The RAI Film Festival is a biennial event dedicated to the celebration of the best in ethnographic, anthropological and archaeological film making from around the globe. 27-30 March 2019, Bristol (UK).

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Buy a Festival Pass and discover the world’s best ethnographic film at the 16th RAI Film Festival 27-30 March

The Royal Anthropological Institute acts as contact point in the UK for information, networking and advice in visual anthropology and ethnographic film. It runs the biennial RAI FILM FESTIVAL based in Bristol. In addition it supplies a service based on the distribution and sale of ethnographic films on DVD and online for educational and academic purposes.

The RAI supplies a service based on the distribution and sale of ethnographic films on DVD and online for educational and academic purposes. Browse the new online catalogue, searchable by region, keyword, director and year of production.

Interviews with filmmakers, anthropologists and practitioners