Mare’s Nest

Mare’s Nest

Ben Rivers / 2025 / 98 min. / UK, France, Canada

Opens June 24, 2026

 

Mare’s Nest unfolds in a world without adults, where Moon wanders through unfamiliar landscapes, encountering solitary figures who reveal alternative ways of living. Guided by a sage and her interpreter in a remote mountain hut, she seeks meaning amid uncertainty. Inspired by a Don DeLillo text, the film reflects director Ben Rivers’ ongoing fascination with lives lived apart from mainstream society, following Moon’s quiet observations as she moves through this enigmatic realm towards an open, unknowable future.

 

 

  • Director

    Ben Rivers

  • Producer

    Ben Rivers, Andrea Queralt

  • "Mare's Nest suggests cinema, its drama and its poetry, is still language with the relentless potential for truth."

    International Cinephile Society
  • "Shot beautifully on 16mm, it serves as the perfect cinematic antidote to technological burnout."

    Little White Lies
  • "Offers a more hopeful take on post-apocalyptic storytelling and serves as an intriguing allegory for a generation growing up without the guidance of its predecessors."

    ScreenAnarchy
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