The 9th Ethnofest / Ethnographic Film Festival of Athens which takes place on November 21 to 25, at Astor Cinema, features an ambitious program featuring more than 40 films, premieres, special tributes and screenings, masterclasses, discussion panels and educational programs.
The festival’s films, take us on a journey around to Papua New Guinea, Kashmir, Paris, Russia as well as the slums of Brazil. Through the depiction of reality in different parts of the world, Ethnofest’s films become a kaleidoscope of the human condition.
This year’s program is divided into seven categories: Panorama, two thematic units, student films, intangible cultural heritage, special screenings and cinematographic experiments in Ethnography.
Thematic tributes
The thematic tribute titled “Critical Meetings: The European Refugee Crisis”, features a selection of ethnographic films about the refugee crisis of recent years and the way it is represented. The tribute includes two panel discussions with experts, refugees and representatives of collectives who have focused on the subject.
The second tribute titled “Ethnographic Views on Health”, showcases a selection of films that highlight culturally distinct and methodologically diverse ways of considering physical and mental health in a plethora of cultural and institutional contexts.
The “Ethnographic Views on Health” project is being implemented within the framework of the “Public Sector Reform” program and is co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund) as well as by national funds.
Premiere
The 9th Ethnofest opens with Rodion Ismailov’s documentary Platskart/Third-Class Travel that recounts the lives of passengers travelling on the longest railway route in the planet. It tells the stories of ordinary Russians met by chance on the Moscow-Vladivostok train on New Year’s Eve 2016. The endless journey is a metaphor of the country in perpetual motion, while the passengers’ stories form a social portrait of contemporary Russian society.
INFO
- When: November 21-25
- Where: Astor Cinema (28 Stadiou st.)
- Tickets: 2€, 5€ (daily pass), 10€ (10 film pass).
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