The 11th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film (2009)

RAI Film Festival 2009

The 11th RAI Festival will be jointly hosted by the Centre for Tourism & Cultural Change and the Northern School Film, Television and Performing Arts at Leeds Metropolitan University, with The Louis Le Prince Centre for Cinema, Photography and Television at the University of Leeds

The festival will be held on Wednesday July 1st – Saturday July 4th, 2009 at the brand new 'Rose Bowl' building at Leeds Metropolitan University, in central Leeds (download a campus map here: MAP).

The festival will include 4 days of screenings, followed by a major international conference, and a series of workshops and panels focusing on anthropological ethics in filmmaking, salvaging and archiving ethnographic film.

Roundtable discussion

Roundtable details now available!

Four speakers with great experience of broadcasting and distribution - follow the link to see who's coming...

Registration

Book online on our dedicated registration page

Pre-festival screenings at the Hyde Park Picture House

From May 12th and every Tuesday evening until the festival, Leeds's own historic Art House Cinema will be screening the best of previous prize winners. Film-makers will be there to introduce the films and answer questions, thanks to a lottery grant from Screen Yorkshire. If you're in the region, why not come along to see the 8-Greats at the Hyde Park Picture House. Follow the link for programme and details.

Film Prizes

Films will be considered for the following:

Royal Anthropological Institute Prize
Basil Wright Film Prize
Wiley-Blackwell Student Film Prize
Material Culture & Archaeology Film Prize
Intangible Culture Film Prize

More details can be found about the prizes here

For any enquiries please contact:

The Film Officer
Susanne Hammacher
Royal Anthropological Institute
50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7387 0455

Fax: +44 (0) 20 7388 8817

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Technical Support

Lumen

About this Festival

Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland (RAI) since 1985, it is an itinerant festival that moves biennially from one university host to another, in association with local community and cultural organisations.

Held from Wednesday July 1st to Saturday July 4th 2009, it will involve some 50 hours of screenings of new films, a major international conference, and a targeted selection of events focusing on anthropological ethics in filmmaking, youth participatory film, salvaging and archiving ethnographic film.