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Between two Villages
Directed by Eduardo Saraiva Pereira, Muriel Jaquerod
Between two Villages tells the story of Aldeia da Luz, population of 330, bound to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new...
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Caught in a Magic Place
Directed by Niccolo Patriarca
A story of sandwiches and generations, ambitions and regrets from the heart of the Italian kitchen.
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The Double Walk of the Joaldunak
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 part...
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Earning a Crust
Directed by Elisa Contreras
Through their experiences, Uncle Isidro (a horse dealer) and Jeremo (a scrap collector) illustrate traditional gypsy occupations in the south of Spain, as well as the obstacles facing their community’s...
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Forget Alberto For Now
Directed by Beina Xu
A refugee known only as Alberto flies from Athens to Brussels on a fake passport. Three years later, a small crew from Berlin tries to make a film by shooting...
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Going Back Home
Directed by Catarina Alves-Costa
For those who live in the city, each and every summer is about going back to Arga, the village in Northern Portugal, which they left to find work. For the...
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Growing Pains
Directed by Cecilie Øien
Júlia is a young Angolan woman who lives in a poor neighborhood of Lisbon, together with her daughter Magui. The story of how she arrived in Portugal and what happen...
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Holding the Tradition
Directed by Matthew Fassnidge
The annual regatta on the island of Malta has been passionately contested for over 200 years by a number of local rowing clubs. Marsamxett has been dismissed by the others...
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IT WAS TOMORROW
Directed by Alexandra D'onofrio
After living in Italy for almost ten years without documents, three Egyptian men – Ali, Mahmoud and Mohamed – are suddenly awarded legal residence. As a whole new world of...
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In Our Blood
Directed by Steve Vella
In Malta, devotion to the Virgin Mary is very fervent, particularly in the village of Naxxar, where the most important annual feast, taking place over several days, is dedicated to...
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Leaving Greece
Directed by Anna Brass
When entering the EU for the first time, a refugee must submit an application for asylum. So much is clear. Less well known, however is the fact that for 90%...
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Letters from Palestine
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...
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Other Europe
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....
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Round Trip
Directed by Angela Torresan
Portrait of a Brazilian woman and her friends, now living in Lisbon, exploring the basis of their sense of identity in the context of a transnational way of life.
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Sea Boundary
Directed by Rosella Schillaci
The film depicts the daily struggle of fishermen to earn a living in a harsh physical environment that brings out the social and economic tensions of modern society. Manning the...
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Shepherds in the Cave
Directed by Anthony Grieco
An international team of art restorers, archaeologists and volunteers begin work on the restoration of religious frescoes inside a network of ancient caves. Faced with local bureaucratic challenges and the...
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Tindaya Variations
Directed by Isaac Marrero-Guillamon
The mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands) is more than a mountain. It was a sacred site for the indigenous people of Fuerteventura; later, its rock was quarried and sold...
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The Villagers of Sierra de Gredos
Directed by Peter Carr
The 130 villagers of Navalguijo in the Sierra de Gredos of Central Spain live in a village perched high in the mountains and they face an extreme climate with very...
RAI FILM Festival 2025
The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema and the Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol (UK) and online throughout the month of April 2025.
