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THE RIVER OF SEVEN NAMES (English version)

Traveling with a river is like traveling with life.
For nine months, photographer and mountain guide Sergi Ricart followed alone the Mekong river from the Tibetan plateaus, where he explored and climbed several virgin mountains, to the Delta in Vietnam, after cycling about 3000 km, living along the way the awesome metamorphosis of its nature and humanity.
But he missed one chapter in that journey: reaching the sources.
So, one year later, and this time with some friends, he went back to Tibet to try to close the circle.

(English and Spanish versions available on FilmFreeway. Catalan version available on demand)

  • Sergi Ricart
    Filmmaking
  • Sergi Ricart
    Director
  • Sergi Ricart
    Writer
  • Sergi Ricart
    Edit
  • Borja Penalba
    Music
  • Sílvia Bel
    Voice over
  • Sílvia Cored
    Voice over
  • Sergi Ricart
    Voice over
  • Nerea Elorriaga
    Translation correction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    EL RIU DELS SET NOMS - EL RÍO DE LOS SIETE NOMBRES
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    Adventure, Ethnography, Exploration, Alpinism, Bike touring, Travel, Mountaineering, Nature, River, River life, Sport, Climbing, Solo traveling
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 17, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
  • Language:
    Catalan, English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2,35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • HIGH TATRAS FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL - 2022

    Slovakia
    Best Film Documentary - Best Climbing Film - Best Environmental Film - Best Adventure - Best Documentary - Best Production - Best Editing
  • ANATOLIAN FILM AWARDS - 2022

    Turkey
    Best Mountain Documentary - Feature
  • SETMANA DE CINEMA DE MUNTANYA DE CASTELLÓ - 2022

    Spain
    2n Prize
  • CERDANYA FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    Spain
    Best Mountain Film
  • INKAFILM MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    Peru
    Official selection
  • TORELLÓ MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2022

    Spain
    Official selection
  • MEMORIAL MARIA LUISA - 33ª ED

    Spain
    Nominee
  • FOX INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - AUG/SEP 2022

    Best photography - Official Selection: Best Feature Documentary - Best sports film
  • TOP FILM AWARDS - 2022

    Best Film Documentary - Official Selection: First-time director / Inspiring film
  • COOPER AWARDS - 2nd half 2022

    Ukraine
    Best Cinematography (Feature) - Best Editing (Feature)
  • KNIGHT OF THE REEL AWARDS - NOV 2022

    India
    Best Adventure Documentary
  • 8 & HALFILM AWARDS - NOV 2022

    Italy
    Best Documentary
  • LUIS BUÑUEL MEMORIAL AWARDS - NOV 2022

    India
    Best First-time director / Best travel film / Outstanding achievement: Best Documentary film / Best Spanish Documentary
  • LILY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL - AUTUMN 2022

    Ukraine
    Best Documentary / Best First-time Filmmaker
  • INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS - NOV 2022

    United States
    Best Documentary
  • SNOW LEOPARD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - OCT/NOV 2022

    Spain
    Best sports film
  • INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE FESTIVAL OF INDIA - DEC 2022

    India
    Best Documentary / Best Cinematography / Best Nature Film / Best First-time Filmmaker
  • YOUR WAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - NOV/JAN 22-23

    Malta
    Best sports film / Honorific mention: Best Documentary / Best Photography
  • GRASS ROOT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - JAN 2023

    India
    Best Documentary
  • HERCULES INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - JAN 2023

    Spain
    Best Cinematography / Best Spanish film
  • WISDOM TREE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - JAN 2023

    India
    Best Documentary / Best Editing
  • LIBER FILMS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - JAN/FEB 2023

    Greece
    Best Director of Photography
  • NAPLES FILM AWARDS - JAN 2023

    Italy
    Best Documentary
  • LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - SPRING 202

    Best Nature Documentary / Nominations: Best Documentary / Best Direction of Documentary
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS – SUMMER 2023

    United Kingdom
    Best Feature Documentary
  • THE GLADIATOR FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    Turkey
    Best Documentary
  • LIVERPOOL FILM AWARDS – SUMMER 2023

    United Kingdom
    Best Feature Documentary
  • NEW WAVE INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT & FILM FESTIVAL - 2023

    Germany
    Best Cinematography
  • DRUK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - OCT 2022

    Bhutan
    Outstanding achievement: Best travel film / Official selection: Best Documentary
  • ZAGREB INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2022

    Croatia
    Honorific mention: Best Cinematography
  • PARIS FILM AWARDS - 2022

    France
    Honorific mention: Best Cinematography
  • NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS - DEC 2022

    United States
    Honorific mention: Best Cinematography
  • LONDON MOVIE AWARDS - DEC 2022

    United Kingdom
    Honorific mention: Best Documentary
  • ARROW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - NOV/DEC 2022

    France
    Honorific mention: Best Cinematography / Best sports film
  • GOLDEN LEMUR INTERNTATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 2022

    Portugal
    Honorific mention: Best First-time director / Best Documentary
  • ATHENS INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY ART FILM FESTIVAL - JAN 2023

    Greece
    Honorific mention: Best Documentary
  • STAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FEB/MAR 2023

    Italy
    Honorific mention: Best Cinematography
  • BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AWARDS - 2022

    Thailand
    Nominee
  • SERBEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2022

    Moldova, Republic of
    Semi-finalist
  • SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALIVAL - FEB-APR 2023

    Bulgaria
    Honorific mention: Best Direction of Photography
  • BARCELONA INDIE AWARDS - SUMMER 2022

    Spain
    Official selection
  • RED MOVIE AWARDS - SUMMER 2022

    France
    Official selection
  • TRANSYLVANIA MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2022

    Romania
    Official selection
  • VERTICAL LIFE FILM TOUR - 2022

    Australia
    Official selection
  • FILM STREAM AWARD FESTIVAL – 2023

    United States
    Official selection
  • FRIDA FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    France
    Official selection
  • ONEOTA FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    United States
    Official selection
  • FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SESSIONS - FEB 2023

    United Kingdom
    Official selection
  • KALAKARI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 2022

    India
    Official selection
  • T'ÖHÖ MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL – 2023

    Mexico
    Official selection
  • INTERNATIONAL FILM & SCRIPT FESTIVAL LOTUS - SPRING 2023

    Greece
    Official selection
Director Biography - Sergi Ricart

Born and raised in the Pyrenees, Sergi Ricart was happy, when he was a kid, climbing to the top of the trees at his grandparents' house from where he could see the mountains and the valleys.
After finishing Forest Engineering, he soon realized that his passion was being a mountain guide and photographing the lost corners of the world where he loved to travel.
Thus, exploration and mountaineering became his excuses to travel the world, filming, photographing, writing, and drawing his experiences.

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Director Statement

What makes me feeling full is being in deep contact with wild nature.
I love exploring and climbing lost mountains, traversing rivers and forests, interacting with people in the forgotten corners of the world learning from their ways of living, and transmitting then from these experiences the values and beauty of this planet through art and creativity.
"The river of seven names" is my way of reflecting it.