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OTHER FIRE 2017 21'

Directed by Guilherme Moura Fagundes .

A sensorial record of affinity and enmity relationships with fire in the conservation of the Cerrado biome. In the company is locals, hired to act as brigadiers and, more recently, as management

Ocak 2020 28'

Directed by Zeynep Kaserci .

The story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local social life of the village

Middle and Near East Collective / Community identity Agriculture / Farming Rural

Of Love & Law 2017 94'

RAI Basil Wright Directed by Hikaru Toda .

Fumi and Kazu are partners in love and law; they run the first law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple. As lawyers driven by their own experience of being outsiders, they attract a

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Off the Verandah - Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) 1986 52'

Directed by André Singer .

Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series

Various History of Anthropology Public Figure

Oink! 2020 22'

Directed by Rob Eagle .

An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,

Western Europe North America Sex / Sexuality LGBTQI* Collective / Community identity

Ojò Igbì (with Gũlā) 2020 60'

Music Docs Directed by Daniele Ferreira João Carlos Couto .

The ritual cycle of the Waters of Oxalá is one of the most important ceremonies of candomblé in Brazil. After days of preparation, the sons and daughters of the saint gather to cultivate and relive

Okinami 2019 24'

Directed by Can Tamura (aka John Wells) .

This film features a Japanese seaside ritual performed in honour of a marine deity, who is considered to hold the power to determine a safe and successful year of local fishing. This two-day event

Central Asia and Far East Festivals/ Carnival Urban Folklore Myths/ Fairy tales

The Olive Pickers 2020 51'

Werbner Award Directed by Toni de Bromhead .

On the water 2020 67'

Directed by Anna Grimshaw .

During April, George and Mark, his son and sternman, begin setting traps for the season ahead. It’s cold and rough on the ocean, and lobsters are scarce. Halibut fishing, permitted for only

North America Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade

Once Upon a Village 2021 60'

Main Competition Directed by Srishti Lakhera .

Semla is a ghost village in the Himalayan foothills. The fifty families that once lived there have migrated to the city, leaving behind seven people. With this migration, livelihood connected to the

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Once upon a time in Val di Fiemme 2009 23'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 -

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk 2019 113'

Main Competition Directed by Zacharias Kunuk .

In April 1961, John Kennedy is America’s new President, the Cold War heats up in Berlin and nuclear bombers are deployed from bases in arctic Canada. In Kapuivik, north Baffin Island, Noah

One day in Agnita 2011 10'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 -

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

One day in Begnishte 2008 7'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Orthodox New Year’s Eve is marked by the appearance of the Djolomari, the “old ones”, for a long day of ritual, which is both structured and frenetic. This film is part of **Carnival

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

One day in Chelnik 2008 14'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On the day of the Kukeri, mysterious, impenetrable masks visit every house in Bulgarian Thrace, and end up in the village square for a most persuasive wedding and ploughing ritual. This film is

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

One day in Lancova Vas 2010 9'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In eastern Slovenia, an assorted party of masked ploughmen run around each village on Carnival days. In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

One day in Rukavac 2008 11'

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Zvonča in Croatian means “bell” and the Istrian Zvončari are the popular carnival heralds who undertake some challenging walkabouts between neighbouring villages every year - Croatia. This

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

Only Thinking 2009 27'

Directed by Gabriel Merrun .

On the North African coast in Ceuta, illegal migrants wait and hope to eventually continue onto the Spanish peninsula where they can attain asylum. Whilst waiting there, they are caught bewteen the borders.

North and Northeast Africa Migration

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Opening Night Screening: Edge of the Knife 2018 100'

Special Interest Directed by Gwaai Edenshaw Helen Haig-Brown .

We are delighted to open the 16th RAI Film Festival with Edge of the Knife, the recipient of this year's President's Medal. Edge of the Knife is the first feature film in the endangered Haida

Ophir 2020 97'

Main Competition Directed by Alexandre Berman Olivier Pollet .

