FIFEQ Montreal - Partial Perspectives Creative Workshop

Collaboration with Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec (FIFEQ) Montreal for the 21st edition, which focused on the duality of the visible and invisible in ethnographic film. I had the opportunity to design and facilitate a creative workshop in collaboration with visual anthropologist Danya Leal, on ethnographic filmmaking at Espace Go, in which participants were invited to analyze and critically examine the role that both the production and post-production phase play in the construction of ethnographic meaning. A 15-20 minute lecture was provided to familiarize participants with the history of ethnographic filmmaking, in particular the invisible power dynamics behind representation in anthropology. Participants worked together to plan, film, and edit a short ethnographic film sequence on the theme of partial perspectives, with guidance from the workshop hosts. The final products were screened at the closing party in the evening.