Ethnografilm

29 March – 31 March 2024

2024 Program

The 2024 festival will be held March 29 – 31 at Club De L’Etoile, near the Arc de Triomphe.

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FULL PROGRAM 2023

Submissions will open in June for the 2025 festival on FilmFreeway. Directors of feature length films: please note that depending on the screen time available we may ask for a “broadcast length” version. This is typically 52 minutes.

Please note this not an ethnographic film festival in a strict sense. It is a nonfiction film festival–all varieties of documentary film are encouraged. If you want to get a sense of what we are like before you submit, download the full program for any of our Paris festivals. Check out any year.

Note to Filmmakers–we would love to see your films from anywhere on  Planet Earth, not just premodern societies and far-away places. If you have both “feature” and “broadcast” (under one hour) length, please submit the broadcast version for a higher likelihood of acceptance.

What is the Ethnografilm festival?  An interview with the Director.

After the close of each day, directors retire to a nearby bar to discuss movies, & drink absinthe. Occasionally, someone sees the green faerie.

Directors at Autour-2

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Associated with the festival is the Journal of Video Ethnography http://videoethno.com (Gregory Scott, Editor)

No matter what…it’s April in Paris