River Movies

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...

A hovering camera exploration; The flow of a river becomes background and subject at the same time, movement creating fabric-like patterns of...

When you look at a river, what do you see? Remembering Holland by Jan Wouter van Reijen carries the viewer through the basin of the River Waal, past...

A ferry drifts along the Weser. Slow 16mm images of boats, railings, industrial shores, and cranes—scarred and clouded by the river itself,...

Lars is a 10 year old boy who builds a mini ark and sends it down the river.

A brief glimpse of Manhattan's skin. Music by Michael Gordon.

An analysis of the flow of water from mountain to aqueduct, city to sea. Shot at and around the Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, Los Angeles...

A man’s female friend who just came back from London spends time on the river shore.

A bridge over River Sava is being built. The opening ceremony is a festive occasion.

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

The river Yamuna, known to the locals as 'Jamna', the lifeline of Delhi, is going through a major crisis due to pollution, mismanagement and sheer...

"The River" is a film that pays homage to culture and the experiences of women through the lens of Ethiopia and draws inspiration from the...

"Was it the President who ordered the rivers to be six meters deep?" In 2008, under President Lee Myung-bak's administration, South Korea's Four...

A solitary presence by the river is interrupted by a curious encounter between a lone walker and a fossilised creature. Fallen asleep and awakened in...

River Lis runs polluted through Leiria. It's been 50 years since the first pig farm was installed in the region. Since then, people have lived with...

A mockumentary exploring the "mythical" geography river next to a highschool.

This 2015 documentary about the history behind the Sabinal Canyon in Texas. The story starts in the Hill Country where Cap. William Ware was given...