RAI FILM Festival 2025

This compelling documentary explores a woman’s return to Burkina Faso after her uncle’s death, uncovering deep family disputes over inheritance and the tensions between traditional Mandingo Islam and French law.

A double-bill screening of I Walk While Glaciers Melt and Heaven Rain Flows Sweetly.

Marching in the Dark has emerged as one of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year, making waves across the global festival circuit.

Filmed in Loita, a Maasai region split between Kenya and Tanzania, the documentary follows the lead-up to a spectacular women-centred fertility ceremony that—while celebrated as a traditional practice—is complicated by intergenerational tensions, the politics of gender, and the borders drawn up across the land.

Rooted in Indigenous storytelling, this powerful film is created by and for its community, offering a rare perspective from within.