La Rivière

From Mon 05 to Wed 07 Feb
Festivals & Series
Special Screenings

Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic flow powerful rivers called ‘Gaves’. Human activity is disrupting the water cycle and the biodiversity of these rivers. Corn fields draw their waters, dams block the migration of salmons…

In Dominique Marchais’s documentary – which won the Jean Vigo Prize in 2023 – men and women, scientist, fishermen, lovers of nature, extend their curious and often poetic gaze towards this fascinating world of beauty and disaster.

Special Screening

The screening on 5 February will be followed by a Q&A with director Dominique Marchais, hosted by Sophie Fiennes

Edinburgh