This experimental documentary takes viewers on a psychedelic tour of Hawaii, exploring the tension between scientific inquiry and Indigenous preservation. By Concepción de León When you purchase a ...

"Otherwordly." The Cinema Guild in NYC has revealed the first official trailer for Rock Bottom Riser, a compelling experimental documentary project made by filmmaker Fern Silva. This first premiered ...

Fern Silva’s debut documentary gently reminds us to consider our own planet before looking too deep into the stars. Rock Bottom Riser is an incredibly poignant film that places the Hawaiian ...

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to Rock Bottom Riser, a documentary that received a Special Mention from the Encounters jury at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival ...

This image is from the official website for the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Showing at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Fern Silva’s “Rock Bottom Riser” debut feature film experiments with what exactly ...

The festival ran in hybrid format between 12 and 19 of November, with live screenings in cinemas across Bilbao and streamed on the online platform Filmin. This year’s winner was the hypnotic and ...

Aleph, Alice Diop, All the Light We Can See, Ari and Chuko Esiri, Eyimofe, Fern Silva, Iva Radivojevic, New Directors/New Films, New Directors/New Films 2021, P.S. Vinothraj, Pablo Escoto Luna, ...

From the earliest voyagers who navigated by starlight to the discovery of habitable planets by astronomers, Rock Bottom Riser examines the all-encompassing encounters of an island world at sea. As ...

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After moving its 2020 edition to December and shifting to online-only viewing, New Directors/New Films returned to its usual springtime slot for its 50th iteration in 2021, combining virtual ...