CameraWise Film Festival 2026 and launch of FMG Media Lab
To celebrate the blossoming of Visual Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and the creation of CameraWise – the Amsterdam Hub for Visual Anthropology and the FMG MediaLab, we organised a three-day film festival under the title CameraWise: Transforming Research in and through Film. In three days, we screened no more than 8 films, which enabled us to discuss them in-depth. The films had been selected with current conversations in visual anthropology in mind, allowing for more focused debates. The festival is free of charge and wheelchair accessible. See you again in 2028!
Photo impressions
Selected films 2026
The Hospitable Gaze
The Hospitable Gaze
Wind and words
Wind and words
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
Where Can I Get Lost?
Where Can I Get Lost?
In every heart, every love (in progress)
In every heart, every love (in progress)
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Tarantism Revisited
Tarantism Revisited
15 April
doing research through film
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
REC L2.01
Registration at the FMG Media Lab & Showcase of student films
12:00 PM - 13:00 PM
Lunch break
13:00 PM - 13:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Welcome and walk-in
13:30 PM - 15:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Where Can I Get Lost?” by Mattijs van de Port, followed by a conversation with Alexandra D’Onofrio (Manchester University) and Darcy Alexandra (UvA)
Where Can I Get Lost?
Where Can I Get Lost?
15:00 PM - 16:00 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:00 PM - 18:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “The Hospitable Gaze” by Kostis Kalantzis, followed by a conversation with Kenni Eilert (Aarhus University) and Anne de Jong (UvA)
The Hospitable Gaze
The Hospitable Gaze
18:30 PM- 20:00 PM
Dinner
15 April
doing research
through film
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
REC L2.01
Registration at the FMG Media Lab & Showcase of student films
12:00 PM - 13:00 PM
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 13:00 PM
Lunch break
13:00 PM - 13:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Welcome and walk-in
13:30 PM - 15:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Where Can I Get Lost?” by Mattijs van de Port, followed by a conversation with Alexandra D’Onofrio (Manchester University) and Darcy Alexandra (UvA)
Where Can I Get Lost?
Where Can I Get Lost?
15:00 PM - 16:00 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:00 PM - 18:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “The Hospitable Gaze” by Kostis Kalantzis, followed by a conversation with Kenni Eilert (Aarhus University) and Anne de Jong (UvA)
The Hospitable Gaze
The Hospitable Gaze
18:30 PM - 20:00 PM
Dinner
16 April
doing research through film
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “In every heart, every love: Preliminary scenes from a film-in-progress” by Christian Suhr followed by a conversation with Christine Moderbacher (Tromsø University) and Mattijs van de Port (UvA)
In every heart, every love (in progress)
In every heart, every love (in progress)
12:00 PM - 13:30 PM
Lunch break
13:30 PM - 16:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Tarantism Revisited” by Michaela Schäuble and Anja Dreschke, followed by a conversation with Alyssa Grossman (Liverpool University) and Olga Sezneva (UvA)
Tarantism Revisited
Tarantism Revisited
16:00 PM - 16:30 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:30 PM - 19:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Unquiet Ground: Preliminary scenes from a film-in-progress" by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, followed by a conversation with Lotte Hoek (Edinburgh University) and Felix Stein (UvA)
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
16 April
doing research
through film
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “In every heart, every love” (work-in-progress) by Christian Suhr followed by a conversation with Christine Moderbacher (Tromsø University) and Mattijs van de Port (UvA)
In every heart, every love (in progress)
In every heart, every love (in progress)
12:00 PM - 13:30 PM
Lunch break
13:30 PM - 16:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Tarantism Revisited” by Michaela Schäuble and Anja Dreschke, followed by a conversation with Alyssa Grossman (Liverpool University) and Olga Sezneva (UvA)
Tarantism Revisited
Tarantism Revisited
16:00 PM - 16:30 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:30 PM - 19:00 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Unquiet Ground” by Martha-Cecilia Dietrich, followed by a conversation with Lotte Hoek (Edinburgh University) and Felix Stein (UvA)
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
Unquiet Ground (in progress)
17 April
doing research through film
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions” by Metje Postma, followed by a conversation with Sanderien Verstappen (University of Vienna) and Rachel Spronk (UvA)
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
12:30 PM - 13:30 PM
Lunch break
13:30 PM - 15:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screenings “Birds, Borders, Technologies” by Ildikó Plájás and “Wind and words” by Roger Canals, followed by a conversation with Pedro F. Neto (Lisbon University) and Jorge Nuñez (UvA)
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Wind and words
Wind and words
16:00 PM - 16:30 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:30 PM - 18:00 PM
REC B5.12
Book Launch “Empirical Art: Filmmaking for Fieldwork in Practice.” ed. by Andy Lawrence (Filmmaking4Fieldwork) and Martha-Cecilia Dietrich (UvA)
Empirical Art
Empirical Art
17 April
doing research
through film
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screening “Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions” by Metje Postma, followed by a conversation with Sanderien Verstappen (University of Vienna) and Rachel Spronk (UvA)
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
Ayda, Lioness Among the Free Lions
12:30 PM - 13:30 PM
Lunch break
13:30 PM - 15:30 PM
CREA Theaterzaal
Screenings “Birds, Borders, Technologies” by Ildikó Plájás and “Wind and words” by Roger Canals, followed by a conversation with Pedro F. Neto (Lisbon University) and Jorge Nuñez (UvA)
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Birds, Borders, Technologies
Wind and words
Wind and words
16:00 PM - 16:30 PM
CREA Café
Coffee break
16:30 PM - 18:00 PM
REC B5.12
Book Launch “Empirical Art: Filmmaking for Fieldwork in Practice.” ed. by Andy Lawrence (Filmmaking4Fieldwork) and Martha-Cecilia Dietrich (UvA)
Empirical Art