We are pleased to announce that the programme and the booklet for the film seminar are now available.
The DEF 2026 Film Seminar will take place on 3–4 March 2026 in the Gosposka Hall of ZM GIAM ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana (Gosposka ulica 16). Each film screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s author. Continue reading
The DEF Film Seminar will take place on March 3–4, 2026, at the Gosposka Hall of ZM GIAM
ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana (Gosposka ulica 16). The event is organised by the Slovene
Ethnological Society and the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology ZRC SAZU, in cooperation with
the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of
Ljubljana. Continue reading
Media reports about the festival, authors and films. Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that the program of the DEF 2025 festival is ready! The screenings
will take place between February 27 and March 1 at the Slovenian Cinematheque. The festival
schedule has been published, as well as the list of all films with detailed information. The festival booklet is also available.
You are invited to take a look!
Submissions for the DEF 2025 are now closed. A total of 152 films were submitted this year.
The pre-selection of films will be made by Miha Peče and Manca Filak, and the final program
will be chosen by this year’s selection committee, composed of Tanja Bukovčan and Tihana
Rubić (University of Zagreb), Naško Križnar, Miha Peče and Manca Filak (ZRC SAZU).
The festival will take place from February 27 to March 1, 2025 at the Slovenian Cinematheque. The program is expected to be announced at the beginning of next year.
You can also follow us on the festival’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
The submission deadline for the Days of Ethnographic Film 2025 has been extended by one
week, until Monday, October 7, 2024.
The event will take place from February 27 to March 1, 2025 at the Slovenian Cinematheque.
The regulations and the registration form can be found on the website.
Looking forward to seeing your films!
We are opening the online submission for the Festival Days of Ethnographic Film 2025. The
event will take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque at the end of February 2025.
Submissions are open until October 1, 2024, please also read our regulations. You can find the
registration form here. You are very welcome!
The biennial seminar format of the Days of Ethnographic Film aims to deepen reflection on topics and approaches in visual ethnography and visual anthropology. The focus is on video productions that have been created as part of student research projects, with an emphasis on reflecting on experiences in the application of various methodological approaches in visual anthropology. Works and short films will be presented that were created during the course of studies at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology in Ljubljana and Zagreb as well as at the University of Münster. The seminar includes a presentation of the book Thinking with a Camera. Theories and Practices of Visual Ethnography (Tanja Bukovčan, Aleksej Gotthardi Pavlovsky, 2023). Continue reading
Media reports about festival, authors and films. Continue reading
The international festival DEF, as a significant setting of visual ethnography and ethnographical film, offers viewerships insight into the various realities of contemporary time and the circumstances shaping our human everyday. At the same time, a look at presented films sheds light on potential methodological shifts and differences in the theoretical approaches within ethnology and (visual) anthropology. Continue reading