Farmer's Requiem
Appearance
Farmer's Requiem | |
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Directed by | Ramses Madina |
Produced by | Ramses Madina |
Cinematography | Bernard Cousineau |
Edited by | Steven Legge Ramses Madina |
Production company | Farmer's Requiem Productions |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Farmer's Requiem is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Ramses Madina and released in 2007.[1] Shot primarily in the rural Carp and Woodlawn areas of Ottawa, the film documents the decline of farming as a way of life through a portrait of the area's declining and dilapidated old farms.[1]
The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa City Hall art gallery as the centrepiece of a two-month exhibition on the history of farming in the Ottawa area, alongside Madina's still photography of farm imagery.[1]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Patrick Langston, "Requiem for a farm; Artist captures the beauty of a vanishing way of life". Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2007.
- ^ Bruce Kirkland, "Short but sweet; The future of Canadian cinema is on display". Toronto Sun, September 4, 2007.
- ^ Chris Knight, "TIFF goes peddling its celluloid bundle; Canadian Cinema; Top 10 includes Cronenberg, Maddin, Arcand". National Post, December 12, 2007.