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

Tribes of Cologne #218

14:00 hrs, Saturday 25th June, Roberts G08
 
 
 
Director/Anthropologist: Anja Dreschke
Year of Release: 2010
Duration: 90 mins
Country of Production: Germany
Location: Germany
Language: German (English sub)
Production: 58 Filme
 
 
 
The members of the Kölner Stämme (Cologne Tribes) imitate “foreign” cultures such as Native American Indians, Vikings, Romans and most notably Huns and Mongolians as a leisure time activity. During the summer the “tribes” organise large camping events to re-enact the historical lives of their role models. But what motivates entire families, with neighbours, friends and work colleagues to collectively submerge themselves into the life of the court of Attila the Hun or Ghenghis Khan?