Film list

18 Feet 2015 77'
  Directed by Renjith Kuzhur .
Karinthalakoottam is an indigenous band that propagates the music of soul to connect people with a sense of historic resolution. 18 feet symbolizes the holy distance dalits, the downtrodden, were to
The 18-Year-Old Assembly Line 2016 30'
  Directed by Luojunnan Yin .
We happened to make friends with this group of factory workers in the "post-90s" generation while we were working on another projects. We were quite fascinated by many things that we
Andrè Singer in conversation '
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Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography '
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Anti-Racist Documentary Filmmaking Workshop '
Talks
  Convened by Elena Guzman Miasarah Lai .
This workshop offers fundamental strategies for anti-racist documentary storytelling from concept to production. The need for anti-racist filmmaking has reverberated throughout the film industry with
Arandu - Listen to the Weather 2023 '
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A curated programme streaming online 3-31 March 2023. Click here to buy an online festival pass. Live in Bristol 22-25 March 2023. At ICA (London), Sunday 19 March 2023, 18:15 The aim of ARANDU -
Archival resources and Ethnographic Film '
Workshop
  Convened by Caterina Sartori .
This session brings together archivists and professionals who are involved in the preservation, cataloguing and digitisation of archival film and photographic material; and artists and ethnographers
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay 2023 '
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The Art Of Moving 2016 88'
  Directed by Liliana Marinho de Sousa .
Daya Al-Taseh, a video activist group made up of 4 Syrian friends, are producing anti-ISIS satirical videos in Gaziantep, a city in south-eastern Turkey. Despite being threatened, the group doesn’t
The Art of Andrew Omoding 2016 9'
  Directed by Trevor H. J. Marchand .
Andrew Omoding is a Ugandan-British artist. Andrew enters into partnership with his materials, allowing their sensible properties to guide his exploratory gestures and fingerwork. In stitching and
Artists’ Films and Ethnography '
Workshop
  Convened by Marko Ray Wilkinson Al Cameron Barbara Knorpp .
Practitioners of ethnography and art have crossed paths multiple times in the 20th and 21st centuries - sometimes viewing each other with enthusiasm, sometimes suspicion. This programme consists
Authors at the Festival & Reception '
Gala event
  Convened by Paul Henley .
A number of authors attending the Festival will present their books in the course of a Drinks Reception to which all Festival pass holders are cordially invited. Copies of the books will also be
Awards Ceremony 120'
Gala event
  Convened by Royal Anthropological Institute .
Join us to close the 16th RAI Film Festival as we announce the winners of this year's prizes and awards.
Batusha's House 2016 70'
  Directed by Tino Glimmann Jan Gollob .
KADRI BATUSHA has been building his tremendous house in the outskirts of Prishtina (Kosovo) for 15 years without any plans or permits. The architecture of this enormous building, with its towers,
Between Jirina and Anna 2015 5'
  Directed by Tereza Stehlikova .
My grandmother Jirina explains the history of a traditional costume that her own mother made. As Jirina's great granddaughter Anna tries the dress on, assisted by her own mother and grandmother, the
Beyond observation '
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Beyond observation: A history of authorship in ethnographic film. A discussion with Paul Henley. More than just introducing the best in new ethnographic films, the RAI FILM Festival also aims to take
Biographies of Struggle 2015 43'
  Directed by Matteo Saltalippi Greca Campus .
Biographies of Struggle is a documentary analysing the longest steelworkers' strike in Italy since the last wave of labour unrest in the 80s. The Terni ThyssenKrupp factory threatened by 550 job cuts
Careers in Ethnographic Film '
Workshop
  Convened by Ed Owles .
What do people do with a degree in visual anthropology? A panel from a variety of roles across academia, TV and independent filmmaking discuss their career paths and how their training in
Carnival King of Europe '
Workshop
  Convened by Giovanni Kezich .
European winter festival masquerades possess a number of common elements - relating to character and content as well as structure - that are astonishingly similar across great geographical distances,
Carnival King of Europe. Release 2.0 2011 38'
  Directed by Michele Trentini Giovanni Kezich .
Award-winning ethnographic caleidoscope featuring over 50 different masquerades of some 13 European countries. Thanks to some careful editing, the underlying structure of European winter masked
Western Europe South-East Europe Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore
Centenary of Jean Rouch '
Gala event
  Convened by Paul Henley .
After a brief introduction to the work of Jean Rouch, there will be a screening of one of his major works, "Moi, un Noir". This will be followed by a Round Table discussion and Q&A,
Chosen People 2016 18'
  Directed by Qihui Wu .
