On 18 and 19 May 2026, the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, in cooperation with the German International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF e. V.), invites everybody to the Ethno-Film Days Slices of Life (SoL) at the Forschungscampus Dahlem (Dahlem Research Campus, FCD). In the presence of filmmakers from Nepal, Congo, Sudan, Fiji/USA, Grenada/Denmark, Brazil/Germany and Nigeria/UK, eight film works from four continents and three films presenting current collaborative projects of the Ethnologisches Museum will be screened and discussed.
All films will be screened in their original version with English subtitles.
Detailed programme for the Ethno-Film Days (PDF).
11 am
Welcome by Regina Knapp
11.10 am
Amithab Joshi | Have You Seen My Gods
NP/USA, 2025
12.25 pm
Lani Cupchoy | Oceanbone
USA, 2025
1.30 pm
Emil Hvidfeldt | Dragging Chains (Student Film)
DK/GD, 2024
2.15 pm
Paul Basu | Ichi: Marks In Time
NG, 2023
4 pm
Kira Jääskeläinen | Northern Travelogues
FI, 2019
5.05 pm
Deepak Tolange | Shiva Linga: A Visual Quest
DE/NP, 2025
5.45 pm
Hajooj Kuka | Reclaiming Nuba Images
DE/SD, 2026
6.50 pm
Panel Discussion
Participants: Jean-Michel Kibushi, Emil Hvidtfeldt, Paul Basu, Lani Cupchoy, Tarisi Vunidilo, Amitabh Joshi, Deepak Tolange, Sophia Bokop, Hajooj Kuka, Paola Ivanov
8 pm
Jean-Michel Kibushi | Mbako Trial: Myth And Reality
DC, 2023
2 pm
COMUSE (Kollaboratives Museum)
Films and presentations
4.15 pm
Paula Rodríguez Sickert | Relentless Memory
CL/AR, 2024
6.30 pm
Shared Histories – Collaboration in Ethnographic Film
Book presentation by Louise von Plessen and Regina Knapp
May 18th: Day ticket 10 Euro
May 19th: Free admission
Price
18.5.: 10 Euro / 19.5.: Free admission
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