboration with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The tribute opened a window onto rare and hard-to-access films deeply connected to the Greek countryside and to a sense of Greekness “off the grid.” Originally presented at the 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, the tribute found its ideal context at the 16th Ethnofest, introducing Athenian audiences to these works. The curators Eleni Androustsopoulou, Manolis Kranakis, and Yannis Palavos welcomed the viewers and spoke about the process of shaping the tribute, starting from Kastoria and Takis Kanellopoulos’ “Macedonian Trilogy,” as well as the challenges and importance of the filmmakers and their work. Within the framework of the tribute, we were honored to host filmmakers Dimitris and Kostas Koutsiabassakos, Manos Efstratiadis, and Christos Voupouras. The tribute concluded the festival on Monday, December 1, with a free and fully accessible screening at the Greek Film Archive.

Another particularly significant event was the screening of the documentary Unmaking Of, addressing art in the midst of genocide, accompanied by an intervention from the Filmmakers for Palestine network. Among the guest filmmakers was Philip Cartelli, who presented Ashes of Time for the first time as a work in progress, as part of the section Narrating the Fieldwork – a platform where audiovisual projects in development receive framing, support, and professional feedback. Additionally, directors Isabelle Ingold and Vivianne Perelmuter returned to Ethnofest for the third time with their new documentary New Beginnings.

Reshaping Ethnofest

The festival in the form we have known until now has completed its course.
It was a living and meaningful event, and, as demonstrated by the strong participation of both filmmakers and audiences, deeply connected to what has always defined Ethnofest: a meeting place for documentaries that require time, care, and dialogue.

After 16 years of creative festival-making, this year’s edition marks the completion of an important cycle. On the opening night, we shared a decision that has been maturing for some time: the festival, in its current form, reaches its conclusion.

This decision does not stem from a sense of withdrawal. On the contrary, it arises from a deep awareness of what we have accomplished and from the need to protect and evolve our core mission. The festival, along with the International Summer School and our educational and developmental activities, constitutes a pioneering and unique proposition within both the Greek and international documentary landscape – one we do not wish to see stagnate through repetition.

Observing shifts in the funding landscape as well as in the broader cultural ecosystem of Athens, we recognize a growing saturation of cultural and film events drawing from the same funding sources and addressing similar audiences. Especially during the final quarter of the year, Athens is filled with festivals. This is not a commentary or comparison, but a sincere assessment of the complex reality in which we operate, taking into account other interlocutors in this ecosystem such as funding, media, film distribution, and more.

Within this context, it is necessary to take a step back and allow space to explore new, fresher, and more sustainable forms of cultural intervention, better suited to highlighting our distinct content and objectives.

Our founding purpose remains non-negotiable: to create spaces and time for documentaries, for new, daring, and pioneering voices, and to bridge the academic and cinematic fields. So does our conviction that Ethnofest should be more than a festival, something we have already achieved. Ethnofest remains a platform for dialogue, education, exchange, and meaningful connection with the communities and stories that deserve to be heard.

From the coming year onward, we will be developing new forms of presence and engagement in the city of Athens – forms that will allow us to connect more deeply with residents, creators, and active citizens, and to engage creatively and dynamically with the contemporary cultural landscape.

Very soon, we will announce our first new activity beyond the Summer School: an initiative dedicated to supporting and showcasing student films produced across film and social science departments worldwide, with a continued focus on ethnographic approaches and socially engaged documentary filmmaking.

Ethnofest doesn’t say goodbye; it evolves.
We move forward with the same belief in the power of documentary, the necessity of collective spaces for viewing and reflection, and the certainty that stories that matter always find a way to be told.

Stay connected for what comes next.

More information & announcements: www.ethnofest.gr
Contact: info@ethnofest.gr | press@ethnofest.gr

The 16th Ethnofest – Athens International Ethnographic Film Festival was held with the support of the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece (EKKOMED) and the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.

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Moments from our Premiere | 16th Ethnofest

Ethnofest — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:13:01 +0000

On the evening of Tuesday the 25th, the 16th Ethnofest premiered with the first nationwide screening of the documentary Circo!
We had the pleasure of welcoming the film’s director, Lamia Chraibi, who answered questions from the audience and spoke about her many years of filming experience, highlighting the importance of building trust and familiarity throughout the making of a documentary.

The discussion was coordinated and interpreted by Gely Mademli.

