RAI FILM Festival 2025

The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema in Bristol, UK – an official UNESCO City of Film. After this, our festival films will be available for streaming throughout the month of April 2025.

The RAI FILM Festival is a biennial international event celebrating the best in documentary filmmaking from around the globe. Established in 1985 by the Royal Anthropological Institute (UK), the RAI FILM Festival showcases new work from academic anthropologists and related disciplines from all levels of experience from students to professionals.  It looks for fearless films that ask difficult questions, build bridges, seek redress and promote social justice and dialogue.