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ETHNOFEST: A REAL SENSE OF WHAT’S COOKING IN VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Friday March 6th, 2020

Tamaris Vier, our lovely Hospitality Assistant, wrote an insightful and moving article about Ethnofest. Enjoy it! ETHNOFEST: A REAL SENSE OF WHAT’S COOKING IN VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY Athens Ethnographic Film Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary and therefore invited its audience for a 7-day experience full of creativity, connection, and visually inspired mind-travels. Divided into thematic sections, …
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Summer School “Visual Ethnography of Cityscapes” 2019 | 1 – 21 July

Wednesday May 22nd, 2019

The 5th Summer School “Visual Ethnography of Cityscapes” in Athens, co-organized by Ethnofest, the Netherlands Institute at Athens and VU University Amsterdam is getting closer (1-21 July).
Teaching staff will be joining the school from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), University of Leiden, Panteion University and the University of the Aegean. –> DEADLINE 10 MAY You can find more information …
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Call for Films | 10th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival

Thursday April 4th, 2019

The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest continues the exploration of the world through the ethnographic lens. For the upcoming festive tenth edition, Ethnofest is announcing a call for films that observe, feel and reflect upon cultures and the human condition, using theories and tools of anthropology and ethnography. The call is addressed to anthropologists …
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An interview with Tami Liberman

Monday December 3rd, 2018

Tami Liberman is a filmmaker, film editor and visual anthropologist. Her film, “Napps – Memoire of an Invisible Man”, which screened at this year’s 9th Ethnofest, tells the story of Mr. X, but his identity, and his face, are never revealed in it. Mr. X is a West-African asylum seeker living in Berlin without a …
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An interview with Iris Zaki

Dr. Iris Zaki is a Grierson award-winning documentary filmmaker and researcher, who uses first-person narratives to depict closed communities. She recently finished her PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, which explored her own interviewing technique ׳The Abandoned Camera’. Her latest film, “Unsettling”, screened at the 9th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest. The interview …
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An interview with Mattijs van de Port

Mattijs van de Port is a visual anthropologist at the University of Amsterdam and at the VU University Amsterdam, creator of “Knots and Holes”, that premiered at this year’s 9th Ethnofest. In a conversation, Mattijs told us more about his filmmaking process, the current state of affairs in Brazil and the potential and limitations of …
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An interview with Anna Grimshaw

Tuesday November 20th, 2018

An interview with Anna Grimshaw about her latest film, “George’s Place: the Cellar”, which will screen at the 9th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival. The interview was conducted by Lillian Dam Bracia, Traffic and Programme Assistant. Ethnofest: From your film I got the feeling that George and his friends felt very comfortable with you, they make …
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The 9th edition of Ethnofest is here!

Friday November 2nd, 2018

For the 9th consecutive year, the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest returns, introducing a selection of the best ethnographic productions of the last few years, organizing interesting tributes, discussions, panels and masterclasses, and underlining the exciting present and the dynamic future of visual anthropology and ethnographic documentary. From the 21st till the 25th of …
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Ethnofest at the 1st Biennale of Western Balkans | Ioannina

Tuesday October 16th, 2018

Ethnofest is travelling to Ioannina to meet the Biennale of Western Balkans (BOWB) with a selection of films on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). In the framework of the collaboration with the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage, we will screen a selection of the films produced by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, with the latest …
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Ethnofest collaborates with the 24th Athens International Film Festival

Monday September 17th, 2018

For the second consecutive year, the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest and the Athens International Film Festival join forces. After the screening of Jean Rouch’s classic masterpiece “La Chasse au Lion à l’ Arc” (1965) during the 23rd edition of the Athens International Film Festival, the collaboration continues with the screening of “The Dead …
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“Alima” on the road | The upcoming screenings

The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest is happy to announce the upcoming screenings of “Alima” in Greece and abroad! Alima, an Ethnofest production in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Antropos (MedINA), directed by Loukas Koubouris and Nickolas Papadimitriou, premiered in November 2017 at the 8th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest, …
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