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

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 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? […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Hands-On Workshop on Space in Filmmaking and Multimodal Production Facilitated by Mike PoltorakCo-organized with Saada ElabedLocation: Seminar Room This workshop examines the role of space as both a subject and collaborator in filmmaking and multimodal works. Central to the workshop is the exploration of ‘liminal spaces’: those in-between realms where the familiar meets the […]

Moderated by Milena Fischer & Fabiana Merz Enriquez These three films tend to physical, emotional and social spaces, where healing, support and connection occur, hence, to spaces of care. They explore the many ways care is embodied, practiced, and experienced within different environments throughout everyday life, and how we create and navigate these spaces. Babini […]

Moderated by Maria Hansen & Meret Namaï Weiss Finally, we will delve into non-spaces: places that do not yet exist, that remain unseen or need to be created. These films explore different aspects of non-spaces: personal and social boundaries, identity and (in)visibility. They tell of resistance, self-empowerment and the struggle for visibility. Afterwards, the closing […]