German International Ethnographic Film Festival

17/05/2026

And just like that, GIEFF 2026 comes to an end ✨

Thank you to everyone who made this incredible week possible — the festival wouldn’t have been the same without you!

Here are a few photos of our team. Unfortunately, we don’t have pictures of everyone, even though so many more people were involved in making GIEFF happen. Thank you all for your hard work, energy, and support! 💛

17/05/2026

Albert Osbaeck Adelkilde about his award winning film „Milking“.

Thank you so much for giving us insights into the film and for being part of GIEFF 2026!

17/05/2026

Some impressions of the award ceremony!

Besides honorable mentions, The Manfred Krüger Award and the Student Award were presented.

Congratulations to Albert Osbaeck Adelkilde for winning the Manfred Krüger Award for his film “Milking” and to Amelie von Marschalk for winning the Student Award for her film “Learning to Fly! 👏🏻

Honorable Mention Manfred Krüger Award:
• Emil Victor Hvidtfeldt with his film „Dragging Chains“
• Monirsadat Jazaeri with his film „We Might Be Alike“

Honorable Mentions Student Award:
• Ke Chen with her film „My Lens, My Land“
• Siddhant Sarin with his film „A Happy Place“

17/05/2026

Day 4 recap! ✨

What an eventful day — filled with film screenings, a roundtable discussion on “Decolonial Approaches,” the award ceremony, and an after-show party!

The perfect ending to a wonderful festival week 💛

16/05/2026

Another filmmaker interview — this time with two filmmakers competing in the Student Film Competition with their project “Caution Colonialism.”

Big thanks to Elisa and Mara for sharing personal insights into the film and its making!

15/05/2026

I’m so happy that Hemant Kumar agreed to share some insights into his journey as a filmmaker and talk a little about his film „Then…Now…Forever“ 🎬

14/05/2026

So happy to share first impressions of the festival from the audience😊

Thank you so much for joining us at GIEFF! We hope you continue to enjoy the festival.

14/05/2026

14/05/2026

In this conversation, anthropological filmmaker Janine Prins explains why she chose to create an installation for this year’s festival rather than a film.

The installation is meant to offer an arena for reflection, conversation and hands-on investigative experience.

She presents (post)colonial experiences inside her Indo-European family. Visitors are invited to experience this encounter for themselves in a space filled with fragmented memories, objects, and documents.

Has Janine piqued your interest? Then stop by tomorrow and see the installation for yourself✨

15/12/2025

Our selection committees are reviewing all the films submitted. At the beginning of next year they will meet together and handpick some of the outstanding one for our festival! Exciting!!