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.
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
Return to the Land of Souls (Retour au pays des âmes) #8
16:00 hrs, Saturday 25th June, Darwin LT
Director / Anthropologist: Jordi Esteva / Josep Maria Bernadas (consultant)
Year of Release: 2010
Duration: 68 mins
Country of Production: Spain, Ivory Coast
Location: Ivory Coast (Agni)
Language: French, Agni (English sub)
Production: Siwa Productions & CNAC
In the 21st century, many ancestral beliefs are struggling to survive in a hostile, fast-changing world. In southeast Ivory Coast, some Akan communities still make contact with the spirits through Komians, or animistic priests, who go into a trance and are possessed by the spirits of the Forest and the Waters.