Festival Team

Executive Committee

Paul Henley - Co-Chair
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology,University of Manchester

Alan Marcus - Co-Chair
Centre for Screen Studies, University of Manchester

Rupert Cox
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

Eleanor Ford
Independent film-maker, Manchester

Susanne Hammacher
Film Officer, Royal Anthropological Institute

Sharon Hammond
Research Office, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

Johanna Ickert
Festival Assistant, Humboldt University Berlin (Leonardo exchange programme)

Andrew Irving
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

Charlotte Jackson
Research Office, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

Claudia Natteri
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

Audiovisual Support

William J. Brown
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester

Jean Johnson
Media Centre, University of Manchester

Karl Spencer
Music & Drama, School of Arts, Histories & Cultures, University of Manchester

National Planning Committee

Hilary Callan
Director, Royal Anthropological Institute

Tom Sheahan
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Committee; Independent Film-maker, London

André Singer
Chair, Royal Anthropological Institute Film Committee; Director, Westpark Pictures, London

Judges Panels

RAI & Basil Wright Prizes: Sylvia Caiuby Novaes (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Lucien Taylor (University of Harvard) and Michael Yorke, independent film-maker, London and RAI Film Committee.

Blackwell Student Prize: Peter Crawford (Universitetet i Tromsø), David Teigeler (Sheffield DocFest)

Material Culture and Archaeology Prize: Howard Morphy (Australia National University)

Music and Performance Prize: Sarah Cohen (Liverpool University), Gary Kildea (ANU, Independent documentary filmmaker)

Preselection Panel

Marcus Banks (University of Oxford & RAI Film Committee)

Alicia Blum-Ross (University of Oxford)

Peter Getzels (independent film-maker, Washington, USA & RAI Film Committee)

Susanne Hammacher (RAI Film Officer)

Suzette Heald (London School of Economics & RAI Film Committee)

Paul Henley (University of Manchester & RAI Film Committee)

Stephen Hughes (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)

Felicia Hughes Freeland (University of Swansea & RAI Film Committee)

Maggie Loescher (independent film-maker, Oxford)

Dolores Martinez (School of Oriental and African Studies, London & RAI Film Committee)

Howard Reid (independent film-maker, London & RAI Film Committee)

Michael Yorke (independent film-maker, London & RAI Film Committee)

Overseas correspondents

Asia:
Lei Jianjun (Tsinghua University, Beijing)

Australasia:
Howard Morphy (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Canberra)

Europe:
Peter Ian Crawford (Universitetet i Tromsø & Intervention Press, Aarhuus, Denmark)

North America:
Peter Getzels (Royal Anthropological Institute Film Committee, Independent film-maker, Washington)
Lucien Taylor (Film Study Centre, University of Harvard, Cambridge, Mass., USA)

Latin America:
Sylvia Caiuby Novaes (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Carlos Y. Flores (Departamento de Antropología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México)
Alejandra Navarro Smith (Centro de Investigaciones Culturales-Museo, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México).

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