Responding to systematic racism and historical erasure, the African diapora has developed a multitude of tactics for mitigating oppressive ideological conditions. Among them, the Hebrew Israelite
The Chronotopes of Palestine 2015 38'
  Directed by Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek .
The Chronotopes of Palestine (38’) is a collection of five ethnographic short films, which explore different modes of remembering the homeland among three generations of exiled Polish and British
Closing Reception & Awards Ceremony '
Gala event
  Convened by Paul Henley .
Steven Hughes, chair of the panel of judges will invite his fellow judges to announce the 2017 film prizes and to give a brief explanation of the reasons for their decision. After each prize
A Cobra 2016 19'
  Directed by Carlos Sautchuk .
What we call Amazonia is actually a diversity of environments, artifacts, actions and actors. These elements are in a constant relation of genesis, producing each other in particular places and
Cracks 2018 54'
  Directed by Dimitra Kofti .
Shiny supermarkets stand next to dilapidated factory buildings in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, one of the Balkans once most important industrial areas. Pernik used to be a symbol of
Creative Mentorship - Session 1 105'
Forum
  Convened by Caterina Sartori .
This special event provides a chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their
Creative Mentorship - Session 2 105'
Forum
  Convened by RAI Film Festival .
A chance to glimpse exciting new ethnographic film projects in the making. In these sessions, filmmakers will pitch their projects and share a short extract from their works-in-progress. They will
David MacDougall 2023 90'
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This conversation will take place on Monday 6 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time, online. It will be live streamed here. Click here to buy a Full Festival Pass for entry to all the festival’s
The Devil and the Holy Water 2016 12'
  Directed by Diego Maria Malara .
For centuries, exorcism has been a daily practice in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. But as Ethiopia has undergone extensive social change, exorcism has been revolutionized. New problems produce new
Disability Futures 2023 '
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Don’t miss the plenary session with Anneleis Kusters and Erin Moriarty: Birth of a genre: Re-framing language in deaf ethnographic film
Eid AI-Fitr 2015 70'
  Directed by Xiangchen Liu .
Kirghiz people in western China celebrate the end of Ramadan with religious ceremonies, meals and other activities.
The Enemy: a Partisan Hymnbook 2015 80'
  Directed by Federico Spinetti .
A gunshot echoes from 1944, leading Italian post-punk musician Massimo Zamboni to uncover his family’s past. Long after the break-up of C.S.I., the historic band that he co-founded, Zamboni calls
Engaging Media Worlds [NYU] '
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Engaging/Empowering Image-Voices '
Conference
  Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .
How can anthropologists and filmmakers engage with and empower marginalised individuals and communities? Since the 1950s, ethnographic filmmakers and theorists have advocated for participatory
Entretejido 2015 33'
  Directed by Patricia Alvarez .
Peruvian alpaca wool is a material of significance among Andean highland communities and their rich textile traditions. Within global fashion worlds, it is considered a luxurious material,
Ethnographic Film and Mental Health: Transformations and Impact '
Workshop
  Convened by Mike Poltorak .
This interactive workshop explores the challenges and possibilities that emerge when visual anthropologists engage with ideas and experiences associated with mental health – and, in particular,
Ethnographic Film in the Marketplace '
Forum
  Convened by André Singer .
This Forum will consider the distribution of films of an anthropological nature to broad general and international audiences as well as within the academic sphere. Chaired by André Singer, President
Even Asteroids Are Not Alone 2018 17'
  Directed by Jón Bjarki Magnússon .
Eve Online is a computer game in which players mine, trade and fight their way through computer-generated galaxies. Whilst computer game aficionados are often depicted as isolated, this game is
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The Family and the Animals 2015 15'
  Directed by Jacob Hesmondhalgh Marie-Josephine Hobson .
Sunrise to set. An ethnographic film, using no subtitles or narration to depict and illustrate the co-existence of a rural Zimbabwean family and their animals.
A Feeling Greater Than Love 2017 93'
  Directed by Mary Jirmanus .
In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and Gandour chocolate factories. These events from
Film, Identity and Nation-Building '
Workshop
  Convened by Jeremy MacClancy .
This workshop will consist of two presentations that query the relations between film, identity, and nation-building. They will interrogate the connections between an ever-developing technology, a
Filmmaking for Fieldwork '
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The Five Breakfasts of Mr Podgoretsky 2016 21'
  Directed by Carl Rowlinson .
