Artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers returns to Bogancloch in the Scottish Highlands, the forested home of Jake Williams, who featured in his 2011 film Two Years at Sea.
Join us on 29 May for a Q&A screening of Bogancloch with Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian & writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Join us on 29 May for a Q&A screening of Bogancloch with Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian & writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Bogancloch - Bertha DocHouse
Artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers returns to Bogancloch in the Scottish Highlands, the forested home of Jake Williams, who featured in his 2011 film Two Years at Sea.
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May 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers returns to Bogancloch in the Scottish Highlands, the forested home of Jake Williams, who featured in his 2011 film Two Years at Sea.
Join us on 29 May for a Q&A screening of Bogancloch with Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian & writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Join us on 29 May for a Q&A screening of Bogancloch with Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian & writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Opening this summer!
Locarno Competition Title ‘Bogancloch’ Acquired by Cinema Guild for North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Bogancloch,' the latest feature from acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Rivers.
variety.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Opening this summer!
Like the best cinema, the films of Ben Rivers immerse us in stories that aren’t as interested in solving enigmas as letting us luxuriate in them.
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Bogancloch Review: Entrancing Documentary Invites Contemplation and Defies Comprehension
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. Bogancloch arrives in theaters on October 3. “O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infin...
thefilmstage.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Like the best cinema, the films of Ben Rivers immerse us in stories that aren’t as interested in solving enigmas as letting us luxuriate in them.
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Bogancloch is amazing, NYC peeps don’t miss this one:
Like the best cinema, the films of Ben Rivers immerse us in stories that aren’t as interested in solving enigmas as letting us luxuriate in them.
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's review of #Bogancloch, opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social
Bogancloch Review: Entrancing Documentary Invites Contemplation and Defies Comprehension
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. Bogancloch arrives in theaters on October 3. “O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infin...
thefilmstage.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Bogancloch is amazing, NYC peeps don’t miss this one:
Some recent favorites: You Burn Me; Your Final Meditation; Lockjaw; Bob Morgan’s Just Going to Tell Some Stories; Bogancloch; Fanboy. These films are currently in their festival and theatrical runs, so please seek them out!
April 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Some recent favorites: You Burn Me; Your Final Meditation; Lockjaw; Bob Morgan’s Just Going to Tell Some Stories; Bogancloch; Fanboy. These films are currently in their festival and theatrical runs, so please seek them out!
film, nov ‘24
# 195
BOGANCLOCH
dir Ben Rivers, 2024
Scotland the brave.
#PortoPostDoc2024 #documentary #portrait #Scotland #nature #life
# 195
BOGANCLOCH
dir Ben Rivers, 2024
Scotland the brave.
#PortoPostDoc2024 #documentary #portrait #Scotland #nature #life
December 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM
film, nov ‘24
# 195
BOGANCLOCH
dir Ben Rivers, 2024
Scotland the brave.
#PortoPostDoc2024 #documentary #portrait #Scotland #nature #life
# 195
BOGANCLOCH
dir Ben Rivers, 2024
Scotland the brave.
#PortoPostDoc2024 #documentary #portrait #Scotland #nature #life
Sometimes, the boldest films are the quiet ones!
Read Justin Bower's review of BOGANCLOCH, Ben Rivers' "exceptional" work of storytelling, out Friday in U.K. & Irish cinemas! 🤩
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Bogancloch #documentary @newwavefilms.bsky.social
loudandclearreviews.com/bogancloch-f...
Read Justin Bower's review of BOGANCLOCH, Ben Rivers' "exceptional" work of storytelling, out Friday in U.K. & Irish cinemas! 🤩
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Bogancloch #documentary @newwavefilms.bsky.social
loudandclearreviews.com/bogancloch-f...
Bogancloch Review: Ambitious Documentary
Bogancloch is an ambitious work of storytelling. For those with an eye for experimental slow cinema, this film is exceptional.
loudandclearreviews.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sometimes, the boldest films are the quiet ones!
Read Justin Bower's review of BOGANCLOCH, Ben Rivers' "exceptional" work of storytelling, out Friday in U.K. & Irish cinemas! 🤩
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Bogancloch #documentary @newwavefilms.bsky.social
loudandclearreviews.com/bogancloch-f...
Read Justin Bower's review of BOGANCLOCH, Ben Rivers' "exceptional" work of storytelling, out Friday in U.K. & Irish cinemas! 🤩
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Bogancloch #documentary @newwavefilms.bsky.social
loudandclearreviews.com/bogancloch-f...
