NAFA Film Festival Entry Form

The NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival has taken place since 1979. For a list of festivals over the years please download the attached PDF file.


The deadline for submission for NAFA2025 is 30 May 2025

The 44th NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival will be organised as a joint venture with Kratfest in Skopje and Kratovo, North Macedonia, the preliminary dates set being 8-10 October 2025. There is a dedicated website for the event: https://nafa2025.org/

The 43rd NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival took place in Kabelvåg (Lofoten) in northern Norway, 4-7 September 2024, at the Kabelvåg School of Moving Images, part of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. There is a dedicated website for the event: https://nafa2024.net/. The event has been partly sponsoreed by The Nordic Council of Ministers.

Please note that film submissions are on FilmFreeway:

https://filmfreeway.com/NAFAInternationalEthnographicFilmFestival

Please also note that films previously submitted to NAFA will not be eligible for selection, and that we are a non-commercial festival and do NOT pay screening fees.

The NAFA2025 International Film Selection Committee consists of:

Esme Andrews (UK)

SidyLamine Bagayoko (Mali)

Aryo Danusiri (Indonesia)

Len Kamerling (U.S.A.)

Knud Fischer-Møller (Denmark)

Ilakkiya Maria Simon (Norway)

Peter I. Crawford (chair, Norway)