London

United Kingdom
2022, 7 min

Section: Imagina
Year: 2022

A silent parable that might just as well play out on an industrial estate outside the city as on another planet altogether. A master of 16 mm film, Ben Rivers draws us into a dismal landscape, whose mood suggests toxic devastation, yet ultimately there will be signs of life. Six minutes which, despite a limited palette of colours, generate very strong impressions.

Synopsis

A silent parable that might just as well play out on an industrial estate outside the city as on another planet altogether. A master of 16mm film, Ben Rivers draws us into a dismal landscape, whose mood suggests toxic devastation, yet ultimately there will be signs of life. Six minutes which, despite a limited palette of colours, generate very strong impressions.

Viktor Palák

About the director

Ben Rivers (1972, Somerset, Great Britain). Selected filmography: We the People (2004), Origin of the Species (2008), Two Years at Sea (2011), A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013), Krabi, 2562 (2019).