2026Nominee
Best Director
At Night
Ben Rivers
Director · Producer · Writer
Somerset, England
January 1, 1972
Biography
A London-based artist and filmmaker. He has created around 40 short and feature films that blur the line between documentary and fiction, often focusing on people living on the margins of society. Rivers won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his debut feature, Two Years at Sea. His solo exhibitions have been held in Milan, Chicago, Hamburg, and London, and a complete retrospective of his work was presented at the National Gallery of Jeu de Paume in Paris. At the 34th Message to Man Festival, he received the Silver Centaur prize for his film Bogancloch.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Director
The Hunchback
2019Nominee
Best Director
Ghost Strata
Career Highlights
2018Highlight
Best Director
Slow Action
2016Highlight
Best Director
Urth