In the shadow of Brexit an expat is deported from a country that he has made his home over the last 50 years. This documentary asks what it means to make a country a home.
Flores, little Jamaica 2017 49'
  Directed by Maude Katz .
The fact that a type of music specific to one place could touch a distant listener has always intrigued me. When I met young people of my generation who were fans of reggae music at Flores, a small
The Forgotten Generation 2015 40'
  Directed by Deepa Dhanraj .
In the Forgotten Generation older people aged over 60 in urban Tamil Nadu, rural Rajasthan and tribal Maharashtra reveal the realities of their lives, relationships and work as well as their
The George Brandt Lecture - An Open Conversation with Hugh Brody '
Gala event
  Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Angela Piccini .
The RAI Life Achievement Award, which has been given at a number of RAI Film Festivals since 1990, has been awarded in 2017 to anthropologist, filmmaker and writer Hugh Brody. In collaboration with
Global racialisations - Q&A with directors '
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Got High With Only One Day Singing 2015 33'
  Directed by Meng Ziwei .
Huaer sing the oldest and most renowned folk songs in Gansu Province, China.
Guru, a Hijra Family 2016 75'
  Directed by Laurie Colson Axelle Le Dauphin .
Guru documents the work and daily life of a family of hijras in a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Silky, Mahima, Trisha, Durga, Kuyili, Priyanka, Vasundhara and Yamuna,
Honouring Professor Stephen Nugent '
Conference
  Convened by Renato Athias .
Professor Stephen Nugent, a major figure in the field of Visual Anthropology, passed away in November 2018. At Goldsmiths, Steve set up the pioneering MA in Visual Anthropology, and more recently
Imagine(ing) migration '
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Imagine(ing) migration. The aesthetics of borders and resistance [SOAS]. What is migration? Is this the “age of migration”? What is diaspora? What challenges do diasporic communities bring to
The Intelligent Hand 2015 21'
  Directed by Trevor H. J. Marchand .
The Intelligent Hand introduces us to a first-year cohort of British fine woodwork trainees at the Building Crafts College in Stratford, East London. Through the narratives of the course tutor and
Interactive Documentary and Ethnographic Film '
Workshop
  Convened by Judith Aston Paolo Favero .
This workshop will aim to generate a constructive dialogue between innovative or emerging non-linear (or interactive) documentary practices and the terrain of ethnographic film. It will be structured
Istanbul Notes 2016 69'
  Directed by Özlem Sariyildiz Yunus Emre Aydin .
‘Istanbul Makamı’ is a cinematographic improvisation with 5 musicians from abroad who fall in love with the Maqam Music (Classical Ottoman Music) and decide to live in Turkey believing that
Janitzio its fishing, its pinatas 2015 31'
  Directed by Jose Figueroa Paola Rodriguez David Figueroa Omar Foglio .
Since the 80s around 250 Purepecha families settled in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. They traveled more than 2,500 miles from Janitzio island, where they were fishermen and weavers of nets,
The Jiama Paper of Bai With My Heart 2016 21'
  Directed by He Zi Jian Li .
Traditional Jiama imprinted paper production in the Bai cultural region, southwest China, presented through the experiences of one particular family.
John Baily Masterclass - Afghan Music '
Masterclass
  Convened by Barley Norton .
In this revelatory masterclass John Baily will trace his ‘career’ as an ethnomusicological film maker, starting with the films he made as a result of research in Herat, Afghanistan, in the 1970s:
Kat Cizek 2023 90'
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This conversation is taking place online on Friday 10 March 2023 17:00 - 18:30, UK time, online. This event will be live streamed on https://www.facebook.com/raifilmfest Why co-create – and why
Keynote by Faye Ginsburg '
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Indigenous Media and Archival Imaginaries This talk considers archives created by Indigenous mediamakers who, over the last three decades, have produced an astonishing array of work -- from
Keynote by Stephanie Spray '
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Stephanie Spray, Director, Center for Visual Anthropology at USC Dornsife, Los Angeles, USA.  She is a filmmaker, phonographer, and anthropologist whose work explores and exploits the poetics of
Kim Longinotto 120'
Gala event
  Convened by Angela Piccini .
This year, the RAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded in 2019 to multi award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto. Marking this occasion, Longinotto will give the 2019 George Brandt Lecture at a
Kokota: The Islet of Hope 2015 29'
  Directed by Craig Norris .
