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Dutch Ethnographic films:
A selection of noteworthy ethnographic films from the Netherlands

Dutch Ethnographic films will be presented for 3 days (23^rd to 25^th of May) in an very interesting programme organized by the Netherlands Institute in Greece in collaboration with the University of Leiden. The participants will have the chance to talk with the head of the department Visual Culture of Leiden, Metje Postma who also is going to present all the films.

The programme starts on Monday 23^rd with the student film Enduring life of Brechtje Boeke that it was participated in 2009 tribute to student ethnographic films, Anthropos that the festival had organised.

Here you can find the poster, the programme and the details for this event

For more information: www.nia.gr

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Ολλανδικά Εθνογραφικά φιλμ:

Μια επιλογή από σημαντικά Εθνογραφικά φιλμ από την Ολλανδία

Εθνογραφικά φιλμ από την Ολλανδία θα παρουσιαστούν το 3ημερο 23 με 25 Μαΐου σε ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον αφιέρωμα που διοργανώνει το Ολλανδικό Ινστιτούτο της Αθήνας σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο Leiden.  Οι συμμετέχοντες θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να συνομιλούν και με την καθηγήτρια και συντονίστρια του τμήματος Οπτικός πολιτισμός του πανεπιστημίου Metje Postma η οποία και θα παρουσιάσει όλες τις ταινίες.

Το πρόγραμμα ξεκινάει τη Δευτέρα 23 Μαΐου με τη φοιτητική μικρού μήκους ταινία Enduring life της Brechtje Boeke η οποία είχε συμμετάσχει το 2009 στο αφιέρωμα μας σε φοιτητικά εθνογραφικά φιλμ, Άνθρωπος.

Εδώ μπορείτε να βρείτε την αφίσα, το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα και τις λεπτομέρειες για το αφιέρωμα.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες: www.nia.gr

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Poster

NIA Dutch Ethnographic Films – programme

NIA Dutch Ethnographic Films – participants

Richard Leacock, Innovative Documentary Maker, Dies at 89

Richard Leacock, a filmmaker who helped create the documentary style known as direct camera or cinéma vérité, and who played a pivotal role in making some of the most innovative documentaries of the 1960s, died on Wednesday at his home in Paris. He was 89…

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read the full article by William Grime from New York Times here

The Ethnographic Film Festival wishes you

Happy New Year 2011

We are happy to announce the Final Programme of the Festival

Section: Student Films

- Kostakis (Greece), dir: Theodora Maliarou

- Art of Exile (The Netherlands), dir : Afra Dekie

-Vendemos Recuerdos / Memories for Sale (Mexico/UK ), dir: Carolina Corral Paredes

Section: Panorama

- The Camp (France) dir:Danielle Davie

- Bunongs Birth Practices (Switzerland-Cambodia) dir : Tommi Mendel & Brigitte Nikles

- Sifinja The Iron Bride (Sudan-Germany) dir : Valerie Haensch

-Demolition (China-USA) dir : J.P. Sniadecki

Section: Tribute

British Documentary Movement of the 1930’s

- HOUSING PROBLEMS (1935) Arthur Elton/E.H. Anstey

- SHIPYARD (1935) Paul Rotha

- CHILDREN AT SCHOOL (1937) Basil Wright

- INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN (1931) Robert Flaherty

- GRANTON TRAWLER (1934) John Grierson

- SPARE TIME (1939) Humphrey Jennings

- The SAVING OF BILL BLEWITT (1937) Harry Watt

- A MIDSUMMERS DAY’S WORK (1939) Alberto Cavalcanti

- NIGHT MAIL (1936) Harry Watt/Basil Wright

- The SONG OF CEYLON (1934) Basil Wright

the screenings start at 18:30

Here you can download the TIMETABLE

and also below you can see the 2nd version of the poster

The Logo is made by  Dimitris Mylonas (http://colournaming.com)

and the Artwork by Panagiotis Aggelopoulos (aproductions@email.com)

The first Ethnographic Film Festival of Athens is ready to start its journey on the 25^th and 26^th of November at Nixon Cinema.

This year, in its 1^st edition, the festival has the honour to collaborate with the British Film Institute (BFI) and to organize a tribute to the British Documentary Movement of the 1930’s, one of the most important movements for the documentary and ethnographic film.

In 1926 film critic John Grierson, introduces the term ‘documentary’ commenting in an article for Flaherty’s film ‘Moana’. In 1929 he was commissioned to direct his first film, Drifters, which was received with significant success and then he became the Films Officer at the Empire Marketing Board where he created the EMB Film Unit, the first production unit of the documentary film movement.

This is the moment when the well-known British Documentary Movement was born with members the pioneer directors Basil Wright, Paul Rotha, Harry Watt and Alberto Cavalcanti.

The programme presents some of the finest films from this important moment for the history of documentary, a cornerstone in the debate of Ethnographic film, its exoticism and its sizeable cinematic talents.

Info:

Ethnographic Film Festival

phone:  +30 210 6544917

email: ethnofest@gmail.com

www.ethnofest.wordpress.com

Nixon Cinema, Agisilaou 61Β, Keramikos, Athens, phone: +30 210 3462077

Note 1: the entrance is free

Note 2: the screenings have only english subtitles.

Note 3: the entire programme will be announced shortly