Film In Focus: Preview Screening of Bogancloch + Ben Rivers Q&ACert-TBC

Directed by Ben Rivers | UK | 2024 | 1h 26m

Tucked away in one of Scotland’s vast Highland forests, modern-day hermit Jake Williams lives a quiet, solitary life. Bogancloch follows his journey through the changing seasons, capturing moments when others briefly enter his otherwise secluded world. Filmed in textured, grainy 16mm, this poetic documentary is a follow-up to Ben Rivers’ earlier portrait, Two Years at Sea. The result is a captivating, dreamlike reflection on nature, solitude, music, and one man’s unique way of living on the fringes of society.

Join us for this special preview screening presented by The Cultural Programme in parternship with The Ultimate Picture Palace, featuring an exclusive in-person Q&A with director Ben Rivers.

About Film in Focus
The Film in Focus series, presented by the Cultural Programme at Oxford University in partnership with the Ultimate Picture Palace and curated with Dr C.W. Winter, who has brought together this extraordinary partnership and conversation.

The Film in Focus series will showcase some of the finest art house films from last year’s Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Locarno film festivals. Many screenings will feature post-film Q&As with the filmmakers, offering audiences a unique and exciting opportunity to engage with the artists behind the works. The series connects the Cultural Programme at Oxford University with new audiences and partners as the programme prepares for its new home in the Schwarzman Centre in 2025.

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We showed Film In Focus: Preview Screening of Bogancloch + Ben Rivers Q&A between May 14, 2025 and May 14, 2025.

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Deaf/HOH Subtitles
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Tomorrow (Friday 27th June)

15:30

Along Came Love 15
2h 3m | French w/ English subtitles
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18:15

Lollipop 15
1h 40m
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The Ballad of Wallis Island 12A
1h 40m
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Plan your visit

Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!