Before the screening, the Gender Network of Amnesty International – Greek Section delivered a valuable and timely address on the occasion of November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

After the screening, we enjoyed unique treats from Taos Brewing, adding a festive note to the evening.

See you in the coming days at Astor!

Photos: Christina Thaleia Pappa

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DANCE AND THE ETHNOGRAPHIC CAMERA Open Online Discussion

Ethnofest — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:09:55 +0000

As part of its collaboration with Ethnofest, the Laboratory of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology of the Department of Music Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens selects two films to be screened online and organizes an open online discussion.

What does the camera “see” when it “observes” dancing bodies? This discussion examines the interplay between the cinematic gaze and the ethnographic study of dance practices,
exploring how the camera can capture, interpret, and convey experiences of the body, community, and identity, with movement as the focal point. Centered on the films Kefi: The Story of FDF, the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (2020) and An Element of Hope (2025), screened in the EthnoFest online program, directors Patti Testerman, Natalia Koutsougera, and
Giorgos Danopoulos engage in dialogue with the team from the Laboratory of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology (NKUA), sharing insights from their long-term work on the film representation of diverse dance forms, cultural groups, and performative contexts. Members of the research project #DanceMuse from the Laboratory of Language, Folklore, and Culture (University of Ioannina) also take part in the conversation.

LINK TO THE OPEN DISCUSSION:

Topic: DANCE AND THE ETHNOGRAPHIC CAMERA Open Online Discussion
Time: Dec 2, 2025 18:00 Athens
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84601531766?pwd=5K0Dz9bkFYmkbNSZHz9v1l8UXDX6Dj.1

Meeting ID: 846 0153 1766
Passcode: 026568

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Press Release | 16th Ethnofest

Ethnofest — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:53:24 +0000

16th Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival
25–30 November | ASTOR · 1 December | Greek Film Archive · 1–7 December | Online

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT MORE.COM

THIS IS THE PROGRAM OF THE 16th ETHNOFEST!

The Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival returns for its 16th edition, both in cinemas across Athens and online throughout Greece, presenting documentaries from all corners of the world. Human experience—across time, space, and culture—remains the festival’s core. Staying true to its vision, Ethnofest approaches cinema as a space of empathy and dialogue, where the act of looking becomes a tool for understanding both others and ourselves.

TRIBUTE: “Geography of the Gaze: Off-Plan Greece (1950–2000)”
This year’s edition, in collaboration with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, hosts the tribute “Geography of the Gaze: Off-Plan Greece (1950–2000)”. This cinematic journey through the Greek countryside, presented through rare documentaries by seminal filmmakers, sheds light on collective memory and cultural identity, highlighting cinema as a living archive of our social and intellectual heritage.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS: BALLET, by FREDERICK WISEMAN
Thirty years after its original release, the festival honors and presents—for the first time in Greece—Frederick Wiseman’s landmark documentary Ballet. Focusing on the American Ballet Theatre, Wiseman follows rehearsals, classes, artistic meetings, and performances, illuminating the unseen and intensely demanding world behind the perfection of the stage. Through his signature long, unedited scenes, he highlights physicality, discipline, and the constant negotiation between authority and creativity—all elements defining a major artistic institution. The first part centers on choreographers’ working methods, while the second follows the company on a European tour, including stops in Athens and Copenhagen. A masterful portrait of the American Ballet Theatre, it remains a defining work of observational cinema.

SECTION: SIGHTS FOR SORE EYES
This expanded and renewed section merges the former Panorama and Experimentation in Ethnography programs, embracing works that challenge our certainties and refresh the cinematic gaze on the world through hybrid, experimental, and deeply human-centered narratives. From the favelas of Rio in Circo (Lamia Chraibi) to architectural memory and displacement in On Human Tenderness (Minou Norouzi); from the traces of a missing scientist in From Here, I Seem to Belong (Emilia Auhagen-Kuoppamäki, Leon Emonds-Pool) to a subtle observation of women’s labor in Women Artisans (Gavriela Gerolemou), the program forms a mosaic of different worlds. The section opens our gaze to gold hunting and myth in Under the Moriche Palms (Chris Gude), to a veteran’s journey of self-discovery in New Beginnings (Isabelle Ingold, Vivianne Perelmuter), and to reflections on art amid genocide in Un-Filming (Bilal Alkhatib). Memories of Cyprus emerge in both Screen Recording 2020–11–20 at 1.59.44 PM (Argyro Nikolaou) and A Breath on the Pavement of Strangers (Cindy Chehab), while family loss becomes an invocation to listen in Listen to the Voices (Maxime Jean-Baptiste). A section of films-as-worldviews, urging us to look again—and more attentively—at what we often overlook.

