A love letter to solitude, seeds, and slow living

Kinosmith presents

AGATHA’S ALMANAC
A film by Amalie Atkins

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In Select Theatres Across Canada Starting April 1

Winnipeg
April 1 – 15 – Dave Barber Cinematheque
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Toronto
April 3, 4, 5, 9  – TIFF Lightbox
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April 5 + 11 – Hot Docs Cinema
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Vancouver
April 10 – 26  – VIFF Centre
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Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award at Hot Docs 2025 and named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten, Agatha’s Almanac arrives in theatres following an acclaimed run of over 40 international film festivals.

Additional honours include the World Documentary Award (Canada Media Fund) at the Whistler Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary (Tie) at Devour! The Food Film Fest, and a longlist selection for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award.

A love letter to solitude, seeds, and slow living, Agatha’s Almanac captures a way of life that feels almost impossible in 2026, and yet, here it is, thriving quietly in rural Manitoba.

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

The latest immersive work from acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Amalie Atkins, Agatha’s Almanac transforms observational documentary into something tactile, poetic, and quietly radical. Shot over six years on 16mm by an all-woman crew, the film captures Agatha tending her ancestral Manitoba farm without a car, cell phone, or even running water, her days devoted entirely to growing watermelon, beans, herbs, and flowers by hand.

“There’s no artifice here,” says Atkins. “Agatha’s life is her art form. She’s unknowingly preserved a century of practical magic.”

With a home untouched since the 1950s and a daily rhythm shaped by intuition rather than devices, Agatha offers a striking counterpoint to contemporary life. Atkins leans into stillness over spectacle, crafting a sensory-forward experience designed with care for audiences seeking calm, attentiveness, and connection.

The result is more than a portrait of rural eccentricity. It is a rare window into a vanishing generation, and a quietly defiant stance against modern convenience culture.

Agatha’s Almanac is directed and written by Amalie Atkins. Cinematography by Rhayne Vermette. Edited by Amalie Atkins. Music by Green-House (Olive Ardizoni), Castle If (Jess Forrest), Katarina Gryvul, and Andrea-Jane Cornell. Sound recording by Charlene Moore. Sound design by Andrea-Jane Cornell.

Intentionally created with sensory-sensitive viewers in mind, the film eschews chaos and clamor for stillness and attentiveness. The tactile nature of Agatha’s world is mirrored in the handmade feel of the film itself, with every frame bearing the mark of human touch.

Amalie Atkins (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She combines analogue techniques and handmade processes to create intimate, cinematic portraits.  Working across 16mm film, performance, textiles, installation, and photography she transforms everyday life into imaginative worlds.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in major public collections across Canada. Her photographs have appeared in national and international publications, including Canadian Art, Visual Arts News, and MUZE (Paris).

Her debut feature, Agatha’s Almanac, was shot on 16mm over six years with an all-female crew. The film premiered at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, was acquired for worldwide distribution by Lightdox, and won Best Canadian Feature at Hot Docs. It also received the World Documentary Award at Whistler Film Festival and was the sole documentary selected for TIFF’s Top Ten Canadian Films of 2025.

Agatha’s Almanac has screened at over forty festivals worldwide, including IDFA (Best of Fests), Sydney Film Festival, and Shanghai International Film Festival, and will have a multi-territory theatrical release in 2026: in Canada with KinoSmith, launching at Film Forum in New York with Icarus Films, followed by international releases in the Netherlands (Bantam Film), Taiwan (Joint Entertainment), and Japan (Doma Inc.).