Year: 2024
Director: Ben Rivers
Producers: John Archer, Sarah Neely and Ben Rivers
Co-Producers: Zsuzsanna Kiràly and Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
Executive Producer: Mark Thomas
Cast: Jake Williams
Screen Scotland support: The film accessed £75,000 through Screen Scotland’s Film Development and Production Fund.
Synopsis
Bogancloch is Jake Williams’ home, nestled in a vast highland forest of Scotland. The film portrays his life throughout the seasons, with other people occasionally crossing into his otherwise solitary life. A sequel to Two Years at Sea (2011), charting a subtly changing life in a radically changing world.
More information
Filming locations: Bogancloch was filmed in the heart of the Clashindaroch forest, situated on the edge of the Cairngorms.
Premiere: Bogancloch had its UK Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2024. Bogancloch screened at the Locarno film Festival in August 2024.
Awards: Bogancloch received the New Waves Acuitis Prize at Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon in October 2024.
Image credit
Header image: courtesy of the Edinburgh International Film Festival