ETHNOFEST x BIENNALE
The presentation of Stes Pétres (Taşlara) by Sevina Floridou and the Fisherwomxn collective—representing Cyprus at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale—bridges ethnography, art, and traditional technique, revealing the Cypriot landscape as both language and living archive of memory.

STUDENT SECTIONS: INITIATIONS
This year, the festival upgrades “Initiations: Greek Student Films” into a National Competition Section, highlighting new voices and innovative works emerging from Greece. “Initiations: International Student Films” includes films created within educational programs and international summer schools, offering insight into how young creators worldwide approach field research through collective and creative methods. Together, these two sections embody the heart of a new generation of filmmakers: works conceived within universities, collectives, and summer schools, where early cinematic gestures meet experimentation, observation, and personal testimony. Small but powerful stories that foreshadow tomorrow’s documentary. By connecting academic research with student production—and lived experience with films centered on daily practices, personal stories, and local communities—the section underscores the learning of cinematic and ethnographic language as a process of exploration and experimentation.

INITIATIONS: GREEK STUDENT FILMS
Escape to the Rock (Angelina Reka) follows two friends on their climbing excursions and their growing relationship with the natural environment. Kallithea, My Love (Antonis Gallios, Raphael Klaridopoulos, Giorgos Kritikós) focuses on a man’s love for his team and his neighborhood. In The Terrace (Dimitra Chryssoula), a women’s boxing group reunites after COVID-19, recalling their training and experiences. At the Lake (Efi Anagnostidou) uncovers the secrets of longevity through conversations with locals. The Café Will Remain Closed (Magda Alexandri, Anna Chrysanthakopoulou) observes the daily life of an elderly café owner. In Pissed Off on Themistokleous 13 (Dimitra Paraskevou, Marianna Nikolaidi), the everyday concerns of Gen Z unfold in a bustling Athens apartment. Handetia (Theodora Efstathopoulou, Nikoleta Laskidou) highlights the sound and memory of bells in Drama.

INITIATIONS: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILMS
The Meeting Point, the Olive Tree (Nimal Bourloud, Lienke Roos, Hannah Hertzberg) follows Athens’ oldest olive tree as a living monument of human-environment relations. Mr Boki’s Ghost (Esther Carlin) blends fiction and reality to explore silence and loss. The Beast’s Path (Pedro Valtierra Anza) traces migrants’ journeys aboard freight trains. What Did You See Today, Bird? (Tiziano Locci, Anna R. Japaridze) reveals the vibrancy of the linguistic and musical traditions of Italy’s Arbereshe community. Daily life and collective action also emerge in Don’t Park Here on Saturdays (Myrto Greve, Sarah Krause) and Owen’s Defence (Hannah Knox, Emma Tsoneva), while The Crack (Laura Cadena, Dephne Kuzucu, Antonios Somarakis) exposes shared economies of exclusion at the margins of Athens. Finally, films such as All One Forest (Giovanni Astorino, Panos Achniotis), The Sound of Wood (Margherita Vita, Emelie Victoria Isaksen), Apoléon (Amir Youssef), Komodo (Elettra Gotti), and Common Language (Harra Garramone, Eszter Kalman, Anna Lehmann) highlight the diversity of ethnographic practice—from relationships with nature and history to collective resistance and social structures.

Through all these encounters, Ethnofest continues to build bridges between cinema and ethnography, artistic inspiration and social research—celebrating the many ways we make sense of and narrate the world around us.

ONLINE SCREENINGS
From 1 to 7 December, part of the festival will be available online, featuring the following films:
Circo | Sights for Sore Eyes
Women Artisans | Sights for Sore Eyes
New Beginnings | Sights for Sore Eyes
INITIATIONS: Greek Student Films:
Pissed Off on Themistokleous 13
Escape to the Rock
The Terrace
Handetia – Mapping the Sound
At the Lake
Kallithea, My Love
The Café Will Remain Closed
Selected by the Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology Lab (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens):
An Element of Hope (Greece 2025, 23’) – Dir. Natalia Koutsougera, Giorgos Danopoulos
Kefi: The Story of FDF, the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (USA 2020, 42’) – Dir. Patti Testerman

PARALLEL EVENTS
18:00 | Tuesday, 2 December | AULI Cultural Heritage
In collaboration with Ethnofest, the Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology Lab of the University of Athens presents two films (available online) and hosts an open online discussion.

