Bogancloch is Jake Williams’ home, nestled in a vast highland forest of Scotland. The film portrays his life throughout the seasons, with other people occasionally crossing into his otherwise solitary life. Charting a subtly changing life in a radically changing world.
A sequel to ”Two Years at Sea” (2011).
I made one of my first shorts and my first feature with Jake Williams. I like the idea of returning to a person and seeing how we repeat gestures, obsessions, but also to see how these change because of how the world has changed. – Ben Rivers
Ben Rivers
UK, DE, IS 2024
German Premiere
86 min | English
Ben Rivers
Born 1972 in Somerset, UK. He has made around 40 films, mostly on analog film material that he develops himself. His films tread a fine line between documentary and fiction. They often follow people who have in some way set themselves apart from mainstream society. He was Artist in Focus of the 6th UX (2011). Ben Rivers lives and works in London.
Films
Ah, Liberty! 2008 (6. UX) | I Know Where I’m Going 2009 (6. UX) | Slow Action 2010 (6. UX) | Two Years at Sea 2011 (7. UX) | The Creation As We Saw It 2012 | Phantoms of a Libertine 2012 | A Spell … 2013 (mit Ben Rivers) (9. UX) | Things 2014 | A Distant Episode 2015 (11. UX) | The Sky Trembles… 2015 (11. UX) | The Shape of Things 2016 | Krabi, 2562 2019 | Ghost Strata 2019 | The House Was Quiet 2020 | Ijen/London 2022 | Bogancloch 2024
Credits
B+DOP+E: Ben Rivers | S: Becky Thomson, Mark Vernon, Luke Fowler, Ben Rivers
P: Urth Productions, Flaneur Films, Akkeri Films | Sales: Flaneur Films | With Jake Williams