🎬 School of Visual Anthropology (SVA)
The School of Visual Anthropology is a documentary film course based on the principles and methods of the humanities and social sciences, primarily anthropology and sociology.
It includes expert lectures in visual anthropology, ethnomusicology, and theatre studies, as well as practical field research where participants learn basic techniques of ethnographic work and cinematographic language.
So far, around fifteen local and three international SVA editions have been realized, resulting in approximately fifty short anthropological films and audiovisual exercises.
🎥 Films screening at Gnezdo
Rafkats (2020) – 15 min
Mikloš Barna Lipkovski, Ed Godsell, Relja Pekić
Filmed during the July protests in Belgrade in 2020. Like the protests themselves, the material emerged spontaneously, without a pre-planned script. Confronted with unexpected social unrest, the filmmakers became active participants rather than neutral observers.
During the protests, they encountered other “people with cameras,” including Ed Godsell (Eddie the Irishman), whose material is also included in the film.
Block 23 (2019) – 9:25 min
Anna Bernal, Katarina Lukec, Danial Shah, Sebestyén Fiumei
A short documentary about the New Belgrade neighborhood Block 23, focusing on the people who give warmth and life to its seemingly harsh concrete environment. Through interviews and carefully composed visuals and rhythm, the film highlights both brutalist architecture and nostalgic testimonies linked to Yugoslav social policies.
Last Working Day of “Goša” (2021) – 28 min
Miloš Ristić, Danilo Prnjat, Nataša Radić, Đorđe Paunović
A social documentary about the final days of the Goša FSV railway vehicle factory in Smederevska Palanka. The film juxtaposes factory work during its final days with the private lives of the workers.
It offers a micro-anthropological perspective on broader social, political, and economic transformations caused by privatization and the closure of industrial plants that had shaped the town for decades.
🎧 Music program
After the screening and discussion, the night continues with music as the #ducducduc duo launches an improvised electronic set.
Using analog toys and live instruments, they move through dub, drum & bass, techno, and many other electronic subgenres.
