RAI FILM

Films

Film list

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Awareness 2011 67'
    Directed by David MacDougall Judith MacDougall .
Filmed in South India, Andhra Pradesh, at Rishi Valley School, founded by the 20th Century Indian thinker Krishnamurti, 'Awareness' explores the sensibilities of two groups of young Indian teenagers,
South Asia Education / Knowledge transmission Children / Young people
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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
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Counterpoint Botswana 2011 45'
    Directed by Richard Werbner .
Seeing 'Holy Hustler', the 2009 film made in Botswana, local viewers respond and discuss it with the filmmaker Richard Werbner in 2011. 'Counterpoint Botswana' captures the reception by home
British-Irish Isles Reflexivity
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Counterpoint One 2011 37'
    Directed by Richard Werbner .
The first in the Forum Follies series, 'Counterpoint One' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Holy Hustlers' (2009), from a rough to a final
British-Irish Isles Reflexivity
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Counterpoint Two 2011 45'
    Directed by Richard Werbner .
The second in the 'Forum Follies' series, 'Counterpoint Two' pitches the ethnographic filmmaker Richard Werbner into debate with audiences for his film 'Encountering Eloyi' (2008), from a rough to a
British-Irish Isles Reflexivity
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The Double Walk of the Joaldunak 2011 10'
  Directed by Michele Trentini .
Joaldunak are “those who resound”, the great bell ringers heralding the Carnival parade between the twin villages of Ituren and Zubieta in the Basque-speaking Spanish Naffaroa. This film is
Western Mediterranean Festivals / Carnival Folklore
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Koza Szymborska. The Day of the Goat in Szymborze 2011 14'
  Directed by Michele Trentini .
The Koza or Goat is animal that gives the masquerade its name throughout Eastern Europe, from Romania to Moldavia and the Ukraine, and all the way to northern Poland where we filmed it. This film
Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore
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Letters from Palestine 2011 35'
    Directed by Ludovica Fales .
What if in your great-grandfather's letters there is a mystery your family doesn't want to talk about? In 1920 Angelo Levi Bianchini set out to Palestine on an Italian diplomatic mission and never
Western Mediterranean Middle and Near East War / Conflict / Reconciliation Memory History
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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
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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
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Ritual Journeys 2011 75'
  Directed by Dawa Lepcha Anna Balikci .
The film is an intimate portrait of Merayk, an 80 years old Lepcha shaman or Padim. Merayk lives with his family in Dzongu, a Lepcha reserve in North Sikkim. He performs healing rituals for
South Asia Ritual Shamans and Shamanism Health / Health care / Healing
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Rockerill: Rekindling the Fire 2011 53'
    Directed by Yves Mora .
Five years ago, one of the oldest industrial buildings of Charleroi- ‘les Forges de la Providence’- was saved from demolition being brought by two citizens: Thierry Camuy and Mika Hell. Together
Western Europe Alternative culture Art / Artists / Artisans
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Saliendo Adelante 2011 28'
    Directed by Ben Cheetham .
Growing up on the streets of Bogotá, where drugs and violence dominate, it seemed as though José might never escape this cycle. It is the job of Orlando and those at the Institution for the
South America Children / Young people Socioeconomic conditions Development projects
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Shooting Freetown 2011 29'
  Directed by Kieran Hanson .
A decade since Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch's ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’,
West Africa Film / Photography / Mass media War / Conflict / Reconciliation Reflexivity
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The Silvesters of Urnäsch 2011 13'
  Directed by Michele Trentini .
A celebration of mountain wilderness is all too evident in the costumes of the Silvesters of Urnäsch in Outer Appenzell, particularly in their “Pretty/Ugly” version. This film is part of
Western Europe Festivals / Carnival
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Unity through Culture 2011 69'
  Directed by Christian Suhr Ton Otto .
Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organizes the
Melanesia Festivals / Carnival Social Conflict Collective / Community identity