River Movies

In 1983, the inhabitants of the city of Pilar struggle against nature in an attempt to survive an imminent rise of the river, and amid the...

Released on July 6th, 1919.

Tommy tries to live under his alter ego "Tommy G" after having made a mixtape with his best friend Pelle aka "Little P".

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 documentary that reveals California's complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over...

The Grand Canal project was one of the key pledges of the former President Lee. He first said that he was carrying out a project to save the four...

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

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

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

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

When the Tanana River bridge was installed in Salcha, Alaska, the community worried about the levee's effects on fish wildlife. Salcha Elementary...

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

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 15-year-old is left in charge of a pizza restaurant in Sauk City, Wisconsin.

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 reflection on loss and nature’s quiet observance in a small nook of the Ozarks.