Seed

In the midst of chaotic lives and poverty, a group of women from La Carpio, Costa Rica rise to meet the challenge of helping others in need. Looking to move their lives to a new level of empowerment, the women decide to put on a play and give outreach to other women and children - often undocumented workers - laboring in the coffee fields. Coffee pickers are often undocumented immigrant workers that suffer from dire poverty, high rates of breast cancer and other illness, and have few avenues of hope for change. We watch as a new seed is planted and a model of empowerment created.

1962. A lonely house in the English countryside. Rose, 16, plays a two-player board game alone. Each time she rolls the dice, we are pulled further into her murky, fragmented world. With a mother who cannot understand her, Rose's only solace is found in glimmering moments spent with her sister, playing games and telling secrets at the bottom of the garden. But as Rose attempts to flee the confines of reality, the shadow of the family doctor looms over the house.

The combine harvester harvests sunflowers and the children make sunflower seed balls for the birds.

A film by Christopher Chapman, known for his lyrical films of countryside and wilderness. He turns his colour camera on the growing city and there finds cheering proof that despite concrete and bulldozer, the persistent seed prevails. The film is without commentary and the camera work is a constant delight, for Chapman has the gift of catching life smiling wherever he may look. Film without words.

Nimbus Smile is followed by Nimbus Seeds, which sets a collage soundtrack of city noises, wind chimes, rain, footsteps, and bits of classical music to the exact same visuals.

Guy Clark, an iconic figure in the LGBTQ+ community who's been selling flowers in San Francisco since the AIDS epidemic, finds himself priced out of his own neighborhood and has to weather the seasons of a changing city.

Inspired by memories of her grandmother and the delicious food of her childhood, Vivien Sansour wants to reintroduce long forgotten Palestinian produce to the tables of people across the West Bank and beyond. And she believes these organic, climate change-resistant seeds are the key to that. She experiments with growing the treasured seeds in her own garden beside the separation wall, under the watchful eye of Israeli soldiers. Popular local herbs and seasonal vegetables flourish as she tends to her garden with expert care and dreams of reviving and celebrating Palestinian food culture. But can she persuade farmers struggling with the pressures imposed by the Israeli occupation and agri-business to embrace such traditional crop-growing methods? To convince them of the value of the seeds, she sets up a travelling kitchen, taking her seeds and their produce on the road and reminding Palestinians of the power of food to capture the joy and beauty of home.

The Palestinian Jawdat Talousy worked in the Israeli settlement ‘Nizzane Ha Shalom’ (Seeds of Peace), located on the West Bank. He was fired because he wanted to establish a labour committee. In the settlements on the West Bank, labour laws for Palestinians are ambiguous and law enforcement is weak. This juridical chaos is causing abuse of Palestinian workers. Despite of this, more and more Palestinians turning for work to the Israeli settlements. Because the Palestinian economy is unable to create enough jobs.

Seed, Image, Ground addresses the convergence of the military complex and the cultivation of our environment: From metaphors of war to guerrilla farming, from agricultural techniques and reforesting to the automation of airspace and environmental management, the observation of growth of vegetal surfaces unveils connections to parallel histories of the logistics of military perception.

A young girl takes revenge on her older sister after being told an orange tree will grow in her stomach from swallowing the seed.

If healthy organs, like seeds, can be replanted and heal any failing body, will human life be longer or shorter? An ailing mother slaughtered a vagrant she had been feeding for years for her sick son. To save his mother, the cured son killed for the criminals. They were victims of exploitation as well as violent offenders.

After a visit from the ghost of her grandmother, a writer secretly fosters the growth of a mysterious pepper plant in her mother's garden. As the seed bears fruit, she begins to question the choices the women before her made, and her own role in her family's lineage.

Examines the lily to identify the parts of a flower and show how it functions in the production of seeds. Pictures a variety of other flowers and compares the flowering plants to some non-flowering plants.

This is the story of the White River Land Collaborative (WRLC) -- a farmer-led, women-led community-driven initiative to increase land access and farm viability in Tunbridge, Vermont. Their mission and challenge is to transform a former organic dairy farm into a community hub that will support sustainable agricultural enterprises, forest stewardship, and community activities, while reducing barriers to land access for young farmers and local Abenaki land stewards. They intend to build a resilient land-based economy rooted in equitable land access -- a model that can be replicated on farms across Vermont and beyond!

Seedbombs - a tutorial for ecosensual guerilla

Animated short film.

Animated short film.

A man prepares to fulfill his greatest desire: being sacrificed by the fellow members of his cult.

Embark on a cinematic odyssey through the heart of Africa's modern-day food and agriculture saga in The Last Seed. Through a symphony of evocative music, mesmerizing dance, and captivating visuals, the film delves into the profound themes of seed sovereignty and the delicate balance between humanity and the planet.