China, My Sorrow

Rams

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the count

2015

King Jack

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no

2015

Soy charro de Rancho Grande

1947

Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later,

2015

Bepo

2016

Olivier, Olivier

Olivier, the nine-year-old son of Elisabeth and Serge, a country veterinarian, vanishes one afternoon on the way to his grandmother's house. The emoti

1992

There Is No Gravity

A sister comes to terms with what it means to come of age in rural isolation, but the adversity of the outside world is no comparison to the immensity

2015

Air Strike

An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.

2018

The Stranger's Return

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

1933

Parched

In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

2015

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Olof is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a log driver and his reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide.

1956

AWOL

Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful l

2011

Ugolin

Manon has blocked the spring that feeds the village, whose inhabitants she hates. They gradually become aware of the evil they have done to her and tr

1953

Certain Women

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled

2016

Ross & Beth

The story of a humble farming couple, a sudden upheaval and an unlikely saviour.

2014

Wolf Children

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their

2012

The Country Girls

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mi

1984

SURVIVA

A narrative constructed in the wishful-filmmaking, or “fanumentary”, genre. Rural women artists unite via CR to support one another’s work and to show

1980

A Drop of the Grapevine

After a symphonic music career in Europe cut short by hearing loss, Ao (Oizumi Yo) returns home to run his family's farm in Hokkaido alongside younger

2014

Seeds of Change

Mbeu Yosintha was made to help farmers and rural communities cope with the effects of climate change and in particular the ever changing rain patterns

2014