Riafn: A Virtual Screening and Filmmaker Q&A

In partnership with Screen/Society, Cinematic Arts, and Duke Arts, the Franklin Humanities Institute will present a virtual screening of Riafn, the 2020 winner of its prize for aesthetic excellence in a documentary short at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Riafn (2019) depicts the stunning landscapes of the European Alps-mountains, valleys, trees, and waterfalls. But equally remarkable are its soundscapes-here, a cacophonous medley of unique, signature calls, bellowed by the solitary members of a far-flung community into an echoing distance. Eventually, these calls are answered, by the clangs and chimes of bells, swaying along with the easy ambling motions of cattle on their way home. A non-narrative film without exposition, Riafn relies on visual compositions and layered sounds, immersing the audience in a remote and beautiful pocket of the world.

Join for a free screening of this 29-minute short, followed by a Q&A with director Hannes Lang. A panel will guide the discussion, and the audience will have the opportunity to submit their own questions through the screening platform, Eventive.