Mbarouk Mussa Omar is from an East African Island called Pemba. Nearly ten years ago he visited a tiny neighbouring islet called Kokota and was shocked by what he saw. Kokota was teetering towards
Last Days. Last Shot 2016 52'
  Directed by Sumira Roy .
In ancient Eastern thought, there are no absolute truths and even in death there is no one model. Through the film’s two characters and their simple acts of daily life we explore two contrasting
Last Round of Jaldi Five 2017 26'
  Directed by Ellen Lapper .
2017 marked seventy years since the decolonisation and Partition of India, sparking one of the largest mass migrations in history. One particular community uprooted by this event were the
La forma del mundo 2017 88'
  Directed by David Delgado San Ginés .
A sound is born from the root of the earth. Those are the voices that sing for the animas of Purgatory. Every year for centuries los Cantadores de Arbejales, in the misty mountains of the island of
Limpiadores 2015 39'
  Directed by Fernando Mitjáns .
Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant cleaners outsourced at the School of Oriental and
Maboan - notes on the construction of a dam 2015 25'
  Directed by Ana Luísa Luz Joana Sousa Zaino Zauad Ansomane Dabo Braima Indjai .
The colonial military offensive and consequent population exile during the Independence Struggle in Guinea-Bissau (1963-1974) led to the destruction of many mangrove rice fields. In every corner of
MacDougall Masterclass - Turkana Conversations Revisited '
Masterclass
  Convened by Michael Stewart .
Marking 40 years since its original release as well as its more recent digital remastering, David MacDougall will present the classic trilogy he made with his wife Judith on the Turkana pastoralists
Making a Living in the Dry Season 2016 35'
  Directed by Ines Ponte .
Set in the highlands village of Katuwo, the film is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a family living in an agro-pastoralist farm in Namibe, Angola. Through my request to my host
Masterclass: Laurent Van Lancker 105'
Masterclass
  Convened by Chris Wright .
This year's RAI Film Festival Masterclass will be delivered by award-winning filmmaker Laurent Van Lancker, in conversation with Chris Wright. Van Lancker won the Basil Wright Prize at the RAI
A Miscellany of Families 2015 36'
  Directed by Eluned Zoe Aiano .
This multi-layered documentary explores the way we navigate the stories that are presented to us during childhood and how we choose to pass them on through ideological influences and shifting values.
Muir ar n-Athraichean (Our Fathers’ Sea) '
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Filmmaker Alastair Cole and anthropologist Magnus Course in conversation around the questions posed by their award-winning short film Muir ar n-Athreaichean (Our Fathers’ Sea). The film’s
Negotiating Amnesia 2015 30'
  Directed by Alessandra Ferrini .
Negotiating Amnesia takes as its starting point two collections of photographs found within the Alinari's photographic Archive in Florence (Italy): a series of black and white images of the Ethiopian
Never Hold Your Breath 2016 34'
  Directed by Gil Orr Urtreger .
Utila is a tiny island in the Western Caribbean, part of the Republic of Honduras. It is a mixed community established in the 1800s by Caymans, outlaws and former slaves. We arrive as travelers and
Nicobar, a long way... 2016 60'
  Directed by Richa Hushing .
Deep in the Bay of Bengal, the Nicobar archipelago, a tribal reserve protected under Andaman and Nicobar Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Regulation, was worst smashed by the Tsunami of 26th December
Nobody Dies Here 2016 23'
  Directed by Simon Panay .
Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.
Nyumba Nthobu 2016 15'
  Directed by Nick Lunch .
This film was made by a group of women from the Mara region, North Tanzania, who practise an old tradition called Nyumba Nthobu, by which childless (or lonely) women known as ‘Mamas’ can legally
P01: Rethinking fieldwork '
Conference
  Convened by Maruska Svasek .
P02a: Crisis, creativity and ethics '
Conference
  Convened by Timothy Cooper Till J F Trojer .
P02b: Crisis, creativity and ethics '
Conference
  Convened by Timothy Cooper Till J F Trojer .
P03: Existential crisis, exceptional fields '
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P04: Rethinking anthropological film distribution '
Conference
  Convened by Christos Varvantakis Sanderien Verstappen .
P05a: The crisis of communication '
Conference
  Convened by Federica Manfredi Lucia Portis .
P05b: The crisis of communication '
Conference
  Convened by Federica Manfredi Lucia Portis .
P06a: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '
Conference
  Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Yáñez Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .
P06b: Worker’s precarity: audio-visual representations of resistance '
Conference
  Convened by Lana Askari Paloma Serrano Jose Luis Fajardo-Escoffie .