‘Ben Rivers’ glorious new film…’BOGANCLOCH in cinemas, @wshed.bsky.social, ICA, @berthadochouse.bsky.social Lumière Romford. Check 🔗www.newwavefilms.co.uk/where/280
June 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
‘Ben Rivers’ glorious new film…’BOGANCLOCH in cinemas, @wshed.bsky.social, ICA, @berthadochouse.bsky.social Lumière Romford. Check 🔗www.newwavefilms.co.uk/where/280
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
This dirty gem is in cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
This dirty gem is in cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - in cinemas on Friday, May 30th
dmovies.org
May 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
This dirty gem is in cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
This dirty gem is in cinemas on Friday:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - on various VoD platforms
dmovies.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
This dirty gem is in cinemas tonight:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
This dirty gem is in cinemas tonight:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - in cinemas on Friday, May 30th
dmovies.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
This dirty gem is in cinemas tonight:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
This dirty gem is in cinemas tonight:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Good night at the cinema with like two other people watching an old man take a bath outdoors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lllN...
Bogancloch UK trailer
YouTube video by New Wave Films
www.youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Good night at the cinema with like two other people watching an old man take a bath outdoors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lllN...
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
From Karlovy Vary:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
From Karlovy Vary:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - from Karlovy Vary
dmovies.org
July 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
From Karlovy Vary:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
From Karlovy Vary:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Time to listen to Jake Williams sing Blue Skies on Bluesky💙 BOGANCLOCH this week in Cinemas in Scotland & England here: www.newwavefilms.co.uk/whrere/280
Bogancloch UK trailer
YouTube video by New Wave Films
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Time to listen to Jake Williams sing Blue Skies on Bluesky💙 BOGANCLOCH this week in Cinemas in Scotland & England here: www.newwavefilms.co.uk/whrere/280
Top Ten 2024
All We Imagine as Light, Kapadia
Anora, Baker
Bogancloch, Rivers
Eureka, Alonso
Invention, Stephens
La bête, Bonello
Quando a Terra Foge, Lobo
Monólogo colectivo, Rinland
Tardes de soledad, Serra
Youth (Hard Times), Bing
All We Imagine as Light, Kapadia
Anora, Baker
Bogancloch, Rivers
Eureka, Alonso
Invention, Stephens
La bête, Bonello
Quando a Terra Foge, Lobo
Monólogo colectivo, Rinland
Tardes de soledad, Serra
Youth (Hard Times), Bing
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Top Ten 2024
All We Imagine as Light, Kapadia
Anora, Baker
Bogancloch, Rivers
Eureka, Alonso
Invention, Stephens
La bête, Bonello
Quando a Terra Foge, Lobo
Monólogo colectivo, Rinland
Tardes de soledad, Serra
Youth (Hard Times), Bing
All We Imagine as Light, Kapadia
Anora, Baker
Bogancloch, Rivers
Eureka, Alonso
Invention, Stephens
La bête, Bonello
Quando a Terra Foge, Lobo
Monólogo colectivo, Rinland
Tardes de soledad, Serra
Youth (Hard Times), Bing
I keep forgetting to tell everyone to catch Bogancloch if you can. Rivers films may well be passive-aggressively arthouse but this one is also an immersive little treat if you take the time to fall into its rhythms www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/bogan...
Bogancloch - Film Review - Eye For Film
Documentary sequel about a former sailor and his off-the-grid life.
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I keep forgetting to tell everyone to catch Bogancloch if you can. Rivers films may well be passive-aggressively arthouse but this one is also an immersive little treat if you take the time to fall into its rhythms www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/bogan...
BOGANCLOCH von Ben Rivers sennhausersfilmblog.ch/2024/08/09/b... via @FilmFestLocarno
BOGANCLOCH von Ben Rivers
Das ist, je nach Perspektive, ein ziemlich abstrakter Kunstfilm, oder ein extrem konkreter Dokumentarfilm. Aber eigentlich ist Bogancloch ein Sequel. Mit Two Years at Sea von 2011 hat Ben Rivers schon...
