Tier 3
Göttingen, Germany
Last verified 12 June 2026
The festival promotes documentary cinema with a special emphasis on new films, videos or interactive media (published after 1.1.2019) dealing with socio-cultural processes in a wide sense of the term. The festival is open to all filmmakers, but especially those having a
The main submission deadline for German International Ethnographic Film Festival is around 1 December 2026. Estimated from the festival's usual schedule; confirm on the official site.
Submitting to German International Ethnographic Film Festival costs from EUR 10 as a rough guide. Entry fees usually rise closer to the deadline and vary by category.
No premiere requirement. German International Ethnographic Film Festival accepts films that have screened elsewhere.
German International Ethnographic Film Festival takes place in Göttingen, Germany.
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