Rural Life Movies

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...

Margaret Conneely was active in amateur filmmaking locally and internationally for nearly half a century, first joining a local Chicago camera club...

Former governor Arthur A. Link has become virtually a mythic figure in the North Dakota consciousness. Art Link was governor of North Dakota during...

This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy...

Together, the three Bertrand brothers work their farm in a small Savoyard village. In 1972, they took the enormous risk to invest in the construction...

“Behind time, time comes” interlaced with folk songs, narrates the rhythms of rural life, where time and its weight, shape and define the...

Juan, a worker goes to visit his mother after a long time working but his sister prevent him from seeing her. When he discovers the state in which...

In 2024, during an artistic residency at Periférne Centrá (Dúbravica, Slovakia), Cristian Estrella filmed the folkumentary...

Ranch Album depicts real cowboy life and rough country ranching in Northern Arizona season by season, revealing a sense of spirit and culture that...

A ten-year-old boy lives in a small village in the mountains with his father, who is very sick. They till, ranch the cattle, make cheese. The only...

In this speculative documentary, present-day Nation borders have collapsed into vast privatized housing complexes. Epitomizing advanced...

Yahya, a village youth makes a great effort to improve his family life. A decision that will make him pay a heavy price.

A young family with a baby is visiting elderly parents living in a remote northern village. Suddenly, their child becomes sick with dysentery. There...

The film follows 94-year-old Nežka as she navigates loneliness, the loss of those she loves, and the quiet emptiness of everyday life. Her faith...

As winter approaches and the seasonal drought hits his small business, Massimo - a lifelong farmer living with his 90-year-old mother on Villa...