P07: Critical play: Smartphones as a mode of creative engagement with crisis '
Conference
  Convened by Sanderien Verstappen Mark Westmoreland .
P08a: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '
Conference
  Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .
P08b: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '
Conference
  Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .
P08c: Mask: the Face of Covid-19 '
Conference
  Convened by Felicia Hughes-Freeland Cathy Greenhalgh .
P09: Together for Mental Health '
Conference
  Convened by Erminia Colucci .
P10: Housing loss and insecurity '
Conference
  Convened by Caterina Sartori .
P11: Social movements, protest, social justice & creativity '
Conference
  Convened by José Sherwood .
P12a: Immersive Ethnography '
Conference
  Convened by Rossella Schillaci Mark Westmoreland .
P12b: Immersive Ethnography '
Conference
  Convened by Rossella Schillaci Mark Westmoreland .
P13: Our pandemic lives: photographing the pandemic '
Conference
  Convened by Caroline Bennett .
P14: Co-agitō ergo sum '
Conference
  Convened by César Enrique Giraldo Herrera .
P15: Quality and equality in collaborative projects '
Conference
  Convened by Arjang Omrani Kris Rutten .
P16a: Global Black Lives Matter '
Conference
  Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .
P16b: Global Black Lives Matter '
Conference
  Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .
P16c: Global Black Lives Matter '
Conference
  Convened by Raminder Kaur Mariagiulia Grassilli .
P17: Workshop: Radical inclusivity and visual ethnography '
Conference
  Convened by Mike Poltorak .
P18: Chronotopes during crisis '
Conference
  Convened by Alastair Lomas Charlotte Hoskins Andrea Bordoli .
P19: The future of Visual Anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter '
Conference
  Convened by Judith Aston Shawn Sobers .
P20: Big mouth '
Conference
  Convened by Nomi Dave Bremen Donovan .
P21: Crisis through comics: a roundtable discussion on graphic anthropology '
Conference
  Convened by Letizia Bonanno José Sherwood .
P22: Rhythm, sight and sound: work in times of uncertainty '
Conference
  Convened by Sandro Simon Valerie Haensch Ian M. Cook .
P23a: Disappearing world reloaded '
Conference
  Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .
P23b: Disappearing world reloaded '
Conference
  Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .
P23c: Disappearing world reloaded '
Conference
  Convened by Blake P Kendall Pavel Borecký .
P24: Encountering reality as crisis '
Conference
  Convened by Toma Peiu Luiza Parvu .
P25: Between academic theory-building and social engagement '
Conference
  Convened by Henrike Neuhaus Yanina Carpentieri .
P26a: Empirical art '
Conference
  Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .
P26b: Empirical art '
Conference
  Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .
P26c: Empirical art '
Conference
  Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .
P26d: Empirical art '
Conference
  Convened by Andy Lawrence Martha-Cecilia Dietrich Angélica Cabezas Pino .
P27a: Colonial Film Archives '
Conference
  Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .
P27b: Colonial Film Archives '
Conference
  Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .
P27c: Colonial Film Archives '
Conference
  Convened by Jacqueline Maingard Emma Sandon .
Panel 01: Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future 90'
Conference
  Convened by Renato Athias Rodrigo Lacerda .
Full title - Indigenous Cinema: past, present and future Indigenous cinema is a very diverse and global category with more than fifty years of history. The panel seeks submissions to analyze the
Panel 02: How to frame a poem in a film with others? 90'
Conference
  Convened by Roseline Lambert Rachel McCrum .
Full title - How to frame a poem in a film with others? Experiences of translation between different langages, poems, pictures and borders This panel aims to discuss the realisation of film-poems
Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part I) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Toma Peiu .
Full title: Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming
Panel 03: Precarious landscapes (Part II) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Toma Peiu .
Full title- Precarious landscapes: forensics and decolonial futures This panel will be discussing the practicalities and ethics of producing images and sound in vulnerable landscapes. Work coming
Panel 04: Indigenous California 90'
Conference
  Convened by Teri Brewer Sue Giles Wendy Teeter .
Full title- Indigenous California: A Forum on Collaborative Archaeological and Ethnographic Visual Media Projects In recent years there have been an increasing number of productive visual media
Panel 05: Haptics and Visual Anthropology 90'
Conference
  Convened by Aparna Sharma Arine Kirstein Høgel .
Full title - Haptics and Visual Anthropology: Audio-Visual Dialogues and Non-Verbal Forms of Knowledge Construction In this workshop, filmmakers and researchers Sharma and Høgel explore how
Panel 06: Expanding Ethnographic Film: Multimodality? 90'
Conference
  Convened by Mark Westmoreland Janine Prins .
