Slices of Life: Ethnographic Film Days

Keyvisual: Slices of Life 2026

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).
Programme May 18th
11 amWelcome by Regina Knapp
11.10 amAmithab Joshi | Have You Seen My GodsNP/USA, 2025
12.25 pmLani Cupchoy | OceanboneUSA, 2025
1.30 pmEmil Hvidfeldt | Dragging Chains (Student Film)DK/GD, 2024
2.15 pmPaul Basu | Ichi: Marks In TimeNG, 2023
4 pmKira Jääskeläinen | Northern TraveloguesFI, 2019
5.05 pmDeepak Tolange | Shiva Linga: A Visual QuestDE/NP, 2025
5.45 pmHajooj Kuka | Reclaiming Nuba ImagesDE/SD, 2026
6.50 pm  Panel DiscussionParticipants: Jean-Michel Kibushi, Emil Hvidtfeldt, Paul Basu, Lani Cupchoy, Tarisi Vunidilo, Amitabh Joshi, Deepak Tolange, Sophia Bokop, Hajooj Kuka, Paola Ivanov
8 pmJean-Michel Kibushi | Mbako Trial: Myth And RealityDC, 2023

Programme May 19th
2 pmCOMUSE (Kollaboratives Museum)Films and presentations
4.15 pmPaula Rodríguez Sickert | Relentless MemoryCL/AR, 2024
6.30 pmShared Histories – Collaboration in Ethnographic FilmBook presentation by Louise von Plessen and Regina Knapp

Tickets
May 18th: Day ticket 10 Euro
May 19th: Free admission

Price info: 18.5.: 10 Euro / 19.5.: Free admission

Next date:

• Date Monday, 18/May/2026 11:00 bis 22:00 (1 more date)
• Venue Forschungscampus Dahlem
• Address Lansstraße 8, 14195 Berlin-Zehlendorf