River Movies

A series of 13 videos made between 2000 and 2009 shown together for the first time. Starting with the “musical” writings of Pier Vittorio...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe. Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the...

Released on the 17th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...

A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and...

Africa is a land of giants. Its powerful rivers sculpt the earth and form impressive valleys and waterways that are home to many imposing and...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

This short film from canoeist Bill Mason explains clearly how to locate a deep water channel by reading the rapids and how to apply paddling strokes...

In the waters of the Vistula, the myth of Warsaw is born...

The relationship between a Frog and a Lumberjack intensifies as they argue over who has the rights to the river.

This short film from canoeist Bill Mason illustrates the joy and poetry of paddling solo. All the basic strokes used to control the canoe are...

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Habibur Rahman’s The River of Partition (Ichamati, 2023) documents this riverine environment, the diverse communities that live around it, and...

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his...

THE CRY OF THE SUQUÍA RIVER is a documentary that runs through the Suquía River, a river that is part of the identity of the city of...

Travelogue of a trip that occurred over a two-week period. Includes scenic sequences of mountains and lakes such as: Spokane, Washington, Rockies,...

A meditative observation of the poetry present in the world of Pedrito, an elderly man of the mountains and relic of a time that no longer exists,...