“I love this film... a beautiful and intimate look into the lives of contemporary French peasants who heroically struggle to maintain the dignity of traditional, tactile ways in an age of EU homogenization... Must see! This is an important and original film.”

“Make no mistake, this film doesn’t speak only of loss and disillusionment but also of renewal and perhaps even of hope.”

“A rare and intimate view into what is too quickly becoming a lost world. Through exquisite images of family farms in the Dordogne and moving interviews with local farmers, we are given a profound understanding of what it means to live in concordance and partnership with the earth.”

“Rather than telling us what we should think about change, AFTER WINTER, SPRING shows us lives connected to the land, emotions without tears, rough and tumble analyses filled with common sense, revealing perseverance, unfailing instinct, and the determination to continue.”

“With beautiful imagery and poignant narration, the film makes it clear that caring for field and fowl are really issues of the heart and staying connected to the land is vital to our understanding of what it means to be human.”

“AFTER WINTER, SPRING, which chronicles life in a tiny farming village, is at turns melancholy, hopeful and profound.”

“In the decades to come, AFTER WINTER, SPRING could serve as an important record of the world’s transition from one era to the next. If we’re lucky, the film will also inspire a sense of urgency in today’s audiences, as they consider what they want from their food systems.”

“With fascinating detail, AFTER WINTER, SPRING captures the tenacity of the people who have taken one season at a time for generations... An insightful, lyrical tribute to a way of life on the verge of extinction.”

“In an era of films pointed in their messages and short on subtlety, AFTER WINTER, SPRING compels the viewer to reconsider the costs of ‘progress’ through a deft weaving of spectacular pastoral landscapes and fragile agricultural traditions. The villagers’ vignettes beg to be more than echoes of a receding past, as one small village tells a global story in its own quiet way.”

“How is it possible to speak of this film without underlining the beauty of the landscapes, the sensitive, poetic, and emotional camera that crosses the Périgord.”

“As we push to maximize farming efficiency and output, it is important to understand what we lose in the process. This is a thought-provoking film for anyone interested in the future of farming and food, but especially important for today’s young, aspiring farmers and food-policy activists.”

“AFTER WINTER, SPRING is a ‘must see’ for people interested in environmental preservation, farm to table food production, traditional knowledge systems, and the future of agriculture.”

“Judith Lit, settled in Périgord for the last fifteen years, took her time to observe, to listen, to melt into the silences, to film gestures transmitted from generation to generation for five thousand years. Distant memories of her Pennsylvania childhood where her father and grandfather worked the family farm converged with her neighbors’ story and from this intimate and sensitive union was born a beautiful journey.”

“Achingly lovely... From the idealistic couple starting a tiny organic operation to the 88-year-old vintner/philosopher, facing tough times, they love their animals and their land with inspiring hope.”

“The parallels to American agriculture are impossible to miss. The insights these farmers offer about the business and lifestyle of farming, the challenges created by large scale industrial agriculture and EU regulation, as well as their individual solutions to them, speak to the indomitable character and perpetual optimism of farmers everywhere.”

“A remarkable film that captures and celebrates the beauty of the sadly disappearing peasant/farmer lifestyle in rural France. A must see for anyone serious about good food and where it comes from.”

“A film that shows the challenges facing traditional farms everywhere. Realistic and sensitive, it offers a true picture of the life of farm families struggling to make a living by working the land. It deserves a wide audience.”

“AFTER WINTER, SPRING is more than a documentary. It’s a document for the future.”