2011 PROGRAMME

Around the World in 90 Films

Plan your days! Explore the full film and sessions programme with prize screenings, workshops, special events. Consult the interactive map of film locations in 38 countries.
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FILM PRIZES AND AWARDS

The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to announce that the following Film Prizes have been awarded at the 12th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, London, 23rd - 26th June 2011.

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FORMER RAI FESTIVALS

11th RAI Film Festival, 2009
CTCC, Leeds Metropolitan University

10th RAI Film Festival, 2007
GCVA, The University of Manchester

7th RAI Film Festival, 2000
SOAS, University of London

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14:00 hrs, Friday 24th June, Roberts G06
 
Student film
 
 
Director / Anthropologist: Susan Butterworth
Year of Release: 2010
Duration: 15 mins
Country of Production: UK
Location: Rochdale, England
Language: English
Production: Granada Center for Visual Anthropology, The University of Manchester
 
 
 
This film reveals how the moor landscape of Rochdale has become an important part of the lives of many of those who visit it. Drawing on themes of memory, migration and movement, it challenges stereotypes that frame the rural as a ‘’white space” and avoids understanding the landscape solely in terms of physical recreation.