18. ETHNOCINECA
International Documentary Film Festival Vienna 2024
Thursday 16 to Wednesday 22 of May 2024
The eighteenth iteration of ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna took place From 16 to 22 May in the halls of the Votiv Kino and Kino De France and Vienna became once again the center of documentary film art and ethnographic filmmaking in Vienna.
47 feature-length and short films and an extensive side programme with a keynote, a masterclass, a panel discussion, a film talk, and numerous film discussions invited us to take an in-depth look at the societal and social dimensions of documentary cinema. This year, we encountered documentary film as an art form that negotiates and presents new understandings for and insights on interrelated socio-political issues and individual life experiences by means of vivid film-making techniques.
With our festival focus RE-RENDERING PERSPECTIVES, we emphasized the necessity of and demand for a change of perspective. The four focus programmes engaged with the possibilities of film as a powerful artistic tool to contribute to a re-rendering of perspectives, to enable reflection and to achieve empowerment.
This year’s competition films showed cutting edge and multifaceted international and Austrian documentary filmmaking. On the final day of the festival, the winners in the five Award categories were announced in the Award ceremony’s festive setting.
We would like to thank all filmmakers and jurors, all sponsors and partners and the entire team of this year’s edition. We wish you inspiring and moving film experiences and much joy in immersing yourself in the cinematic world of images!
FESTIVAL TRAILER 2024
Festival Sujet 2024: DAUGHTER OF GENGHIS © Kristoffer Poulsen & Christian Als, 2024