This panel seeks to investigate the expansion of ethnographic film practices in cases where a combination of different practice-based methodologies led to a multimodal approach. To what extent does
Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part I) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Angélica Cabezas Pino Mattia Fumanti .
Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film. This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of
Panel 07: From the Field to the Screen (Part II) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Angélica Cabezas Pino Mattia Fumanti .
Full title - From the Field to the Screen: Reflexive Practices and Collaborative Methods in Ethnographic Film This panel includes contributions from visual anthropologists and filmmakers of
Panel 08: Golden Wing, Silver Wings 90'
Conference
  Convened by Gary Seaman Zhuang Kongshao .
Full title - Golden Wing, Silver Wings: Filmic representations of the autobiographical ethnography of Lin Yueh-hwa This panel will focus on the legacy of the famous Chinese anthropologist Lin
Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part I) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Timothy P. A. Cooper Vindhya Buthpitiya .
Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival
Panel 09: We Three: Apparatus, Subject, Society (Part II) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Timothy P. A. Cooper Vindhya Buthpitiya .
Departing from the tripartite relationship between apparatus, subject, and society this panel invites reflection on issues of exclusion, consent, cinephobia, cinephilia, censorship, archival
Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part I) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Camilla Morelli Flavia Kremer .
Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making
Panel 10: Youth-centred frames (Part II) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Camilla Morelli Flavia Kremer .
Full title - Youth-centred frames: visual collaborations and participatory techniques in the research with young people This panel explores the use of participatory visual methods (film-making and
Panel 11: The material mediation of the ‘non-normative’ body 90'
Conference
  Convened by Cathy Greenhalgh Catalin Brylla .
This panel considers filmmakers who seek to work with and represent ‘non-normative’ bodies that are traditionally stereotyped and portrayed as “the other”. The aim is to explore innovative or
Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part I) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Mattijs van de Port Janine Prins .
This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite
Panel 12: Transforming theory in and through film (Part II) 90'
Conference
  Convened by Mattijs van de Port Janine Prins .
This panel seeks to expand theoretical ambitions in visual anthropology. We explore audio-visual modes of report that speak about existential issues via the minutiae of life-as-lived. We invite
Pang Lhabsol: Sikkim's National Ritual of the Land and its Guardian Deities 2015 63'
  Directed by Anna Balikci .
Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim’s most important indigenous celebration, consists of a series of rituals and monastic dances held in honour of Dzonga, a mountain deity residing on Mt. Khangchendzonga, the
Pedagogy & Public Anthropology: Legacies of Marshall's and Asch's Ethnographic Films 90'
Seminar
  Convened by Nancy Lutkehaus .
This panel reflects on the role of ethnographic film in pedagogy and public anthropology past, present, and future. It explores the introduction of ethnographic film into school curricula in the
People of Earth and Clouds 2016 65'
  Directed by Matteo Robert Morales Louise Hantson .
People of Earth and Clouds is a documentary film that explores the role of music bands in indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico and shows why "a village with no band, is a village with no
The People of the Wind 2015 59'
  Directed by Abtin Sarabi .
On the coast of the Persian Gulf, in the south of Iran, a ritual called Zâr is still practised today. This musical exorcism is said to heal all ‘victims of the wind.’ According to this popular,
President's Award - Trinh T. Minh-ha 2023 '
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She will receive the award in person on Thursday 23 March, at the screening of What About China? at Arnolfini (Bristol). On that occasion Trinh T. Minh-ha will be in conversation with May Adadol Ingawanij.
Prohibition of Grazing 2016 43'
  Directed by Wenfei Li .
Zhang Yuansheng is 64-year-old who was originally a camel herder. Having been born in poverty, as the age of 17 he began studying camel herding in the desert and acquiring the the life skills
A Radio of One’s Own 2016 34'
  Directed by Shweta Radhakrishnan .
In the heart of the hills, in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, a frequency crackled and came to life on the 21st of September, 2013. Community radio, Mandakini ki Aawaz is Rudraprayag District’s first and
The Realm of Forgotten Existence 2015 28'
  Directed by Piotr Piasta .
While the images in the film reveal a landscape that often seems unchanged, the narrative reveals fragments of forgotten stories and traditions, skills and working lives no longer of value in
Reclaiming Fiction '
Workshop
  Convened by Isaac Marrero-Guillamón .
