Rural Life Movies

Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened...

On the verge of arrest, a corrupt congressman takes refuge in his cousin’s house, the home of a boorish yet life-loving peasant. Swapping a...

The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold...

In Canada, the village of Val Gagné is facing a rural exodus. Life seems to be dissolving, the future is uncertain. But these Franco-Ontarian...

A family mediator tries to resolve a crisis situation in Joseph's household. Since Roxanne left him, he forbids her to see their son Mathieu, and...

In the Corsican mountains, a son films his father, marked by years of political involvement. In the family’s isolation, silences and gestures...

This documentary film follows farmers and activists fighting together to stop the Indiana Enterprise Center, a mega-sized industrial park planned...

Les Monts d'Arrée are a land of struggle where poverty and the harshness of life have instilled principles of survival and resistance in the...

In Murcia, a southern province of Spain rich in fruits and vegetables parcels, a girl and a boy are in love but he is so shy that she accepts a rich...

After the death of his parents, Jimmy uproots his life to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska.

A story of a husband battle that unfolds in a village near the 38th parallel a year before the outbreak of the Korean War.

Osa de la Vega, Cuenca, Spain, 1913. Gregorio and León, employees on the estate of the village's mayor, a powerful landowner, are arrested and...

Hundreds of meters away, above the clouds. Farther, far beyond everything. You are hiding, Susana. Hiding in the immensity of God. Where I cannot...

After eighteen years of operating the favourite lunch counter in Manitoba's Interlake region, Ellen and Martin Kihn have retired. A poignant look at...

Through the figure of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, this inspiring film traces the untold story of countless Native...

A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous...

Region of Castilla La Vieja, Spain, early 20th century. In Luján, a village ravaged by drought, Juan, a humble farmer who survives with his...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.

Shortly before leaving his small town to go to the big city to study, young Daniel recalls his childhood, surrounded by family and friends.