What happens when anthropology moves beyond the written page and into images, sounds and encounters?
Visual Encounters returns for its 4th edition, presenting ethnographic short films created by filmmakers from the University of Amsterdam's MA in Visual Anthropology. On Sunday, Nov 1, eight more films explore memory, identity, belonging, intimacy, place and social change. At the heart of the festival is the idea that filmmaking can become an encounter: between filmmaker and participant, image and experience, audience and world.
Screenings take place at Ventilator Cinema, OT301 (Overtoom 301, Amsterdam), in thematic blocks followed by Q&As with the filmmakers.
"Community & Confrontation" | 12:30 – 14:20
Vastelaovend Same, dir. Mariken Baneke (31 min)
One of Us, dir. Lisa Kluijtmans (41 min)
Solange es nicht politisch ist, dir. Alice Fischer (20 min)
Q&A 14:05 – 14:20 with Mariken, Lisa and Alice
"On Wind and Wings" | 14:30 – 15:40
Twisk Tussenland, dir. Jana Ravenhorst (36 min)
Zeitgeist Animal, dir. Maria Derejko (31 min)
Q&A 15:30 – 15:40 with Jana and Maria
"(De)constructing Identity" | 15:50 – 18:00
Hidden in Plain Sight, dir. Kama Wojtuszko (35 min)
The Right to Ambivalence, dir. Olema Kweli (41 min)
Returning, dir. Tamika Horsten (27 min)
Q&A 17:45 – 18:00 with Kama, Olema and Tamika
Afterparty | 19:00 – 22:00
Come celebrate the filmmakers and keep the discussion going at Bar Strangelove, Arie Biemondstraat 111, 1054 PD Amsterdam (Lab 111, a 15-minute walk from OT301).
MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE 1980
Directed by Alain Resnais
125 minutes
In French with English subtitles
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