Ben Rivers

Director

Films: Slow Action Urth Look Then Below

Award-winning artist and experimental filmmaker based in London. His practice as a filmmaker treads a line between documentary and fiction. Following and filming people who have in some way separated themselves from society, Rivers provides himself with a starting point for creating oblique narratives imagining alternative existences in marginal worlds. His films have screened worldwide at numerous festivals including Rotterdam FF, where he twice won a Tiger Award for short films. His feature A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS premiered at Locarno IFF and won top prizes at CPH:DOX and Torino FF.

Selected filmography:

— GHOST STRATA, 2019

— THE RARE EVENT, 2018

— THE SHAPE OF THINGS, 2016.

— A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS, 2013

— TWO YEARS AT SEA, 2011

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