Ben Rivers

Ben Rivers

Directing · Born 1972-01-01 · Somerset, England

A London-based artist and filmmaker. He has created around 40 short and feature films that blur the line between documentary and fiction, often focusing on people living on the margins of society. Rivers won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his debut feature, Two Years at Sea. His solo exhibitions have been held in Milan, Chicago, Hamburg, and London, and a complete retrospective of his work was presented at the National Gallery of Jeu de Paume in Paris. At the 34th Message to Man Festival, he received the Silver Centaur prize for his film Bogancloch.

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Mare’s Nest
Mare’s Nest 2025
Director
Bogancloch
Bogancloch 2025
Director
The Minotaur
The Minotaur 2022
Director
After Work
After Work 2022
Director
Ijen / London
Ijen / London 2022
Director
The House Was Quiet
The House Was Quiet 2020
Director
Look Then Below
Look Then Below 2019
Director
Krabi, 2562
Krabi, 2562 2019
Director
Ghost Strata
Ghost Strata 2019
Director
10 Min
10 Min 2019
Director
Now, at Last!
Now, at Last! 2018
Director
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 2018
Director
Slow Action
Slow Action 2018
Director
Trees Down Here
Trees Down Here 2018
Director
The Rare Event
The Rare Event 2018
Director
Dreaming In The Dark
Dreaming In The Dark 2018
Director
Urth
Urth 2016
Director
The Hunchback
The Hunchback 2016
Director
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things 2016
Director
There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay
There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay 2015
Director
What Means Something
What Means Something 2015
Director
A Distant Episode
A Distant Episode 2015
Director
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers 2015
Director
Mohammed Mrabet
Mohammed Mrabet 2015
Director
The Film That Buys the Cinema
The Film That Buys the Cinema 2014
Director
Things
Things 2014
Director
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness 2013
Director
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead 2013
Director
Phantoms of a Libertine
Phantoms of a Libertine 2012
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The Creation as We Saw It 2012
Director
More Than Just A Dram
More Than Just A Dram 2012
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Sack Barrow 2011
Director
Two Years at Sea
Two Years at Sea 2011
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May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last 2009
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Experiments in Terror 3 2009
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I Know Where I'm Going
I Know Where I'm Going 2009
Director
Alice
Alice 2009
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Origin of the Species 2008
Director
Ah, Liberty!
Ah, Liberty! 2008
Director
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Sørdal 2008
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A World Rattled of Habit 2008
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Terror 2007
Director
House
House 2007
Director
This Is My Land
This Is My Land 2007
Director
Astika
Astika 2006
Director
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The Coming Race 2006
Director
The Hyrcynium Wood
The Hyrcynium Wood 2005
Director
The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe
The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe 2005
Director
Jack
Jack 2005
Director
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We the People 2004
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Old Dark House 2003
Director
The Big Sink
The Big Sink 1993
Director