This roundtable discussion will consider the politics and aesthetics of ethnofiction in relation to current debates in ethnographic film around collaboration and self-representation. Participating
Reclaiming the Forest 1987 39'
  Directed by Paul Henley Georges Drion .
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America Land Rights Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Social Change Social Conflict
Researching marriage, filming Family Time '
Talks
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Rituals on TV 90'
Seminar
  Convened by RAI / BBC / Swan Films .
Several recent television productions have embraced ritual - a classic topic for anthropologists! These shows have sought to document, explore, and interrogate ritual as both spectacle and concept
Roza's Song 2016 45'
  Directed by Lowri Rees .
Roza's song gives a unique insight into the Norwegian Roma community. The film follows Roza and her dream of making the Norwegian Roma’s first CD. The congregation and the music means a lot for
SOLITARY LAND 2017 107'
  Directed by Tiziana Panizza .
A researcher found 32 documentaries filmed on Easter Island almost a century ago. They contain images of the island’s rock sculptures, the Moai, but they barely show the island’s inhabitants,
Sacred Water 2016 54'
  Directed by Olivier Jourdain .
Guided by Vestine, an extravagant star of radio nights, the film discovers Rwandan sexuality in search of the water that gushes out of the female body. Sacred Water reveals with humor and spontaneity
Sailing a Sinking Sea 2015 65'
  Directed by Olivia Wyatt .
Sailing A Sinking Sea explores the culture of the Moken people of Myanmar and Thailand. The Moken are a nomadic seafaring community and one of the smallest ethnic groups in Asia. Spending eight
Sarah Pink 2023 90'
Special Programmes
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This talk will be live streamed online on Tuesday 7 March 2023 10:00 - 11:30, UK time. There is a mounting ethical onus on anthropological filmmakers to go further in their engagements with futures;
The Season of Vodoun 2016 45'
  Directed by Ran Muratsu .
This film depicts ceremonies of Vodoun, deities of ancestors and natures spread in the Gulf of Guinea, and its relationship with national politics. The shooting was held in the period of Vodoun in
The Secret of the Caminanti 2016 63'
  Directed by Rita Mirabella Giuseppe Tumino .
The history of the Caminanti is an unwritten story of an autochthonous community living 'in hiding'. We know barely anything about their history, which has only been transmitted orally throughout
Sent Away Boys 2016 43'
  Directed by Harjant Gill .
What happens to families in the absence of sons? What happens to land in the absence of farmers? What happens to communities in the absence of men? Sent Away Boys weaves together stories of
So'o: Life and death of a cow in Puerto Casado 2016 24'
  Directed by Valentina Bonifacio .
In the golden age of Puerto Casado, in Paraguay, at least eight cows were slaughtered every day to feed its population of 6,000 people. Eating "asado" (roasted meat) is still at the core of
The Song Collector 2016 54'
  Directed by Erik Koto .
In the 1960s Morup Namgyal sparked a social movement to preserve the traditional Himalayan culture of his homeland. What Morup could not imagine at that time was that he would ultimately embrace
Still Birth of the Commune-head 2015 80'
  Directed by Qiao Wu .
Each Floral-belt Dai village has a “Commune-head” who takes charge of annual collective ceremonies. The Commune-head is picked out through a God election ritual. All candidates’ clothes should
TRIBAL JUSTICE 2017 87'
  Directed by ANNE MAKEPEACE .
TRIBAL JUSTICE is a feature documentary about a little known, under-reported but effective criminal justice reform movement in America today: the efforts of tribal courts to create alternative
Tango, Not-For-Export 2016 53'
  Directed by Jennie Gubner .
This collection of 4 short films evokes everyday experiences of music making in the contemporary neighborhood tango scenes of Buenos Aires. They were made as stand alone pieces that co-exist on an
These Objects, Those Memories 2015 29'
  Directed by Roger Horn .
"These Objects, Those Memories" is a split-screen film focused on material culture, specifically, that of three long-term Zimbabwean female migrants currently residing in Cape Town, South
Time to Look at Girls: Migrants in Bangladesh and Ethiopia 2015 31'
  Directed by Marco Speroni .
More migrants move within their own country or region than migrate to Northern countries. Bangladesh and Ethiopia have been experiencing increasingly high rates of migration of adolescent girls to
To Work is to Grow 2015 32'
  Directed by Léa Klaue .
Gerald, Ruben, Neysa and their friends are children and adolescents who work as wheelbarrow pusher at a market and as prayer boys in a cemetery in the region of Cochabamba in Bolivia. With their own
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in China '
Workshop
  Convened by Gary Seaman Paul Henley .