sennhausersfilmblog.ch
August 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM
BOGANCLOCH von Ben Rivers sennhausersfilmblog.ch/2024/08/09/b... via @FilmFestLocarno
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Stream it now:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Stream it now:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - on various VoD platforms
dmovies.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Stream it now:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Stream it now:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
“Magnificent… an intimate and poignant yet wholly unsentimental story about a man who’s fighting to defend his own freedom.” - Cineuropa
Join us for a screening of Bogancloch on 29 May + Q&A with director Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Join us for a screening of Bogancloch on 29 May + Q&A with director Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
May 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“Magnificent… an intimate and poignant yet wholly unsentimental story about a man who’s fighting to defend his own freedom.” - Cineuropa
Join us for a screening of Bogancloch on 29 May + Q&A with director Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
Join us for a screening of Bogancloch on 29 May + Q&A with director Ben Rivers, hosted by stand-up comedian and writer Stewart Lee. bit.ly/BGCbdh
We're pleased to debut the trailer for Ben Rivers' excellent Bogancloch, opening this Friday at Anthology Film Archives.
Exclusive Trailer for Ben Rivers’ Bogancloch Finds Music in Nature
Two Years at Sea is far from the most likely film to get a sequel, yet Ben Rivers––who's just premiered a new-new project––returned to the Scottish musician Jake Williams (also of the 2007 short This ...
thefilmstage.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're pleased to debut the trailer for Ben Rivers' excellent Bogancloch, opening this Friday at Anthology Film Archives.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Bogancloch
‘Brimming with transcendent imagery’ @theskinnymag.
Catch a Preview +Q&A with artist, filmmaker Ben Rivers & comedian, writer Stewart Lee, Thur, 29 May @berthadochouse.bsky.social 🎟️🎟️
‘Brimming with transcendent imagery’ @theskinnymag.
Catch a Preview +Q&A with artist, filmmaker Ben Rivers & comedian, writer Stewart Lee, Thur, 29 May @berthadochouse.bsky.social 🎟️🎟️
May 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Bogancloch
‘Brimming with transcendent imagery’ @theskinnymag.
Catch a Preview +Q&A with artist, filmmaker Ben Rivers & comedian, writer Stewart Lee, Thur, 29 May @berthadochouse.bsky.social 🎟️🎟️
‘Brimming with transcendent imagery’ @theskinnymag.
Catch a Preview +Q&A with artist, filmmaker Ben Rivers & comedian, writer Stewart Lee, Thur, 29 May @berthadochouse.bsky.social 🎟️🎟️
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Watch this dirty gem is in cinemas across the nation:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Watch this dirty gem is in cinemas across the nation:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch - DMovies
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit - in cinemas on Friday, May 30th
dmovies.org
June 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Director Ben Rivers returns to Scotland to produce a followup to Two Years at Sea, complete with his favourite hermit
Watch this dirty gem is in cinemas across the nation:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Watch this dirty gem is in cinemas across the nation:
dmovies.org/2024/08/11/b...
Bogancloch review – the further adventures of a Scottish hermit in Ben Rivers’ beguiling essay
Bogancloch review – the further adventures of a Scottish hermit in Ben Rivers’ beguiling essay
Rivers returns to document a past subject, Jake Williams, whose reclusive Scottish forest existence is fascinating but defies explanation
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Bogancloch review – the further adventures of a Scottish hermit in Ben Rivers’ beguiling essay
“When Jake Williams sits down in a forest, it’s like the clearing is his living room. He’s soon dozing. Some viewers might be too, but that’s alright. There’s no rush.”
@www.johnbleasdale.com reviews Ben Rivers’ unhurried film Bogancloch, out now.
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@www.johnbleasdale.com reviews Ben Rivers’ unhurried film Bogancloch, out now.
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Bogancloch review: the beautiful pursuit of solitude
Ben Rivers returns to the subject of Jake Williams, the reclusive Scotsman from his feature Two Years at Sea (2011), to create an intimate portrait of his quiet life in Bogancloch, a farm house hidden...
www.bfi.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“When Jake Williams sits down in a forest, it’s like the clearing is his living room. He’s soon dozing. Some viewers might be too, but that’s alright. There’s no rush.”
@www.johnbleasdale.com reviews Ben Rivers’ unhurried film Bogancloch, out now.
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@www.johnbleasdale.com reviews Ben Rivers’ unhurried film Bogancloch, out now.
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
On BOGANCLOCH, the artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers' latest gift to audiences (on UK screens from tomorrow): tinyurl.com/y6u9umzz
Marginal gains: "Bogancloch"
Back in 2011, the artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers completed Two Years at Sea , a distinctive non-fiction account of the daily life of one J...
tinyurl.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On BOGANCLOCH, the artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers' latest gift to audiences (on UK screens from tomorrow): tinyurl.com/y6u9umzz