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✨ Full Programme - Now Revealed! ✨

And the moment you’ve been waiting for…

🎟️ Tickets are now available - join us in Bristol or online: https://t.co/h6vBukcRQG

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'To Make a Place', five films exploring diasporic memories, cultural reinventions, and the journeys of belonging. Two days left to watch this Student Film Collection Bundle for only £5 here: https://t.co/R7k4RaKWmf!

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The Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 was presented to Melissa Llewelyn-Davies (1945–2025), a pioneering anthropologist and filmmaker who has left behind an extraordinary legacy. Watch 'Scenes from the Farm', an unmissable piece from her body of work: https://t.co/SLlEpbYVow

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'Earthbound Knowledge', four films about reflections, conversations, fights, and disputes in contested spaces. Watch this Student Film Collection Bundle for only £5!
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'Landscape Symphonies', five films attuning to the voices, rhythms and textures of place. Watch this Student Film Collection Bundle for only £5! https://t.co/U79rCJBIVv

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Watch our Student Film Collection 'Earthbound Knowledge' featuring 6 amazing films directed by students. Buy the whole bundle for only £5 here https://t.co/thl7Ulsdnm!

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Audience Award Honourable Mention: Sama in the Forest by Carlos Gómez. This multi-voiced film explores how girls and women in Maithil society in North India and Nepal turn to collective art forms. Watch online now along with 85+ other amazing films: https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx

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Richard Werbner Award for Visual Ethnography Winner: El Signo Vacío (the empty sign) by Kathryn Ramey. An anthropological journey through the United States’ occupation of Puerto Rico juxtaposing archival and contemporary film. Watch online now: https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx

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Wiley Blackwell Student Film Award Winner: What Do Ghosts Think? by Yuefei You. A deeply personal and multilayered documentary about memory, land, and power. Not available online but watch 85+ others now until the 16th July: https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx!

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RAI FILM Festival 2025 Ethnomusicology Award: Beyond Tradition by Lea Hagmann & Rahel von Gunten. A moving, self-reflective film on young singers, culture, identity & modern life. Watch this and 85+ others online now : https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx.

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RAI FILM Festival 2025 Honourable Mention: Reception Room, Wing D by Garima Jaju & Ikuno Naka. A tender, surreal portrait of Indian bureaucracy. Selected by judges Marcia Mansur & Suranga Katugampala. Watch this and 85+ others online now: https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx

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RAI FILM Festival 2025 Marsh Award Winner: The Memo by Badlands Film Group. A bold short on intimacy, resistance, and media in China. Visually powerful and politically urgent. Selected by Marcia Mansur & Suranga Katugampala. Watch this and 85+ others online now – link in bio.

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RAI FILM Festival 2025 Basil Wright Award Winner: Marching in the Dark by Kinshuk Surjan. A powerful film showing a woman’s strength and healing. Selected by Carolina Arias Ortiz, Michael Eaton & Nat Nesvaderani. Watch this and 85+ others online now https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx

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RAI FILM Festival 2025 Award Winner: Al-Djanat – The Original Paradise by Chloé Aïcha Boro. A film on family, inheritance & legal tensions in Burkina Faso. Watch this film and 85+ others online now: https://t.co/eKw0Nn8Nkx.

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We’re so grateful for a week filled with unforgettable moments — thank you to everyone who joined us.
But the journey continues…

Passes are available now — head to the link in bio and join us online.

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A huge THANK YOU for making this past week truly unforgettable.
But wait — the experience isn’t over…

Get your Online or Digital Bundle Pass today — link in bio!

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What an unforgettable week — thank you all for being a part of it!
But we’re not done just yet...
Online Festival and Digital Bundle Passes are available now.
Hit the link in bio and start watching today!

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Thank you everyone for a week we will never forget! But its not over yet….

The ONLINE RAI Film Festival 2025 is here. Running for only 4 weeks, this is your last chance to view the films from the RAI FILM Festival 2025.

Visit link in bio to access it now. See you there!

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Day 3 has been a deep dive into archives, healing rituals, and community-building practices.

The stories continue. Tickets and full schedule in bio.

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Day 3 has been a deep dive into archives, healing rituals, and community-building practices, highlighting questions about voice, memory, and belonging.

Today’s programme asked: Whose stories get told, and who gets to tell them?

Tickets and full schedule in bio.

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More to come. Tickets and full schedule in bio.