ethnocineca
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The Empty Grave
COLONIALISM: A Tanzanian lawyer’s quest to reclaim ancestral remains reveals the deep-rooted legacy of German colonial violence and systemic silence.
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ethnocineca 2025: the complete winners
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna concluded with an awards ceremony at the Votiv cinema, wrapping up a week of screenings under the theme «HAUNTINGS.» With rising attendance and a broad international presence, the festival once again proved a vital platform for politically and aesthetically resonant documentary cinema. International Documentary…
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Mário
DECOLONISATION: A forgotten story of decolonial struggle and exile, chronicling the MPLA's visionary founder, Mário Pinto de Andrade.
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ethnocineca: «There’s no way to escape it; it is part of my history»
ETHNOCINECA: «Hauntings» curator Jacqueline Nsiah speaks candidly about cinema’s power to hold contradiction, the emotional labour of curating haunted narratives, and the radical act of asking unanswerable questions.
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Ethnocineca 2025 announces programme under the theme of “Hauntings”
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will take place from May 8 to 14, 2025, presenting a rich and politically charged program under the thematic focus HAUNTINGS. Held at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, the festival will feature 53 documentaries from 33 countries, encompassing two world premieres, one…
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19th ethnocineca to open with intimate portrait of war, memory, and displacement
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will open on 8 May 2025, with the Austrian premiere of Home Game by #Lidija Zelovic#. The festival, which runs through May 14 at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, brings a thematic focus on «Hauntings»—a reflection on how history lingers in personal…
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Vienna’s ethnocineca returns with «Hauntings» theme
Vienna’s premier documentary film event, #ethnocineca, returns for its 19th edition from 8 – 14 May 2025, showcasing international and Austrian documentary cinema at **Votiv Kino and Kino De France**. This year’s curatorial theme, «Hauntings,» explores history’s lingering spectres, contemporary anxieties, and how documentary cinema navigates the visible and invisible. Spanning short, feature-length, and experimental…
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Becoming Outline
IDENTITY: Confronting the shame of poverty, domestic violence, and the pursuit of self-liberation through education and art.
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ethnocineca 2025 opens call for documentary film submissions
The 19th edition of the #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival, Vienna’s platform for documentary and ethnographic cinema scheduled to take place from May 8th to 14th, 2025, is now open for 2025 submissions. Filmmakers are invited to submit their works between 15 October and 1 December. As Austria’s largest documentary film event, ethnocineca is…