INTRODUCTION

Antropofest is an international film festival of (not only) student films which deals with anthropological issues. The Antropofest will take place from 27.1. to 28.1.2012 in Dobeška Theatre, Prague.

The festival is organized by a civil association Antropofest which unites young people joined by their mutual interest in social anthropology, especially in one of its research tools, anthropological film. Together they have decided to change the situation which, until now, did not give young people and students the opportunity to present their film work thematically connected to social anthropology.

At the festival, selected Czech as well as non-Czech movies will be screened.

The Antropofest offers its visitors not only the filmscreening but also various discussions concerning the actual film presentations. Furthermore, concerts and an interesting supporting programme will take place.

You can send your movie till 30th November 2011. The aplication form you can find on our website or we can send it to you by e-mail.

We are looking forward to your movies!

NEWS

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We are going back to the start! Prague´s "Ehoes" will take place in KLUB K4 (Campus of Charles University, Celetna street 20, Praha 1) on Friday 27 APR, 7 p.m.. Presented movies are: Kultura daru, Shooting Freetown, Saliendo Adelante. Free entrance.

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We would like to invite you to 3rd "echoes of Antropofest 2012". It will take place in Brno,  Kabinet Múz, Sukova street 4, 20th April 2012 from 7 p.m. You can watch this movies: Merleau-Ponty, Meet me in Memoriam, My Childhood, Shooting Freetown, Nekopejte do nás (discusion with directors after movie!) a Firekeepers. Entrance 50czk. 

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We would like to invite you to second "Echoes of Antropofest 2012", it takes place at University of Pardubice, room DB4 from 6p.m. You can watch this movies: Our Ground, Firekeepers and Shooting Freetown.

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Movies Saliendo Adelante, Shooting Freetown, Memories for Sale, Firekeepers are screened in first "Echoes of Antropofest 2012".

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First "Echoes of Antropofest 2012" will take place in Pilsen.The echoes are prepared in cooperation with Antropoweb. The selection from Antropofest 2012 will be screened. Detailed programme will be available in few days. It will take place in Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia, room 319. Free entry. We are looking for you!

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SCHEDULE

27.01.2012

28.01.2012

MOVIES

MY CHILDHOOD / 6 MIN

Slovenia, Slovakia, Denmark, 2011, 6 min
Barbara Turk Niskač, Sašo Niskač
27.01.2012 22:41

Short ethno documentary about memories of one childhood.

Barbara is anthropologist and Sašo is filmaker. Both of them are from Lubljana

Director: Barbara Turk Niskač, Sašo Niskač
Production: 3little wolves
Language of dialogues: Slovenia
Language of subtitles: English

WORLD PREMIERE!!!

OUR GROUND / 8 MIN

Hungary, 2011, 8 min
H. Synková, R. K. Ranjan, J.V. Asis
28.01.2012 14:45

The process of rehabilitation and gentrification in the Eight District of Budapest, Hungary has led to the shrinkage of space especially for children’s play. Set against the backdrop of the world famous novel The Paul Street Boys (Molnár Ferenc, 1906) this film depicts the widening gap between social classes and the reconstruction of the ideas of play, security and leisure.

Ram Krishna Ranjan is a Delhi based freelance documentary filmmaker. He completed masters in Media and Cultural Studies. Currently he is working as a consultant for the Digital Empowerment Foundation, where he documents development projects across India.

Jonnabelle V. Asis is a Erasmus Mundus doctoral exchange student in the Universita' degli Studi di Padova and a Ph.D. Sociology student from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She was assistant professor of the Department of Sociology, University of the Philippines Diliman, where she taught courses on Sociology of Mass Communication and Visual Sociology.

Hana Synková is an assistant professor at the department of Social Sciences at Pardubice University and research coordinator at the Agency for Social Inclusion of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. Her research focuses on institutions active in “social integration”.

Directors: H. Synková, R.K. Ranjan, J.V. Asis
Production: Cenral European Univesity, Hungary

Language of dialogues: Hungarian, English
Language of subtitles: English

LIVING LIKE A COMMON MAN / 65 MIN

Great Britain, 2011, 65 min
M.Rutten, S. Verstappen, I.Makay
28.01.2012 12:00

Youngsters in developing countries all over the world dream of going to the West. They hope to earn money and get overseas experience to improve their positions at home. But once they arrive, they end up in low-status jobs and living crammed into small houses of other newly arrived migrants.

This film follows the daily life in one such house in East London. The bunker beds are filled with young Indians, all from relatively wealthy families in Gujarat. When they return to visit India, their families have great expectations of their sons and daughters. Will these youngsters fulfill their own and their families´dream?

Sanderien Verstappen is a PhD. reasearcher in Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. Her reasearch project focuses on the impact of emigration and remittances in central Gujarat (India).

Mario Rutten in Professor of Comparative Anthropology and Sociology of Asia at the University of Amsterdam. He has conducted extensive research on rural enterpreneurship and labour relations in India, Indonesia and Malaysia and on Indian migrants in Europe and their linkages with their homeregion in Gujarat, India.

Isabelle Makay is a visual anthropologist/documentary maker and teaches at the Design Academy Eindhoven. She directed several short documentaries.

Directors: M.Rutten, S. Verstappen, I.Makay
Production: Josaphatpark Productions BVBA
Language of dialogues: English, Gujarati
Language of subtitles: English, Czech

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APPLICATION FORM

  • Relevance to the given anthropological themes will be taken into account when choosing the film. Attention will also be paid to the content and artistic quality of the film. (Application form here: DOC, PDF)
  • Films of any length will be accepted.
  • By entering his/her film, the owner of the rights gives consent to the film being projected at Antropofest events and archived for the purposes of the civil association Antropofest.
  • Sent DVDs are not returned.
  • Photographs and information from the application will be used for the purposes of the festival, included in the festival programme/catalogue and posted on the Antropofest website.
  • The deadline for applications is November 30th 2011. Films which arrive after this date will not be included in the projection of the topical year of the festival.
  • Applicants will be informed about their film being incorporated into the festival programme via e-mail and not later than 20 days before the beginning of the festival.
  • Expenses connected to transporting the film to the address Antropofest, Za Mlýnem 1720, 253 01 Hostivice, Czech Republic will be covered by the applicant.