DANCE AND THE ETHNOGRAPHIC CAMERA
Open online discussion
What does the camera “see” when it “looks” at dancing bodies? This conversation explores the relationship between cinematic gaze and ethnographic approaches to dance practices, examining how the camera can record, interpret, and convey experiences of the body, community, and identity through movement. Inspired by the films Kefi: The Story of FDF, the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (2020) and An Element of Hope (2025), featured in Ethnofest’s online program, directors Patti Testerman, Natalia Koutsougera, and Giorgos Danopoulos speak with the team of the Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology Lab (NKUA), sharing insights from their longstanding engagement with the cinematic representation of diverse dance traditions, cultural groups, and performative contexts. Members of the #DanceMuse research project from the Laboratory of Language, Folklore and Culture (University of Ioannina) also participate.
For more information on accessing the discussion online, visit: www.ethnofest.gr.

Tickets for screenings are available HERE.

16th ETHNOFEST – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival
25 November – 7 December 2025
For more information and updates: www.ethnofest.gr
Contact: info@ethnofest.gr / press@ethnofest.gr
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Ticket prices:
€6 per screening | €4 for students and unemployed visitors
Free screenings operate on a first-come, first-served basis.
Online screenings: €3 per film

The 16th Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival is held with the support of the Greek Film Centre, the Centre for Audiovisual Media and Creation (E.K.K.O.ME.D.), and the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.

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Geography of the Gaze: Off Plan Greece (1950–2000).From the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival to the 16th Ethnofest!

Ethnofest — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:11:48 +0000

The 16th Ethnofest will take place from November 25 to 30 at Astor Cinema, on December 1st at the Greek Film Archive, and will continue with selected online screenings (ethnofest.gr).

With great joy and anticipation, this year’s edition inaugurates an important collaboration with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, introducing the Athens audience to remarkable works by Greek filmmakers who illuminate the Greek landscape and its people with sensitivity and poetic vision.

This is a unique cinematic journey through the Greek countryside, presented through rare documentaries by iconic directors. The tribute “Geography of the Gaze: The Unplanned Greece (1950–2000)” was born from the rediscovery of Kastoria by Takis Kanellopoulos and was first presented at the 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Following its great success there, it now continues its journey in Athens, finding its ideal home at Ethnofest – The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival. With its focus on socially oriented documentaries and films that adopt an ethnographic approach, the festival will host and contextualize the tribute within its Intangible Cultural Heritage section.

Starting from Kastoria, the curatorial team of the tribute — consisting of Eleni Androutsopoulou, Head of the Greek Program at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Manolis Kranakis, film critic, and Yiannis Palavos, collaborator of the festival’s International Program — undertakes a mapping of the Greek countryside through documentaries by major Greek directors who explore the spirit, collective memory, and human geography of the land.

The films in the tribute “Geography of the Gaze: The Unplanned Greece (1950–2000)” approach with originality and depth themes such as tradition, personal experience, trauma, and coexistence, composing a multilayered and revealing portrait of Greece’s social, political, and cultural life in the second half of the 20th century.

Many of these films have been rarely screened on the big screen and are invaluable records not only of Greek film history but also of Greece’s spiritual and cultural heritage.

Watch the trailer of the tribute HERE.

Tribute’s Films:

ALUMINIUM OF GREECE | Roussos Koundouros, Greece, 1965, 21’

FIREWALKERS OF GREECE | Roussos Koundouros, Greece, 1959, 10΄

GAZOROS SERRON | Takis Hatzopoulos, Greece, 1974, 77΄

IN MYTILENE | Manos Efstratiadis, Greece, 1973, 13΄

A DOCUMENTARY | Nikos Koutelidakis, Greece, 1980, 20΄

VISIT GREECE | Fotos Lamprinos, Greece, 1969, 25΄

HERACLES, ACHELOOS AND MY GRANNY | Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, Greece, 1997, 29΄

