Documentary by Maynooth University Anthropology doctoral student to be showcased at IFI

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 18:30 to 20:30
Irish Film Institute, Dublin

Takasera, a documentary film by Matjaz Pinter and Eva Pivac, has been selected by the Irish Film Institute for its prestigious ‘Irish Focus’ series, and will be screened at the IFI at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, 31 January 2017. Filmmaker Matjaz Pinter is a doctoral student in the Maynooth Anthropology Department, who holds a postgraduate scholarship from the Irish Research Council. Pinter’s PhD research project in Western Nepal has a distinctive Visual Anthropology component – thus, he will be making a full length ethnographic film as well as writing a conventional doctoral dissertation.

The film will be introduced by Majaz Pinter's PhD superviser Dr. Chandana Mathur.