Days of Ethnographic Film (DEF)

We are pleased to announce that the submissions for the Days of Ethnographic Film festival 2027 are now open. The event will take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque in Ljubljana at the end of February 2027.

We are pleased to announce that the programme and the booklet for the film seminar are now available. The DEF 2026 Film Seminar will take place on 3–4 March 2026 in the Gosposka Hall of ZM GIAM ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana (Gosposka ulica 16).

The DEF Film Seminar will take place on March 3–4, 2026, at the Gosposka Hall of ZM GIAM ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana (Gosposka ulica 16). The event is organised by the Slovene Ethnological Society and the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology ZRC SAZU, in cooperation with the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, […]

Media reports about the festival, authors and films. Slovenian Press Agency, STA.

We are pleased to announce that the program of the DEF 2025 festival is ready! The screenings will take place between February 27 and March 1 at the Slovenian Cinematheque.

Submissions for the DEF 2025 are now closed. A total of 152 films were submitted this year.

The submission deadline for the Days of Ethnographic Film 2025 has been extended by one week, until Monday, October 7, 2024. The event will take place from February 27 to March 1, 2025 at the Slovenian Cinematheque.

We are opening the online submission for the Festival Days of Ethnographic Film 2025. The event will take place at the Slovenian Cinematheque at the end of February 2025.

Using visual approaches in student research: regional parallels The biennial seminar format of the Days of Ethnographic Film aims to deepen reflection on topics and approaches in visual ethnography and visual anthropology. The focus is on video productions that have been created as part of student research projects, with an emphasis on reflecting o

Media reports about festival, authors and films. MMC, RTV Slovenija (web portal of national television).