7th International Festival 
of Ethnographic Film

The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) & 
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) 

Saturday-Wednesday 16-20 December 2000

The Royal Anthropological Institute now invites the submission of entries
for the following Film Prizes:

Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize

This prize of £500, awarded biennially since 1980, will be awarded for
"the most outstanding film on social, cultural and biological anthropology
or archaeology".

Basil Wright Film Prize 

This prize is also of a value of £500 and has been offered biennially
since 1986. Funds have been provided by Robert Gardner, the American
film-maker. This prize will be awarded for "a film in the ethnographic
tradition, in the interest of furthering a concern for humanity in order
to acknowledge the evocative faculty of film as a way of communicating
their concern to others". Particular value will be attached to innovative
styles or forms of film-making.

JVC Student Video Prize

Awarded for the first time in 1990, this prize will be given to the most
outstanding video in the ethnographic tradition made by a student enrolled
in a bona fide educational institution. Entries for this prize may have
originated and been edited on any video format but must be submitted on a
VHS or S-VHS cassette in PAL, SECAM or NTSC format. The prize will consist
of an item of video equipment kindly donated by JVC Professional. In
assessing the films, the judges will consider the budget constraints,
technical resources, and professional input available to the students, as
well as each film's anthropological relevance.

Material Culture and Archaeology Film Prize

If an appropriate film of sufficient merit and excellence is submitted
which falls within this category, the Festival Committee may also provide
£250.00 for this special award.

Any enquiry about the Rules and Conditions of Entry should be directed to:
Jean Fairweather, Office Co-Ordinator, RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, London WIP 5HS. 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7387 0455; 
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 4235; 
e-mail: the