Moon travels through a mysterious world free of adults. She meets a sage, and her translator, in a mountain hut, where she tries to understand what is happening. She meets many others who show her different possibilities for living. She observes and moves on into an unknown future.
Ben Rivers is an artist and filmmaker based in London, England. He has made around 40 short
and feature length films which tread a fine line between documentary and fiction, and often
focusing on people who have separated themselves from mainstream society. Rivers won the
EYE Art Film Prize in 2016, as well as FIPRESCI Prize at the 68th Venice for his first feature film TWO YEARS AT SEA. He recently had a full retrospective at Jeu de Plume in Paris.
In 2019, he collaborated with Thai auteur Anocha Suwichakornpong on KRABI, 2562, which was the opening film for Moving Ahead section at Locarno. His last feature film BOGANCLOCH premiered in the main competition at Locarno, and won Second Prize for Best Feature Film at Festival dei Popoli and Prix Nouvelles Vagues at Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon. MARE’S NEST marks his third time in main competition at Locarno.
Urth Films
4A4 Productions
La Bête
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
GreenGround Productions
Moon Guo Barker
Screenplay: Ben Rivers
Based on: The Word for Snow by Don DeLillo
Cinematography: Ben Rivers, Carmen Pellon
Production Design: Louis Gibson
Editing : Armiliah Aripin, Ben Rivers
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour, Philippe Ciompi, Ben Rivers
Sound Editing : Philippe Ciompi
Sound Mixing: Philippe Ciompi
Producers: Ben Rivers, Andrea Queralt
Co-producers: Aonan Yang, Andreas Mendritzki, Fabrizio Polpettini
Line producer : Pep Salvador
Locarno Film Festival
Main Competitiion
