Bogancloch

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| director = Ben Rivers

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Ben Rivers
Sarah Neely
John Archer

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| starring = Jake Williams

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| cinematography = Ben Rivers

| editing = Ben Rivers

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Urth Productions
Hopscotch Films

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2024|08|09|Locarno|ref1={{cite web |title=Bogancloch |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/film.html?fid=227a6a95-9bcc-4855-be27-922cb511acb4&eid= |website=Locarno Film Festival |access-date=2 August 2024}}|2024|08|18|Edinburgh|ref2={{cite web |title=Bogancloch |url=https://www.edfilmfest.org/film/bogancloch/ |website=Edinburgh Film Festival |access-date=2 August 2024}}}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

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English
Scots}}

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Bogancloch is a 2024 documentary film directed by Ben Rivers. A follow-up to the director's 2011 documentary Two Years at Sea, the film once again concerns the daily life of Jake Williams, a modern day hermit in rural Scotland.

Bogancloch competed for the Golden Leopard at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in August 2024.

Premise

For the past four decades, Jake Williams has led a solitary life in the Clashindarroch Forest in rural Scotland. Bogancloch follows Williams through both his daily routines and staged scenarios.{{cite web |title=Bogancloch |url=https://fidmarseille.org/en/film/bogancloch/ |website=FIDMarseille |access-date=2 August 2024}}

Production

Rivers met Jake Williams in 2005. The pair first collaborated on the short film This Land is My Land, followed by the 2011 feature documentary Two Years at Sea. As he did for Two Years at Sea, Rivers shot Bogancloch in black-and-white on 16 mm film.{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Jamie |title=‘Bogancloch’ Director Ben Rivers on Reuniting With ‘Two Years at Sea’ Protagonist Jake Williams: ‘I Will No Doubt Continue Making Films With Him Until One of Us Dies’ (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/bogancloch-trailer-ben-rivers-locarno-1236093772/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |agency=Variety}}

Cast

Jake Williams as himself

Release

Bogancloch was acquired for international sales by Rediance and debuted on 9 August 2024 in competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The film will also screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Reception

= Accolades =

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scope="row" \| Locarno Film Festival \| 18 August 2024 \| Golden Leopard \| Bogancloch \| {{Nominated}} \| align="center" \|

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| 18 August 2024

| Golden Leopard

| Bogancloch

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