International contest shall offer films with themes from the field of social and cultural anthropology and ethnology in a wide sense of the term, from various expressions of traditional folk culture up to the life of a present day man in the complexity and diversity of the changing world and the way of life.
The year 2024 will go down in the history of the Etnofilm Čadca IFF as its 23rd year. Every two years since 1980, filmmakers from all over the world have been competing for the turoň prize, which is the festival's logo. Viewers can thus watch the latest work of filmmakers in the field of documentary film. Submission of films for this edition will end on May 31, 2024.
ZLATÝ TUROŇ – GRAND PRIX (ETNOFILM 2020)
Original Title: Lamalera
Length: 54 min
Year of Production: 2019
Produced by: Karsten Tadie
Country:Denmark
Director: Karsten Tadie
On Palm Sunday, in the village of Stará Pazova, children dress up in folk costumes. One girl is always dressed as a youngster. They go around the village to their relatives and sing Palm Sunday where she shared the keys...
Vlach Ethnic Community in Serbia preserves its language, material and cultural heritage for centuries. The dance for the dead (dat uora đi pomană) is only one of a series of autochthonous rituals by which the Vlachs cultivate the cult of the dead.
Čaba Bajczer is a descendant of Slovak ancestors and comes from Slovak Komlóš. And although he is only 17 years old, in addition to playing the trumpet in a local brass band and being a skilled dancer in a folk troupe, he has already had an extremely successful career in sports - powerlifting.
Would you be willing to spend 2 weeks on the street and experience the life of a homeless person for a while? Three young students decided to spend 2 weeks like this to get out of their comfort zone and experience a new view of the world.
Due to the current organisational and financial circumstances, the 24th edition of the ETNOFILM International Documentary Film Festival will take place mainly online. Public screenings of selected films will also be held in Čadca.
24th ETNOFILM International Film Festival - November 23-27, 2026
Do you have a documentary that reveals fascinating culture, traditions or the lives of people on the margins of society? Join the celebration of diversity and submit your film to the 24th ETNOFILM International Film Festival - a festival that has been bringing unique stories from around the world for decades.
The 23rd ETNOFILM International Film Festival will take place on November 12-15, 2024 in the cities of Čadca, Žilina, Nitra, Banská Bystrica and Bratislava. 109 films from 35 countries applied for the current edition, of which the Festival Selection Committee included 29 films from 22 countries in the main competition.
