Rivers and Tides

{{short description|2001 Anglo-German film directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer}}

{{For|the soundtrack of the same name|Rivers and Tides (soundtrack)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Rivers and Tides

|image = Rivers and Tides box art.jpg

| caption = DVD box art

| director = {{ill|Thomas Riedelsheimer|de}}

| producer = Annedore von Donop
Trevor Davies
Leslie Hills

| writer = Thomas Riedelsheimer

| starring = Andy Goldsworthy

| music = Fred Frith

| cinematography = Thomas Riedelsheimer

| editing = Thomas Riedelsheimer

| distributor = Roxie Releasing

| released = {{Film date|2001|04|27|Germany|2003|01|02|U.S.|df=y}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Germany
Finland
United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Rivers and Tides is a 2001 documentary film directed by {{ill|Thomas Riedelsheimer|de}} about the British artist Andy Goldsworthy, who creates intricate and ephemeral sculptures from natural materials such as rocks, leaves, flowers, and icicles.{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=Movie Review: Rivers and Tides, Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9504E1DA133FF931A35752C0A9659C8B63|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=2 January 2003}}{{cite news|last=Artner|first=Alan G|title='Rivers' Answers the Question: Who is Andy Goldsworthy?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/03/13/rivers-answers-the-question-who-is-andy-goldsworthy/|access-date=8 July 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=13 March 2003}}{{cite news|last=Cheshire|first=Godfrey|title=The Rising Flow of Documentary Film Sensations|url=http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-rising-flow-of-documentary-film-sensations/Content?oid=1189999|accessdate=8 July 2012|newspaper=Independent Weekly|date=30 July 2003}} The music was composed and performed by Fred Frith and was released on a soundtrack, Rivers and Tides (2003).

The film received a number of awards, including the ‘Best Documentary’ awards of the San Diego Film Critics Society and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. It is an Anglo-German co-production by Mediopolis Film and the British independent film company Skyline Productions.

In 2018, Goldsworthy, Riedelsheimer, and composer Frith released a follow-up documentary, Leaning Into the Wind.