Past Festivals

2020

The 2020 festival was cancelled owing to the pandemic closure of Paris theaters. This is the festival that “might have been”

2020 Ethnografilm Program and Poster

The live screenings for April 2020 will take place in April 2021 owing to the addition of days and screen time for the 2021 festival.

2019

Please download the full program and poster for our 6th festival.

2019 Poster Downloadable Program

Map of Ethnografilms

2018

Full program for the 5th festival in Paris, France may be downloaded Ethnografilm 2018 Program

Check out Mark Abouzeid’s “Real Lives” movie on Ethnografilm 2018

Editorial Note: The Director wears a t-shirt, the top of which reads “Making America…” To avoid misinterpretation, this is a Grateful Dead shirt from their recent tour: Making America Grateful Again!

2017

CONFIRMED! The “Paris Orchestra Challenge” has agreed to return for a final song to close the festival! The Last Manchurian Shaman will close the 2017 festival officially at 10pm!

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Map of Ethnografilms

Ethnografilm 2017 Program

Our opening reception and final performance was unique in the history of film festivals! Everyone said it was the best ever! Buswell & Nyberg’s Paris Music Challenge – Shaun Buswell & Erik Nyberg arrived from London & Gothenburg in Paris on 1st April, with no musicians and no music. In ten days they formed a 20 piece band made up entirely from musicians they met here in Paris, wrote an original set of music, premiered at Ethnografilm on April 11th!

After this year’s festival, our 4rd Ethnografilm Africa was held in June (Nairobi, Kenya), followed by Ethnografilm Asia in July (Trivandrum, Kerala). Later in the year 2017 festival selections are shown at our traveling festivals in Louisiana and Boston.