Filmmaking For Fieldwork

23/04/2026

Many thanks to everyone who attended our recent ‘Empirical Art: filmmaking for fieldwork in practice’ book launch, either online or in person, at the wonderful CameraWise film festival at the University of Amsterdam. You can find information about the book on our F4F website or from the publisher Manchester University Press. There is a 30% discount on the cost of the hardback edition available by adding code ‘EVENT30' at checkout and a paperback version should be available soon https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170781/

We still have space left on our F4F online summer school in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking (June-July 2026) but hurry as bookings close in May. You can find full details about the course at https://filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk/online-courses and there is a link to contact us about application.

01/04/2026

If you are near Amsterdam 15-17 April, please attend the official launch of CameraWise: The Amsterdam Centre for Visual Anthropology. The event is free to enter and a full programme is available online https://visualanthropology.nl/film-festival

CameraWise will celebrate the opening of the FMG Media Lab at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) with seven fully funded spaces on the Filmmaking for Fieldwork (F4F) Summer School (Monday afternoons 8 June - 6 July) for researchers who work in the faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) at UvA. F4F’s Andy Lawrence will be present throughout the CameraWise event and for full details and to apply see https://visualanthropology.nl/courses

On Friday 17 April, 4-6pm we are launching our latest publication Empirical Art: filmmaking for fieldwork in practice (published by Manchester University Press in 2026 as part of the Granada Centre’s Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography book series). Volume editors and contributors will be present to answer questions posed by anthropologist Jeanette Pols, followed by a wrap party for CameraWise with food and drinks. See the CameraWise film festival flyer for details https://visualanthropology.nl/film-festival

The CameraWise film festival takes place from 15-17 April 2026 and will feature a selection of ethnographic films and celebrate the FMG Film Lab launch

25/03/2026

A reminder that our F4F online Summer School in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking is now open for bookings: The course runs online each Monday between June 8 - July 6 2026. This year participants will receive a free E-copy of our Filmmaking for Fieldwork: a practical handbook published by Manchester University Press, and be invited to three special screening events alongside the usual 'learning unit classes'. Please see our website for full details and information about how to enrol https://filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk/online-courses

Love from the F4F team x

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27/02/2026

We will be launching our new book Empirical Art: filmmaking for fieldwork in practice (MUP 2026) at the University of Amsterdam on Friday 17 April, 2026 with a lively roundtable discussion from our authors. The event is part of the CameraWise - Amsterdam Centre for Visual Anthropology launch event 15-17 April at UvA, which is packed full of film screenings, discussion and fun socials https://visualanthropology.nl/film-festival

More information about Empirical Art can be found at https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170781/ If you would like to purchase the book, you can get 30% off when ordering through the MUP website and adding code ‘EVENT30' at checkout.

We are also currently accepting bookings for our online F4F Summer School in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking. Places are offered on a first-come-first-served basis. The course runs online each Monday between June 8 - July 6 2026. This year participants receive a free E-copy of our Filmmaking for Fieldwork: a practical handbook published by Manchester University Press. Please see our website for full details and information about how to enrol https://filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk/online-courses

Empirical art - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Empirical art by Andy Lawrence

13/01/2026

We are currently accepting bookings for our online F4F Summer School in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking. Places are offered on a first-come-first-served basis. The course runs online each Monday between June 8 - July 6 2026. This year participants receive a free E-copy of our Filmmaking for Fieldwork: a practical handbook published by Manchester University Press. Please see our website for full details and information about how to enrol https://filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk/online-courses

Love from the F4F team x

12/05/2025

Last call for our F4F Summer School in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking. The course runs online each Monday, June 9 - July 7 2025. This year participants receive an E-copy of Filmmaking for Fieldwork: a practical handbook published by Manchester University Press. Please see our website for full details and information about how to enrol

We make documentary cinema and support innovative research worldwide

19/03/2025

We are currently accepting bookings for our online F4F Summer School in ethnographic and documentary filmmaking. Places are offered on a first-come-first-served basis. The course runs online each Monday between June 9 - July 7 2025. This year participants receive a free E-copy of our Filmmaking for Fieldwork: a practical handbook published by Manchester University Press. Please see our website for full details and information about how to enrol https://filmmakingforfieldwork.co.uk/online-courses

Love from the F4F team x

14/12/2024

Call for visual anthro post-docs to work at the centre for migration and diaspora studies on a timely project entitled „archives of solidarity: precarity, creativity and shared future-making across closed borders“.

Apply now for Postdoctoral Researcher, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, United Kingdom at SOAS

14/11/2024

Many congratulations to our F4F filmmaker
Olaf Lawrence. Watch his debut documentary short, which came second at Hawaii International Filmfestival. Please share widely and support seaweed farmers worldwide

This film explores seaweed plastics, a nuanced technology that is on the brink of transforming an industry and could potentially solve a devastating problem ...

09/09/2024

Massive congrats to Olaf Lawrence, who came to F4F in 2019 for work experience, on his directing debut and our latest co-produced release - a heartfelt call to just stop plastic!

Green Ocean Gold is a short environmental docuemntary that explores seaweed derived plastics, a nuanced technology that is on the brink of transforming an in...

14/06/2024

This year F4F is running its online essentials course across six of the world’s seven continents. Drawing researchers from Australia, South and North America, Africa, Asia and Europe. If there is anyone interested in joining us next year from Antarctica, we are offering you a discount on the course fee, so we can continue our campaign to permeate the world with love and education.