Donnerstagskino – Thursday Cinema
On the first Thursday of every month, the lecture hall of the Ethnological Museum is transformed into a small cinema.
Various documentaries and feature films are shown that otherwise rarely flutter across Zurich's screens. Under the title "Social Anthropological Topics of the Time" ("Ethnologische Themen der Zeit"), we offer insights into distant and close everyday life and tell stories of other ways of living and realities.
The films will be introduced briefly. Admission is free; reservations are usually not necessary.
Spring Semester 2026
Rumble Residents Select
Our residents, who create the "Rumble in the Archive" space, invite you to continue expanding their intervention! The selection of films addresses power relations at different moments in history and bring a critique thereof into the museum space.
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 7 pm
"The Stuart Hall Project" Film by John Akomfrah, United Kingdom, 2013, 99'; in English, with English subtitles.
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 7 pm
"Asog" Film by Seán Devlin, Philippines/Canada, 2023, 101'; in Tagalog, with English subtitles.
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 7 pm
"Daughters of the Dust" Film by Julie Dash, USA, 1991, 112'; in English and Gullah Creole, English subtitles.
Thursday, 4 June 2026, 7 pm
"Züri brännt" Film by Ronnie Wahli, Patrizia Loggia, Marcel Müller, Thomas Krempke, Markus Sieber, Schweiz, 1981, 100'; in Swiss German, with German and English subtitles.
You can find our complete current programme of events in our calendar.
Discover past film series in the archive.