Agatha’s Almanac Screening (VIFF Centre)

The world may be racing forward, but 90-year-old Agatha Bock is rooted in another rhythm that is grounded in heirloom seeds, esoteric rituals, and the meditative magic of living deliberately.

Agatha’s Almanac is the latest immersive work from acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Amalie Atkins, whose poetic sensibility elevates this documentary into a deeply textured cinematic experience.

Shot over six years by an all-woman crew on 16mm film, Agatha’s Almanac quietly observes Agatha tending her ancestral Manitoba farm without a car, cell phone, or even running water. Her days are devoted to cultivating watermelon, beans, herbs, and flowers, and all entirely by hand.

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