River Movies

Documentary on the river Scheldt.

The rivers of Africa bring life and abundance to their inhabitants, but they can also be the arena for some of nature's greatest challenges and...

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a...

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

After 5 people win a rafting trip down the Colorado in Utah, their adventure takes a deadly turn when they camp off the river for the night, and find...

During a summer in a french southern village, two girls meet : Laure sells antique linen while Ophélie runs an art gallery. Although they have...

We get to know a few inhabitants of central European rivers.

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

Before going away to live in Barcelona, Jorge spends his last night with his three best friends in a forest near the town. When everything seems to...

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

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

A coming-of-age story about two boys, one Dominican and one Haitian, accidentally meeting and becoming the friends they never knew they could have,...

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