What’s On

The 19th RAI FILM Festival will take place Wed 11 - Sun 15 June here at Watershed and Arnolfini, and will mark the 40th anniversary of this unique celebration of anthropology and filmmaking. With premieres, filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, and a unique mix of cinema and academia, it is an intimate and global gathering.

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

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An award-winning augmented audio walk – Only Expansion invites you to sonically experience how your own life might change in the future.

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Step into FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth, a visually stunning installation that reveals the hidden rhythms of our changing world by pioneering award-winning artists ScanLAB Projects. Taking over the whole of the Undershed gallery, this artwork uses both groundbreaking visuals and beautifully designed sound.

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In this talk, Professor Shawn Sobers explores why Small Anthropology is a powerful and necessary methodology for interdisciplinary research.

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

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The complex lives of young deaf people are explored in all their intricacies in this earnest, superbly performed drama, set in contemporary Hong Kong.

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Eccentric lottery winner Charles (Tim Key) dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

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The Salt Path is the profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor and Moth Winn’s 630-mile trek along the beautiful but rugged Cornish, Devon and Dorset coastline.

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In conversation with the Chair of the RAI Film Committee Judith Aston, Bruce Parry reflects on his BBC series Tribe, questioning how television can adapt — ethically and creatively — to changing times, and what lessons can be drawn from engagement with multifarious ways of living and storytelling.

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The Encampments is a brave new documentary following the Palestine solidarity protests that erupted across US university campuses in 2024.

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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.

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Set in the rugged landscape of 1790’s Britain, Tornado (played by model-songwriter Kōki) finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s travelling puppet show crosses paths with a ruthless criminal gang.

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Wes Anderson's latest film is the story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor.

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Be among the first in the UK to experience the bold new wave of Georgian cinema with this striking premiere.

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The life and home of a solitary man in the highland forests of Scotland is gently observed in this intimate, experimental documentary.

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French filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers a fake Facebook profile using his photos, inviting women in Kinshasa to audition for a non-existent film.

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Avant-Drag! offers an exhilarating look at ten Athenian drag performers who deconstruct gender, nationalism, belonging, identity, while facing police brutality, transphobia and racism.

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17-year-old Sam embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad and his oldest friend. But when lines are crossed and Sam’s trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch...

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Join us for a special double-bill screening of Bibiru: The Panema Dog and The Forbidden Dogs—two powerful films exploring the bonds between humans and dogs across very different cultural and political landscapes.

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Charming documentary about a small farming community in mid-Wales, observing the unalterable rhythms of country life.

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At 71 years old, famous Portuguese writer José Cardoso Pires had a stroke which affected his ability to speak, read and write.

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Informed by her own experiences, Daisy-May Hudson’s portrait of a woman trying to regain custody of her kids is a impassioned indictment of the current social-care system.

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In this Lunchtime Talk, we will hear from Tim Kindberg PM Studio Resident who will examine AI critically in the light of nature and climate change.

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Akira Kurosawa’s period thriller is a monumental tale of hired samurai protecting a peasant village.

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A gym-obsessed serial killer murders and eats a local drug dealer for their protein, inadvertently sparking a brutal and bloodthirsty turf war between rival gangs.

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In the newly-restored alternative British road movie Gallivant, the director Andrew Kötting sets off on a wandering, eventful journey around the British coastline accompanied by his granny and young daughter Eden.

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Based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores neurodiversity through the experiences of non-verbal autistic people from around the world.

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