German International Ethnographic Film Festival

Collaboration and Authorial Diversity in Film - Programme

Saturday 28-5-2022 afternoon

14:00

Welcome adress
Steve Vertovec, Torsten Näser
 

Collaborating with Locals
14:10

Collaborative Visual Anthropology
Visual Anthropology Programs and Participatory Video in Sahel
Speakers Trond Waage (Norwegian), Mouazamou Ahmadou (Cameroonian) and Sidylamine Bagayoko (Malian)
 

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Film: Kɔtɛ (26')
- Mali -
Sidylamine Bagayoko (Malian) 2020
 

Film: Everyday Survival (39')
- Cameroon -
Abdoul Aziz Wadazoua (Cameroonian) 2020
 

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Discussion and Break

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16:00

Collaborative Films in Indigenous Terms
Speakers Typju Myky and André Lopes (Brasilians)
 

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Film: Weaving Our Paths (5,75')
- Brazil -
Cledson Kanunxi, Jackson Xinunxi e Marta Tipuici (Brazilians) 2019
 

Film: Ãjãí: the Headball Game of the Myky and Manoki (48')
- Brazil -
Typju Myky, André Lopes (Brazilians) 2019
 

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Discussion and Break

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18:00

Collaborative Engagements with the DIY Electronic Music Scene of São Paulo
Speaker Mihai Andrei Leaha (Romanian)
 

Filming (in) Times of Crisis:
Reflecting Upon Visual Politics and Collaboration Against Controlling Images in Brazil
Speaker Paula Bessa Braz (Brasilian)
 

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Discussion

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Sunday 29-5-2022

 

Filming in a Family
09:30

How Grandfather Set up His "Million Dollar Shot": Negotiating Directorial Roles and Authorship in Ethnographic Filmmaking
Speaker Jón Bjarki Magnússon

 

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Film: Half Elf (64,5')
- Iceland -
Jón Bjarki Magnússon (Icelandic) 2020
 

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Discussion

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11:15

Casting in Anthropological Filmmaking
Speakers Frode Storaas and Dipesh Kharel
 

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Film: Kuldeep’s love (66')
- India -
Frode Storaas and Dipesh Kharel (Norwegian, Nepalese) 2022
 

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Discussion

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13:00

Producing a Community Soap Opera Series from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Speakers Daisy Meko Samuel, (Papua New Guinea), Regina Knapp (Germany), Verena Thomas (Germany/Australia)
 

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Film: A Slice of Life (42')
- Papua New Guinea -
Regina Knapp (Germany), Verena Thomas (Germany/Australia), Jackie Kauli (Papua New Guinea/Australia) 2022
 

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Discussion
 

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End of Festival
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Break
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Working in Different Ways
14:30

Ethnographic Film as Cosmopolitan Product
Speakers Annelies Kuster (Belgian) and Erin Moriarty (US-American)
 

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Discussion and Break

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15:45

Moving Images / Shifting Voices - (Re-)Negotiating Authorship and Essayistic Montage in Ethnographic Cinema
Speakers Anja Dresche and Michaela Schäuble (Germans)
 

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Discussion

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16:45

The Soloist - An Ethnographic Gaze on Rememberence and Forgiveness
Speaker Johann Olenitsch (German)
 

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Film: The Soloist (32,5')
- Germany -
Johann Olenitsch (Russian/German) 2021
 

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Discussion

Monday 30-5-2022

09:30

Collaborative Projects
 

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Who We Are: Teaching Ethnography Through Collaborative Filmmaking
Speaker Clara Kleiniger (Romanian)
 

Film: Who We Are (16')
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MA Students Intercultural Communication University of Opole 2021
 

Discussion
 

Working with migrant collectives in Barcelona
Speaker Christin Schuchardt (German)
25.5. 14:25

Film: Barcelona – A Welcoming City (56')
- India -
Christin Schuchardt (German) 2020
 

Discussion

 

Participatory Filmmaking
Speaker Lina Zacher (German)
25.5. 13:00

Film: Fonja (80')
- Madagascar -
Lina Zacher et al. (German, Madacascans) 2019
 

Discussion
 

A Collaborative Filmmaking Approach to Identity Formation on Social Media
Speaker Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman (Turkish)
25.5. 23:00

Film: Who am I (56')
- Turkey -
Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman (Turkish) 2021
 

Discussion
13:00

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End of Symposium
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