This is a collaborative story of the civil war and ongoing struggle for sovereignty in Bougainville Island in the face of an all-too-familiar pattern of colonial rule and corporate mining interests.

Orania 2012 94'

Directed by Tobias Lindner .

Orania is situated in South Africa's barren Northern Cape province. All of its 800 inhabitants are white Afrikaners. They live here on private property which was bought in 1991. People of other

Southern Africa Race / Racism / Antiracism Collective / Community identity Social Conflict

The Orchard Keepers 2014 24'

Directed by Bryony Dunne .

Against the backdrop of political upheaval, an ancient network of orchards thrives in the mountains of the Sinai desert. Filmmaker Bryony Dunne shadows two Bedouins as they nurture their gardens and

North and Northeast Africa Environment Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany Rural

The Order of Things 2022 72'

Werbner Award Directed by Ramona Badescu Jeff Silva .

At the ripe age of 90 years old, Alexandru gardens, jokes, and continues to repair watches in the workshop opened by his father in 1909 in southern Romania. But what is invisible to everyone, and

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Orphans of Passage: The Uduk 1993 52'

Directed by Bruce MacDonald .

In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000

North and Northeast Africa Refugees / Displaced populations War / Conflict / Reconciliation Religion / Belief / Faith Squatter Settlements / Homelessness

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The Ospreys and the Old Man 2020 9'

Directed by Ang Gao .

A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to fish while most

Central Asia and Far East Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Animals Elderly People

Other Europe 2011 75'

Directed by Rossella Schillaci .

What happens to African migrants once granted political refugee status? In Turin, a northern Italian city, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees since December 2008. Khaled,

Western Mediterranean Migration Urban Squatter Settlements / Homelessness

Our Freedom 2017 52'

Material Culture Directed by Laura Kuen Yury Snigirev .

The inhabitants of the village of Pungino live mostly beyond the reach of the Russian state. Here, in this remote rural location, they create their own sphere of personal freedom. This film explores

Our People Will Be Healed 2017 97'

Lifetime Achievement Award - Alanis Obomsawin Directed by Alanis Obomsawin .

The landmark 50th film for Alanis Obomsawin reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has turned to education as part of their efforts of community healing cultural revival. The Helen Betty Osborne

Our spirits keep coming 2021 15'

Shorts Directed by Ariel Ortega Bruno Huyer .

In Tekoa Ko’ẽju, Pará Yxapy, a Mbya Guarani indigenous woman is dedicated to the first moments of care towards her child, who lies in her womb, and, along with her relatives, ponders about the

Out Swing 2021 26'

Shorts Directed by Samar Minallah Khan .

On the outskirts of Islamabad, a committed coach teaches a team of unlikely players, their families, and a community, how playing cricket can change lives.

Out of Focus 2013 37'

Directed by Adrian Arcé Antonio Zirión .

This is a collaborative documentary about arts, culture and everyday life inside a prison for minors. It was shot during a photography and video workshop with young inmates at the Juvenile Community

Central America Children / Young people Prison Art / Artists / Artisans Reflexivity

Out of Place 1993 38'

Directed by Peter Lutz .

The war in Bosnia in the early 1990s drove Nerma and Mavis from their homes. Having found refuge in Sweden, they learn to cope with a new situation.

Scandinavia Refugees / Displaced populations War / Conflict / Reconciliation

Oyate 2019 72'

Main Competition Directed by Dan Girmus .

This carefully observed film is composed of a series of moments, feelings, gestures, and events that took place on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the summer of 2015. The narrative,

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P13: Our pandemic lives: photographing the pandemic '

Conference
Convened by Caroline Bennett .

on-sea 2016 20'

Student Directed by Hatty Bell .

on-sea is a portrait film about the small community that lives on the Bush Estate at Eccles-on-sea, Norfolk. It is a film about landscape, and how people interact with it through day-to-day minutiae

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