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 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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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 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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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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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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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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