World Film Festival is a member of
CAFFE, a network for Coordinating Anthropological Film Festivals in Europe.
It is a joint initiative for facilitating better cooperation and communication
between the existing film festivals, screening anthropological and ethnographic films in Europe.
Members of the network are:
ETHNOCINEA - Ethnographic and Documentary Film Fest Vienna - a unique film festival in the city of Vienna which is dedicated to
anthropological themes and topics. Initiated by the Department of Social
and Cultural Anthropology (University of Vienna), it is organized now
by the organization "ETHNOCINECA - Verein zur Förderung der
audiovisuellen Kultur".
IFEF - International Festival of Ethnographic Film Sofia, Bulgaria - a visual anthropology forum featuring workshops, presentations, discussions, lectures and
exhibitions.
Jean Rouch Film Festival, Paris, France. A festival, taking place since 1982, in Paris at the Musée de l'Homme, screening ethnographic documentaries. Competition program consists of about 40 films in competition. Festival also pays tributes to documentary film makers and offers thematic sessions and discussions. A meeting point of the world of anthropology and the public.
GIEFF - The German International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany (formerly: Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival). The festival promotes documentary cinema with a special emphasis on new
films, videos or interactive media dealing
with socio-cultural processes. The
event is open to all filmmakers, but especially those coming from an
anthropology, sociology, folklore, history etc. background.
Freiburger Film Forum, Germany. The program of Freiburg Film Forum encompasses current productions from Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania as well as retrospectives of important filmmakers and issues.
RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, UK. Organised by the
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland (RAI)
since 1985, it is an itinerant festival that moves biennially from one
university host to another, in association with local community and
cultural organisations.
SIEFF - Sardinia Ethnographic Film Festival, Nuoro, Italy. The Festival screens a selection of recent documentary films with an anthropological perspective, giving special
attention to films representing contemporary
life.
Cineblend, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Cineblend (formerly: Beeld voor Beeld) is a documentary film festival that is concerned with
cultural diversity. Rooted in visual anthropology, the festival screens
documentaries on various (sub-)cultures offering discussions and
seminars.
NAFA Film Festival. Nordic Anthropological Film Festival, run by Nordic Anthropological Film Association, an organization focused on anthropological documentary film. The festival screens of ethnographic and
documentary films chosen by a selection committee consisting of members
of NAFA.
Festival of Visual Anthropology, ASPEKTY, Poland - a yearly anthropological film festival, which explores various
areas of culture. It discovers and presents various relations, phenomena, interactions and mechanisms, which
takes place within a culture or between cultures.
Astra Film Festival, Sibiu, Romania. Astra Film Festival is the place to see great documentaries, to feel the pulse of Romanian
and Eastern European documentary film production, meet fellow-filmmakers
from around the world and
interact with professionals and with an enthusiastic audience.
Moscow International Visual Anthropology Festival. The Moscow International Festival was first held in 2002. Its goal
is to introduce mass audience to visual anthropology. Thus, much attention
is paid to the popularisation of ideas and materials of visual
anthropology and to analysis of its socio-cultural prospects.
International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Belgrade, Serbia. The festival is organised by the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade. It screens ethnographic and anthropological films.
DEF - Days of Ethnographic Film, Serbia. The international festival is a joint
venture of The Slovene Ethnological Society,The Slovene Ethnographic
Museum and The Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of
Sciences an Arts, since 2007.