2025 Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival

New Orleans, Louisiana

Nov 19 – 22, 2025

The Society for Visual Anthropology screens the best of ethnographic film at the annual SVA Film & Media Festival. Ethnographic film and media can be defined broadly as works that emerge through ethnographic fieldwork or that use, are informed by, illustrate, or evoke concepts and principles of anthropological theory, methods, or practice. The SVA Film and Media Festival is held as part of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, giving filmmakers and distributors broad access to an audience of thousands of anthropologists, educators, and other attendees.

Submissions are now closed. The next round of applications opens in February 2026.

2025 SVA Film & Media Festival Directors
Dr. Anna Neumann (Dickinson College)
Dr. Mariam Abazeri (Arizona State University)

Contact: svafilmfestival@gmail.com