Το 10ο Φεστιβάλ Εθνογραφικού Κινηματογράφου της Αθήνας έρχεται!
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Summer School “Visual Ethnography of Cityscapes” 2019 | 1 – 21 July
Wednesday May 22nd, 2019The 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, 2019The 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, 2018Tami 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, 2018An 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, 2018For 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, 2018Ethnofest 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, 2018For 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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9th Ethnofest | The submission period is now over
Friday June 8th, 2018The 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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