This workshop will assess contemporary ethnographic filmmaking in academic contexts in China and will include presentations by the following scholars. (Further presentations may be added later). All
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (I) '
Workshop
  Convened by Carlos Flores Angela Torresan Antonio Zirion .
This workshop will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological and theoretical issues around their own ethnographic film-making or works of other relevant film-makers. The
Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in Latin America (II) '
Workshop
  Convened by Carlos Flores Angela Torresan Antonio Zirion .
This workshop will be a continuation of the workshop offered at 9:00 am on Thursday 30 March (Cinema 2, Watershed). It will offer a space for Latin American researchers to discuss methodological
True Body 2016 5'
  Directed by Louise Hollerup Christensen Shannon Turner Maja Rosenlund Byriel .
What do you do to your body hair, and what does your body hair do to you? True Body is a performative documentary that draws the viewer into a debate about gender norms and cultural body practices.
A Two Day Fair 2009 60'
  Directed by Anjali Monteiro KP Jayasankar .
Nothing in the world will last – it is but a two day fair” sings Mura Lala, drawing inspiration from the Sufi traditions of Sant Kabir and Abdul Lateef Bhitai. He is accompanied on the double
Violão-Canção: Brazilian Soul 2016 30'
  Directed by Chico Saraiva Rose Satiko Hikiji .
Following his artistic path, Chico Saraiva meets up with 7 master musicians who share their experiences: João Bosco, Sérgio Assad, Paulo César Pinheiro, Paulo Bellinati, Marco Pereira, Luiz Tatit
Visible Silence 2015 43'
  Directed by Ruth Gumnit .
Visible Silence offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Thai tomboys (toms), ladies (dees), and lesbians striving for recognition and acceptance in a traditional Buddhist society. The film highlights
Visual Anthropology Interventions and Climate Change '
Workshop
  Convened by Mike Poltorak .
**Interested participants are invited to submit proposals for presentations to M.S.Poltorak@kent.ac.uk** There is a recognised disconnect between publicly available scientific information on
The Visual Scholarship Initiative '
Talks
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This session discusses the work of the Visual Scholarship Initiative (VSI), which was started in 2006 by a small group of graduate students at Emory University. It quickly established itself on the
Visual Worlds of Difference '
Workshop
  Convened by Raminder Kaur Paul Boyce .
This workshop will highlight the role of (audio-) visual and participatory arts works in the development of representations that move away from the fixity and/or Othering of identities. Our aim is to
The Way I See Today 2016 46'
  Directed by Antonia Gama Márcio Gomes .
The critically-acclaimed film City of God (2002) is a fiction film based on a novel about a real place known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Through the
We Belong to the Earth 2015 30'
  Directed by Ramona August .
The establishment of the first intentional communities stretches back over two millennia ago, with notable examples such as the ancient Greek commune based on vegetarianism and equality of the sexes
Welcome Reception '
Gala event
  Convened by RAI FILM FESTIVAL .
Join us for a reception to welcome our guests and to celebrate the start of the festival. All welcome. Sponsored by Wiley.
A Woman's Story 2015 52'
  Directed by Azra Rashid .
A look at genocide, survival, and physical and cultural continuity through the eyes of three women who have experienced three different genocides of the 20th century. Shot on location in Canada,
Women in Sink 2015 36'
  Directed by Iris Zaki .
At “Fifi’s”, a hair salon owned by a Christian Arab in Haifa, Iris Zaki installs a minimalist film set over the sink, where she converses with the clients she’s shampooing. She thus paints an
Writing on the City 2015 60'
  Directed by Keywan Karimi .
With Writing On The City, Keywan Karimi redraws the history of Tehran through its walls, from the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to nowadays. He was sentenced to a year of detention and 223 whiplashes
Yolngu Homeland 2015 58'
  Directed by Natasha Fijn .
An observational film about Yolngu connections with other beings and the land. Garrthalala is a strong homeland community in Arnhem Land, Australia, where all ages venture out onto the coast and into
The season 2020 63'
  Directed by Anna Grimshaw .
This is part 4 of a 7-part series. Lobsters slowly migrate north, moving into the Machias Bay from warmer, southern waters. George works quickly to finish setting his full quota of traps.
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing Trade
‘Making of’ Anthropology on TV '
Workshop
  Convened by Evie Wright .
Filmmakers working with the BBC Natural History Unit will describe the practicalities of all the various stages of production – from the development of an idea with which to approach commissioners,