I.         Name and Content:
An important component of the 16th Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (to be held in Kunming, China, from July 15 to 23 in 2008) will be an Ethnographic Film Festival. Aimed to promote visual anthropology in general and contribute to the 16th Congress of the IUAES in specific, the Ethnographic Film Festival now has a working committee and we are in the process of calling for submissions of high-quality documentary films for screening and contest.

II.      Theme of Festival 

The theme of this festival is Humanity, Development, and Cultural Diversity, corresponding to the same theme of the 16th Congress of IUAES. We encourage filmmakers to submit their documentaries along with texts such as research reports, academic theses and monographs.  

III.   Instructions for Participation

There is no separate registration fee to take part in the Festival, but those who wish to have their films screened at the festival and enter the contest must be registered as participants in the 16th Congress of IUAES. Registration information for the Congress can be found at www.icaes2008.org. To enter the film contest, a documentary film must have been produced after 2004. Works submitted for screening are not subjected to this requirement.

The acceptable formats for contest of the festival could be VHS (NTSC), VHS (PAL), DVD, BetaSP, Digibeta, HD, DV/DVCAM. The acceptable formats for screening of the festival could be DVD. All submissions should have English subtitles. The submission form is provided below. A biographic sketch of the primary producer/director of any submission should be included in the submission along with two posters, research reports, academic papers and monographs

The deadline for all submissions is January 31, 2008 as verified by postmarks.

All the expenses accrued during the mailing of the films shall be borne by the participants. The festival’s working committee is not liable for the loss or damage of the materials during their mailing. It is however responsible for the safe storage of the relevant materials after they are mailed to us. The materials received will not be returned.

The mailing address for submissions is Fu Xiaoxing, Institute of Anthropology, School of Sociological Research and Population Studies, Renmin University, No.59 Zhongguancun Street, Beijing 100872, People’s Republic of China; Tel: 86-10-8250-2544, 86-10-82502542；86-10-6251-2250; Fax: 86-10-6251-2250; Email: anthropology@126.com.