Oczy
i Obiektywy

The call for entries
for the 19th edition
of the Review
is underway!

The call for entries for the 19th edition of the Ethnographic Film Review “Eyes and Lenses” is underway

Until July 20th, 2025, you can submit films for the XIX Ethnographic Film Review “Eyes and Lenses” (“Oczy i Obiektywy”).

The Review is organized by the Ethnographic Laboratory Association (Stowarzyszenie “Pracownia Etnograficzna”), the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw,  the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at Warsaw University and Etno Academic Circle.  

The “Eyes and Lenses” Review will be held on the last weekend of November 2025 at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.

The Review serves to present various forms of ethnographic films and documentaries sensitive to social issues. The event will showcase contemporary Polish and foreign productions created by anthropologists and filmmakers who combine their passion for cinema and ethnography. For additional information about the event, please email: oczyiobiektywy@etnograficzna.pl.

Applications links in English:

Terms and conditions 

    Application form

    Entry to all events is free. However, we kindly invite you to help sustain and expand “Eyes and Lenses” through your support.

    Programme

    Free entrance tickets are required for the screenings, which can be downloaded from the system and at the museum box office. Passes can be booked for individual films or for full days of screening.

    15th November

    All-day admission

    Description.

    BLOCK 1: HERSTORIES

    start: 17:00

    Daughters of Coal

    work / intergenerational relations / identity

    BLOCK 1: HERSTORIES

    start: 18:45

    They Said She Was a Witch

    daily life / oppression / agency

    BLOCK 1: HERSTORIES

    start: 19:05

    Such Madwomen!

    gender / friendship / oppression

    BLOCK 1: HERSTORIES

    start: 19:40

    Agata’s Faces

    art / disease / identity

    16th November

    All-day admission

    Please note that the all-day admission does not include the concert.

    BLOCK 2: MIGRATIONS

    start: 12:00

    From Where We Stand

    racism / community / post-industrialism

    BLOCK 2: MIGRATIONS

    start: 13:25

    The Fishing Boats of Kayar

    agency/ migration / in-between

    BLOCK 2: MIGRATIONS

    start: 14:00

    This Jungo Life

    journey / refugees / hope

    BLOCK 3: ECOLOGY

    start: 15:50

    Minding Sand

    resources / capitalism / development

    BLOCK 3: ECOLOGY

    start: 16:25

    Dead water

    environment / eco disaster / indigenous community

    Osoba oświetlona ogniem, trzymająca w ręce zawiniątko.

    BLOCK 4: HERITAGE

    start: 17:00

    Magic of Podlasie – Whisperers

    spirituality / locality / tradition

    BLOCK 4: HERITAGE

    start: 18:35

    Felt: Unveiling an Endangered Craft

    tradition / intergenerational transmission / identity

    BLOCK 4: HERITAGE

    start: 19:05

    Valley of Music: Otavalo indigenous musicians on transnational paths

    music / globalization / local traditions

    17th November

    All-day admission

    Description.

    BLOCK 5: RETURN TO THE FIELD

    start: 12:00

    Looking For Challan

    nomadism / change / indigenous people

    BLOCK 6: A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD

    start: 13:10

    I had a life

    homelessness / social welfare / agency

    BLOCK 6: A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD

    start: 14:35

    Clear Sky

    war / childhood / friendship

    BLOCK 6: A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD

    start: 15:00

    Flotacija

    local community / industry / beliefs

    BLOCK 7: SENSES

    start: 17:45

    Building Spaces. A Sensory Ethnography

    academia / material practices / sensory

    BLOCK 7: SENSES

    start: 18:40

    Where Can I Get Lost?

    space / sexuality / spirituality

    BLOCK 7: SENSES

    start: 20:15

    Through Hands of Mine

    rythm / spirituality / calm

    Venue

    National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw
    Kredytowa 1, 00-056 Warszawa

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