Biennial - Different prizes for different films
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize
Prize of £500, awarded biennially since 1980. This is awarded for `the most outstanding film on social, cultural and biological anthropology or archaeology'.
Basil Wright Film Prize
Prize of £500, awarded 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.'
Wiley-Blackwell Student Film Prize
Formerly the JVC Professional Student Video Prize until 2003. Prize of £250, awarded to the most outstanding film in the ethnographic tradition made by a student enrolled in a bona fide educational institution. In addressing 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 for this special award.
Audience Prize
The audience of the festival is invited to vote by ballot for their favourite film in the Festival, regardless of whether it has been shortlisted for one of the prizes or has been scheduled in any of the 'special interest' screenings. The prize is normally sponsored by a local publisher or institution.
Intangible Culture Film Prize (Music - Dance - Performance)
This prize was created specifically for the 2007 Festival in response to the large number of films submitted that dealt with music, dance and performance that it would have been difficult to acknowledge under other prize categories. By referring to it by the UNESCO designation 'Intangible Culture', it is offered as companion prize to the Material Culture & Archaeology award, and will be equally of a value of £250.
