Diretores / 49ª mostra

Born in Somerset, England, in 1972. An artist and experimental filmmaker, he studied at Falmouth University. He has made around 40 short and feature length films which tread a fine line between documentary and fiction, and often focusing on people who have separated themselves from mainstream society. He made his feature film directorial debut with “Two Years at Sea” (2011), winner of the critics’ prize of the Horizons section at the Venice International Film Festival, and the best film award at CPH:DOX. Rivers is also director of films like “A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness” (2013), “What Means Something” (2016), “The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers” (2015), “Krabi, 2562” (2019) and “Bogangloch” (2024), screened at the 48th Mostra. His works were presented in film festivals as Locarno, Toronto, London, Tokyo, New York, IDFA and Cinéma du Réel.