Amalie Atkins / Canada / 2025 / 87 min
Now streaming on Apple TV, Knowledge Network, and TVO.
Agatha’s Almanac
Defying modernity, 90-year-old Agatha forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm preserving heirloom seeds. A film from a vanishing world, immersing us in a handmade universe.
Fiercely independent 90-year-old Agatha Bock lives alone on her family farm. Despite health challenges, she defiantly tends to her land, cultivating heirloom seeds passed down through generations.
Employing antiquated techniques, Agatha plants and harvests her expansive field of watermelons, beans, flowers, herbs, and vegetables entirely by hand. Without a car, cell phone, running water, or even a functioning landline, Agatha’s meditative processes and daily rituals form a vivid counterpoint to the rapid pace of contemporary life. Made intentionally with sensory sensitive viewers in mind, the film carves out a (mostly) calm space in a chaotic world.
Shot by an all-female crew—including director Amalie Atkins and cinematographer Rhayne Vermette— over six years on 16mm film, using a windup Bolex and an ArriSR2 studio camera, the project captures the handmade materiality inherent in both the medium of film and Agatha’s tactile world. Her century-old farmhouse, with its grey exterior, contrasts with the bursts of vibrant color and texture inside. Unchanged since the 1950s, her home serves as a living archive of a vanishing era, rooted in her esoteric practices that predate modern conveniences.
Agatha’s Almanac offers a window into the experiences of a nearly lost generation, whose values and ways of living are at risk of fading as the world rapidly changes.
Crew
Amalie Atkins
Writer/Director/Producer
Rhayne Vermette
Camera Operator/Cinematography
Charlene Moore
Sound Recording
Andrea-Jane Cornell
Sound Design
Trevor Case
Sound Mastering
Green-House (Olive Ardizoni)
Castle If (Jess Forrest)
Katarina Gryvul
Andrea-Jane Cornell
Music
Charlene Moore
Sound Recording
Heidi Phillips
Amanda Kindzierski
Catie Pescitelli
Additional Sound Recording
Minema Cinema Productions
Production Company
Neil Greening
Credit Animation/
Post Production Support
NEGATIVELAND
Film Processing
Winnipeg Film Group
Equipment
Selected Press
Variety, March 17, 2025
‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Acquired by Lightdox Ahead of CPH:DOX World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Fest Report, March 23, 2025
CPH:DOX 2025 review
POV Magazine, April 26, 2025
Agatha’s Almanac Review: A Grand Character, with Tape and Strawberries
POV Magazine, September 26, 2025
The Independent Life of a Stalwart Woman: Appreciating Agatha’s Almanac
The Tyee, October 3, 2025
‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Is a Masterclass on how to Live
Sloan Science & Film, May 13, 2026
Director Interview: AGATHA'S ALMANAC
The New York Times, May 14, 2026
‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Review: A Life Rooted in the Land
CBC Radio, September 1, 2026
Q with Garvia Bailey: Amalie Atkins on Agatha’s Almanac, CBC Cutaways Feature
Awards
Hot Docs 2025
Winner of Best Canadian Feature Documentary
Whistler Film Festival
Winner of the World Documentary Award
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2025
Named to Canada's Top Ten list
Budapest International Film Documentary Festival 2026
Special Mention for the section In your hands – the future of knowledge,
Camden International Film Festival 2025
Nominated for the Harrell Award for Best Documentary Feature
Salem Film Fest 2026
Nominated for the American Cinematographer Magazine Award
Docudays UA 2026
Nominated for DOCU/WORLD Best Film
Devour! The Food Film Fest 2025
Winner (Tie) — Best Feature Documentary
Created with support by
SK Arts
Canada Council for the Arts
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative
Film Trailer
Creative Saskatchewan
What People Are Saying
"Avoids the too-crisp digital sheen of contemporary docs."
— The Globe and Mail
"CHARMING...endearing, even inspiring...in searing colors on 16-millimeter film...a compendium of Bock’s green-thumb wisdom." — Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times
"Poetic and playful, yet intensely political... a rare and precious flower in the garden of contemporary cinema."
— Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature Jury
"A precious testament to a thoughtful way of consuming." — Film Fest Report
"A quietly lovely artistic documentary."
—The Joy of Movies
"Atkins lovingly surveys Agatha’s daily rituals in all their mundane and sublime detail... Her film’s thoughtful alignments of art with agriculture, creativity with cultivation, and love with labor stand on their own."