THASOS | Takis Kanellopoulos, Greece, 1961, 18΄

SWEAT ON THE THRESHING FLOOR | Giannis Lambrou, Greece, 1995, 25’

KASTORIA | Takis Kanellopoulos, Greece, 1969, 24΄

LEFKADA, THE ISLAND OF POETS | Roviros Manthoulis, Greece, 1958, 16΄

MACEDONIAN WEDDING | Takis Kanellopoulos, Greece, 1960, 23΄

ON A LITTLE GREEK ISLAND | Matheo Yamalakis, Greece, 1978, 56΄

PRESPES | Takis Hatzopoulos, Greece, 1966, 14΄

LAYER OF DESTRUCTION | Costas Vrettakos, Geece, 1980, 32΄

THE DANCE OF THE HORSES | Christos Voupouras, Greece, 2000, 64΄

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16th Ethnofest | Competition & Opening Film

Ethnofest — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival returns for its 16th edition, taking place from 25 November to 7 December 2025, presenting documentaries from every corner of the world. Screenings will be held at Astor Cinema (25–30 November), the Greek Film Archive (1 December), and online via the festival’s platform (1–7 December).

At its core, Ethnofest remains devoted to the human experience in all times and places. Staying true to its vision, the festival approaches cinema as a space of empathy and dialogue — a lens that becomes a tool for understanding both the self and the other. This year’s edition finds our world once again amid consecutive crises, with the genocide in Palestine ongoing, in an era of turbulence, fear, and polarization. Within this complex and often alienating landscape, Ethnofest reaffirms the need for observation and reconnection, continually turning its gaze inward to rediscover, within the familiar and the everyday, the traces that shape human experience and illuminate the many facets of collective coexistence and creation.

Renewed with a Greek Competition Section

For the first time, Ethnofest introduces a new competition section, “Initiations: Student Films in Greece.” The section aims to actively support and promote emerging voices and local productions. Student films created within academic programs in film and social sciences will compete for a €500 award.
The Jury includes Panos Gkenas, Fili Olsewski, and Mel Kalfanti.

Opening Film

The 2025 edition opens on 25 November in collaboration with the Greek Section of Amnesty International, with the Greek premiere of Lamia Chraibi’s documentary CIRCO. The screening coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and follows the story of Richard, a young artist from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, who searches for his identity and place in the world through art and community.

CIRCO (2024, Canada/Brazil, 88’) – Directed by Lamia Chraibi
In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s greatest circuses. But when his adoptive mother expels him from home, his life is turned upside down. His once-clear dream begins to fade as he embarks on a long journey of self-discovery. A vibrant community of drag queens becomes his refuge, opening a new path as he transitions in Asilah. Amid uncertainty, the spirits of Candomblé offer him hope, while his sister remains a steady pillar of support. With an intimate, observational approach, Circo immerses us in the lives of Brazil’s favela residents as they struggle to shape their own futures.

Tickets and Access
Screening tickets cost €6 (or €4 for students and unemployed visitors), while online screenings will be available for €3 per film. Free-entry events will operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

The festival is organized by the Anthropological Association of Athens – Ethnofest, under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, with the support of the French Institute of Greece and the Embassy of Spain, in collaboration with Amnesty International Greece and the Laboratory of Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology (Department of Music Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens).

For more information and updates, visit www.ethnofest.gr

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The 16th Ethnofest is approaching!

Ethnofest — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:30:46 +0000

𝟐𝟓 – 𝟑𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝚨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 | 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 | 𝟏 – 𝟕 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 | 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄

The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival returns for its 16th year, taking place both in Athens cinemas and online throughout Greece, presenting documentaries from every corner of the world!

The human experience, in every era and place, remains Ethnofest’s core, while cinema stands as a space of empathy and dialogue, a medium through which the gaze becomes a tool for understanding both the other and oneself.

We invite you to this year’s -16th- journey!

More details coming soon.

Under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture

With the support of:

the Directorate of Modern Cultural and Intangible •Cultural Heritage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture

Institut français de Grèce – Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Ελλάδος

Embajada de España en Atenas – Πρεσβεία Ισπανίας στην Αθήνα

In Collaboration With:

Διεθνής Αμνηστία – Ελληνικό Τμήμα

Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology Laboratory of University of Athens

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Νέος Κύκλος Σεμιναρίου Συγγραφής Σεναρίου

Ethnofest — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:52:28 +0000

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