In addition to open submissions, Ethnografilm screens films selected by the following international festival directors:
International Documentary Association–Michael Lumpkin
Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival–Susanne Hammacher
Hot Docs–Brett Henry
Moscow International Festival of Visual Anthropology–Evgeny Alexandrov, Elena Danilko
American Documentary Film Festival–Teddy Grouya
Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival–Harjant Gill
Mendocino Film Festival–Pat Ferrero
Margaret Mead Film Festival–Dominic Davis
Bay Street Film Festival–Ron Harpelle
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival–Beate Engelbrecht
Festival International Jean Rouch– Barberine Feinberg
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival–Lisa Samford
International Documentary Film Festival of Kerala–Bina Paul Venugopal
Ethnocineca–Nadja Haumberger
