Fiercely independent 90-year-old Agatha Bock lives alone on her ancestral farm. Despite health challenges, she resolutely tends to her land, employing antiquated techniques to cultivate heirloom seeds passed down through generations. 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. Shot on 16mm film by an all-female crew over six years, the project captures the handmade materiality 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, offering 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. “Agatha’s Almanac is deliberately repetitive — we ease into the rhythmic cycles of Agatha’s days and seasons — and utterly hypnotic” –Allison Gillmor, Winipeg Free Press