Session V: Healing Thing(s)
Moderated by Lydia Gauss It is not just the planet that is in need of healing, the individuals inhabiting Earth are also looking for cures. There are various methods to deal with physical and mental pain, and these three films emerge from different practices, making invisible things visible. In doing so they question the boundaries […]
Session VI: Shared Things
Moderated by Lucrezia Omlin Sometimes, when people share spaces, interests or ideas, their joint efforts result in something no one could create on their own. This session presents a mixture of situations where people find new perspectives on their lives by sharing what they have and what they dream of. Better than Home (3 min) […]
Workshop II: Behind the Lens
PLACE Old botanical garden (outside, in any weather) INSTRUCTORS Belinda Casparis & Katerina Vesela FOR Children and families, open to everyone Hands-on Filming! Always wanted to make a movie yourself? Then this workshop is for you! Designed as a family-friendly, children-tailored workshop, we will experience what it takes to work behind the lens. From looking […]
Session VII: Shetland’s Common Thread
Moderated by Paula Hsu Deeply embedded into everyday lives, connected to different personal meanings, and changing over generations: the production of a material that forms relationships between people, animals and their common environment. Shetland’s Common Thread (45 min) Germany / United Kingdom, 2020, English / English sub. Directed by Helena Held, Leyla Rauch and Anja […]
Session VIII: People’s View
Moderated by Adamma Ezeanyika How do you see it? People's View explores individuals’ diverse perspectives on their environment. Usambara Violet (9 min) Hungary, 2020, Hindi / English sub. Directed by Aman Wadhan Some potted plants, odd hours of wakefulness, and the view from my window. A heliotropic film from the lockdown in Budapest. Aman Wadhan […]
Welcome Speeches: Enter [the] Space
Prof. Dr. Annuska DerksCo-Director of the ISEK (Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies), University of Zurich Saada ElabedFestival Director, PhD Candidate, Director Regard Bleu 2020-2025, University of Zurich Amir Mommartz & Ella PoniatowskiFestival Coordinators, Regard Bleu 2025 Team, University of Zurich
Session I: Enter [the] Spaces
Moderated by Lena Oberholzer & Meret Namaï Weiss We invite you to enter the world of ethnographic films and stories. In this session you can gain a glimpse of the multiple spaces opening during this festival. By joining us on a journey through the diversity of places and voices, visually and emotionally, it may be […]
KEYNOTE: Images of Care – Ways of Looking, Ways of Caring: Towards a Visual Anthropology of Care
Keynote by Barbara Pieta, Paolo Favero and Martina LaganàLocation: Lecture HallPart of Workshop I What does an anthropology of care look like? What types of images – and more specifically, what ways of looking at care relations – has this scholarship generated? And how has (or how can) visual anthropology further transform these ways of seeing? […]
Session II: Bridging Spaces
Moderated by Selma Schenkel & Eva Frutig Bridging Spaces explores the fluidity of identity, memory, and belonging across cultures and generations. Through three different films, we navigate personal and collective histories, witnessing journeys of return, remembrance, and reconciliation. Each story acts as a bridge, linking past and present, silence and expression, roots and movement, self […]
Workshop I – Caring for Images Looking at Care: Session I (Experiments in Care and Vision)
How do we see, document, and respectfully represent acts of care that tend to be made invisible, despite their central role in the maintenance of healthy social relations, and indeed of society at large? This workshop proposes to explore the space of care, a space centrally related to human vulnerability and dependence, and to focus […]
SPECIAL PROGRAMME: Guided Tour – Accessing the Space
Guided by Frederik GüntenspergerLocation: outside/inside the museum, starts at the main entrance to the Botanical Garden Come on, we live in 2025 and public buildings are accessible! Make up your own mind. Frederik will provide wheelchairs for participants to access the Ethnographic Museum, a building of the University of Zurich, so you can understand what […]
Session III: Liminal Spaces
The screening will be followed by a discussion with special guests Wucha Wulan Dari & Yuefei You Moderated by Annisa Hartoto Focus: Indonesia What happens in the in-between? There are border spaces, for example between past and present, memories and the forgotten, the seen and the unseen. The Liminal Spaces session explores transitional spaces in […]
Workshop I – Caring for Images Looking at Care: Session II (Conversations on Images of Care)
How do we see, document, and respectfully represent acts of care that tend to be made invisible, despite their central role in the maintenance of healthy social relations, and indeed of society at large? This workshop proposes to explore the space of care, a space centrally related to human vulnerability and dependence, and to focus […]
Session IV: Lost Spaces
Moderated by Miri Rizvi & Hannah Eileen Grobet What happens when home, people and landscapes are no longer within reach? Through personal and courageous examinations of loss, these films explore what it means to navigate spaces that have changed or vanished – whether through forced movement, colonialism, war or environmental disasters. Can one re-enter them […]
Session V: Embracing Spaces
Moderated by Amir Mommartz & Ella Poniatowski The screening and Q&As will be followed by a discussion with the curators and willing participants from the audience. With Saturday’s final session we aim to leave a mark on the viewers’ senses. Whether it be in a society, mind, or body, embracing a space often necessitates adjustment. […]