EXHIBITION OF INDIGENOUS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS

IUAES 2021 Yucatán, Congress

“Bio-Cultural Heritages In Face Of the Anthropocene”

Call for entries

A core component of the IUAES 2021 congress is the Exhibition of Indigenous

and Ethnographic Films. It is a non-competitive film event seeking to present and
discuss contemporary audio-visual productions on relevant anthropological topics,
regardless of format or genre (community, collaborative, observational, narrative,
ethno-fictional, experimental, animation documentaries or films, etc.), created by
anthropologists, filmmakers and documentalists or indigenous communities and
organizations. We are particularly interested in works that query or challenge
conventions that are usually understood as ethnographic cinema and audio-visual
anthropology, or which revert hegemonic views on otherness. Beyond digital
projection and reproduction, we will attempt to hold reflections and in-depth
discussions of each work exhibited through lectures and conversations with guest
producers and specialists.

TOPIC
Bio-cultural Heritages In Face Of the Anthropocene
Still under debate, the concept of “Anthropocene” is intended to account for the
continuous and prolonged accumulation of a development model that is driven by
the global, economic and geo-political system and whose impacts are of such
magnitude as to affect planet Earth by creating a new geological era. It is the first
one developed by humanity and its inexorable environmental manifestations
include excessive mineral extraction, the devastation of natural resources, gas
emissions that cause global warming, as well as the constant waste of plastic and
other types of materials that saturate soils and oceans.
In face of this situation, technological solutions have been proposed, either for the
present or for the future whose response is ultimately on the same level as the
impacts themselves. However, we may resort to other alternatives, such as bio-
cultural heritage in particular, thus recovering different ways of relating to the world
based on the local and regional knowledge that constitutes a body of knowledge
preserved and transmitted by numerous socio-cultural groups around the world
over centuries. From these heritages, there emanate more balanced practices and
modes of nature/society articulation and a logic of respect and recognition for
nature while at the same time emphasising its character of vulnerability and
resistance. Against this backdrop, it appears urgent for us to rethink and discuss
the various manners in which bio-cultural heritages represent a response to the
Anthropocene. Both ethnographic and indigenous films offer narrative proposals
that appeal to reason, but also to the senses and emotions, spurring us into action
in dealing with these important topics.
RULES
Participating films of any genre must be ethnographic in nature and subject matter,
and be produced by anthropologists, filmmakers and indigenous producers. Of
particular interest to us are films that address the topic of bio-cultural heritages in
face of the Anthropocene, and which meet the following requirements:
-Produced between 2019 and 2021
-Any length and type of support or format
-Available in digital and online format for evaluation. Only in exceptional cases
shall downloadable or transferable files be acceptable.
-In the event that the film is in a language other than Spanish, subtitles in Spanish
or English are mandatory.
-A special Invitation is made to the authors of all approved films to attend the
discussion sessions on the topics being presented.
-Congress organizers have the right to use excerpts of any selected films during
promotional activities of the event, as well as to make non-profit projections for
educational and research purposes, with advance notice to all persons in charge.
-The authors of all approved audio-visual works must pay a registration fee that
includes membership to IUAES for the whole year in which the Congress will take
place.

PROCEDURE/DATES
- If you want to submit a film, a registration form, available in the link below, must
be filled out by all interested parties: (Registration form). Appropriate viewing link
and password, if any, must be entered into the form for evaluation of the proposed
works.
-Proposals will be received from December 1, 2020_ to _March 31, 2021_.
-Results will be published in the Congress web site, as of Jun 30, 2021.
-Registration to the Congress and payment of IUAES membership fee will be
available from Aug 2 to October 2, 2021.
Please write to the following e-mail address: cine.iuaes2021@gmail.com for more
detailed information.

BOARD OF SELECTION
Programming will be coordinated by a board of visual anthropologists from different
countries, led by Francisco Fernández Repetto (UADY), Xóchitl Leyva (CIESAS
Sureste) and Antonio Zirión (UAM-I). Said programming board shall deal with all
matters not established under the present call for entries, and all decisions reached
therein shall be unappealable.