RAI FILM Festival 2025

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.