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Trees Down Here, dir. Ben Rivers, UK 2018, 14 min.
British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers is internationally renowned for creating a body of bold
experimental works that lie between documentary and fiction. Often focusing on subjects that have separated themselves from society, he shapes a world in which the familiar becomes strange. Using vintage cameras, a variety of film stocks and processing the films by hand, the footage often resembles found, aged or archival film which itself feeds the narrative. Breaking the conventional rules of documentary filmmaking, Rivers’ films are evocative and sensory, tinged with horror and the unknown, and are an entirely unique personal vision.
We The People, UK 2004, 1 min.
To celebrate the release of Second Run’s Blu-Ray release we’re delighted to present a programme of seven short films by Ben Rivers, followed by a Q&A with the artist and filmmaker, hosted by Simon Field.
Programme
We The People, UK 2004, 1 min.
This Is My Land, UK 2006, 14 min.
Sack Barrow, UK 2011, 21 min.
Trees Down Here, UK 2018, 14 min.
Ijen / London, UK 2022, 7 min.
Phantoms of a Libertine, UK 2012, 10 min.
The Shape of Things, UK 2016, 2 min.
no. 236848.