We invite submissions for the premiere annual
International Student Ethnographic Film Festival under
three themes of application.
The inaugural festival of student ethnographic film
glances upon emerging contexts of contact resulting
from fieldwork and film production. The festival
questions the ambiguous division between the personal
and professional relationship, and focuses on the
notion of commitment entailed in the creation of a
visual record. The festival also offers the
opportunity to question the relevance of political
stance at a time where the product of research has a
possible market value, are we all becoming market
researchers? Or can the film return to its roots as
the medium of hope and be used as a tool to
communicate new forms of resistance? Thirdly we create
an evening of ambiguity, where message can be lost in
concern for the very aesthetic of representation. We
look at the roles of fiction, beauty and pleasure in
the consumption of ethnographic material. Seminars
shall be held bringing together professionals and
students to discuss the topic of selected films on
each evening.
THEMES:
- Activist Anthropology
Utopian spaces and zones of resistance
- The Service of Anthropology
What is the relation of ethnographic research to
commercial venture?
- Aesthetics, Pleasure and Fiction
Poetics of relation
Submission Closes September 21st 2008
Categories: Documentary: anthropology, sociology and
related disciplines.
- FILMS MUST BE LESS THAN 40 MINUTES DURATION
- Three Categorical themes
- Accepted Formats: DVD only
- A jury prize for best film in category will be
awarded.
Please send one copy of your chosen work/s on DVD
along with a digital copy (CD) of a brief synopsis
with promotional image, name of Director/s, year of
production, original language, length of film and
current contact details.
It is necessary to state which category you would like
your film to be entered into, note: It is possible to
enter more than one category if you feel your film
applies.
Notifications of inclusion shall be made by e-mail by
October 5th 2008
ISEFF
Film Submissions
Centre for Visual Anthropology,
Goldsmiths, University of London,
New Cross, London
SE14 6NW,
UK
If you would like your works returned then please
include an open self-addressed envelope with adequate
postage paid.
For further information please e-mail ISEFF at
an601lm@gold.ac.uk
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