Days of Ethnographic Film 2025
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!
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Submissions are closed
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.
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Deadline extension
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.
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Film registration for DEF 2025
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!
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Days of ethnographic film 2024
Using visual approaches in student research: regional parallels
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
A few words before the festival begins
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.
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Days of Ethnographic Film 2023
We are pleased to announce that the program of the festival DEF 2023 is ready. The screenings will take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque between 23rd and 25th February, access to the auditorium is described on this page. The festival schedule has been published and also the list of all films with more detailed information.
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Submission for DEF 2023 closed
Thanks to all authors for cooperation.
The organizers are now focusing on the review and selection of films for the festival programm. This will be determined and published online in mid-January 2023. The festival will take place between February 23 and 26 at the Slovenian Cinematheque.
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