Judges


Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize and Basil Wright Film Prize

Stephen Hughes - Stephen earned his BA in Anthropology (Hon) and Philosophy at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, US and went on to complete an MA and PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology at The… ... read more
John Paul Davidson - John Paul Davidson spent two years as a Commonwealth Scholar in Malaysia, after which he made Malay Magic  for the BBC’s World About Us. He then spent 15 years specialising in making anthropological… ... read more
Barberine Feinberg - Barberine Feinberg has worked at the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) since the early 1980s. A graduate in Linguistic Anthropology and in Cinema Studies from Paris V and… ... read more

Wiley Blackwell Student Film Prize

Judith Aston - Judith Aston is a Senior Lecturer in Film-making and Creative Media at UWE Bristol, and… ... read more
Christopher Morris - Christopher Morris is an award winning documentary filmmaker. His work in radio and television encompasses documentary,… ... read more
Peter Symes - Peter Symes joined the BBC in 1970, where he had a long career as a… ... read more

Intangible Culture Film Prize (Music – Dance – Performance)

John Baily - John Baily is Emeritus Professor of Ethnomusicology and Head of the Afghanistan Music Unit at… ... read more
David Pearson - David Pearson has over twenty years experience of award winning television production (BAFTA, RTS, Prix… ... read more

Archaeology and Material Culture Film Prize

David Shankland - Dr David Shankland is the Director of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He trained in Social Anthropology… ... read more
Teri Brewer - Teri Brewer is an independent filmmaker of ethnographic, archaeological and folk-life films. A former subject… ... read more

Richard Werbner Award for Visual Ethnography

Lorenzo Ferrarini - Lorenzo Ferrarini is a filmmaker, photographer and sound recordist based at the University of Manchester,… ... read more