—Alexander Mooney, POV Magazine
"It feels spun with care, love and passionate attention."
— High on Films
"An intimate portrait of aging, survival, and temporal exile, shaped through discipline and stripped of melodramatic design."— Gazettely
"A Vivid Profile of a Nonagenarian Free-Spirited Canadian Farmer." —The New York Sun
"It's a joy to spend time with this very impressive 90-year-old."
— Hyde Park Picture House, Letterboxd Review
"This has got to be one of my favourite documentary scores."
— Letterboxd Review
"Finally strawberries get the slasher soundtrack they
deserve."— Letterboxd Review
"There’s so much beauty and joy in the little routines we keep. Agatha is a star and I envy her colelction of red socks."
— Letterboxd Review
Watch the Trailer
Where to Watch / Festivals
Agatha’s Almanac is now streaming on
Apple TV, Knowledge Network, and TVO.
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World Premiere
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Sunday, March 23, 2025
2026
Broad View International Film Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 12, 2026.
Folkestone Documentary Festival, Folkestone, England, United Kingdom, October 26, 2026.
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery — Longview Film Club, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, September 26, 2026.
Cinéma Public, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, September 13–21, 2026.
DMZ Docs, South Korea, September 12 & 15, 2026
Reel Rave International Film Festival, Waskesiu, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 12 &13, 2026.
Sphinx Cinema, Ghent, Belgium, September 1–8, 2026.
King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 26, 2026.
Salty Cinema Drive-in Theatre, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada, August 23, 2026.
Bertha DocHouse, London, UK, July 26–August 6, 2026.
Dietrich Theatre, Tunkhannock, USA, July 25–August 6, 2026.
Carbon Arc Independent Cinema, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, July 9 & 25, 2026.
Joint Entertainment, Taipei, Taiwan, June 26–July 2, 2026.
Sky Kidtown, Santa Fe, USA, June 26–July 2, 2026.
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, United States, June 26, 2026.
Webster University Film Series, St. Louis, Missouri, June 21, 2026.
UK Green Film Festival, Various Locations, United Kingdom, June 20–July 2, 2026.
Lark Theatre, Larkspur, California, USA, June 19, 2026.
EATFILM Festival, Paris, France, June 12, 2026.
Docudays UA, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 12, 2026.
SPACE, Portland, June 10, 2026.
Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, USA, June 7, 2026.
Cinecenta, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 31–June 1, 2026.
Time and Space Limited, Hudson, USA, May 29–June 7, 2026.
EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 28–May 31, 2026.
Westdale Cinema, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 29–June 3, 2026.
VTIFF, Burlington, Vermont, United States, May 23 & 24, 2026.
FILM FORUM, New York, USA, May 15–Jun 11, 2026.
Cample Line, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, May 15, 2026.
Kriterion, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 12, 2026.
Riviera International Film Festival, Sestri Levante, Italy, May 8 & 10, 2026.
Cinema Oostereiland, Hoorn, Netherlands, May 6 & 19, 2026.
VIFF, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 10–May 5, 2026.
The Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 25–30 & May 1–10, 2026.
Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 17, 2026.
HOTDOCS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 5 & 11, 2026.
TIFF, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 4–9, 2026.
Dave Barber Cinematheque, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, April 3–15, 2026.
DOCVILLE, Leuven, Belgium, March 22, 2026.
Salt Spring Film Festival, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada, March 1, 2026.
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, February 26–27, 2026.
Victoria Film Fest, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, February 12, 2026.
2025
RIDM 2025 — Montréal International Film Festival, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, November 23, 2026.
Mighty Niagara Film Fest, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, November 15, 2025.IDFA — Best of Fests, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 13, 2025.
MIRAGE Oslo Docfest, Oslo, Norway, October 9 & 12, 2025.
Hamburg Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany, October 2, 2025.
Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 20, 2025, 2025.
Brugger Dokumentarfilmtage, Brugg, Switzerland, September 20, 2025.
Camden International Film Festival, Camden, Maine, USA, September 14, 2025.
Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland, July 9, 2025.
Sydney Film Festival, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, June 6, 2025.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 27 & May 2, 2025.
Frauen Film Fest 2026, Dortmund and Cologne, Germany, April 22–26, 2026.
Salem Film Fest, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, March 28, 2026.
CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 23, 2025.
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USA Distributor | Icarus Films
Taiwan Distributer | Joint Entertainment
Benelux Distributer | Bantam Films