A Life On The Farm
A strange story from Somerset about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
Genre: Documentary
Countries of Production: UK/USA
Year: 2022
Length: 75 minutes
Language: English
"A truly fascinating, one-of-a-kind and heart-warming documentary"
- Nerdly UK
Synopsis
When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape - a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
But there's so much more to the man than his bizarre videos - Charles was an inventor, an outsider artist, and a pioneer of death positivity, to name just a few of the filmmaking farmer’s achievements. Charles’ life and work are examined by those who knew him best, as well as a whole new generation of fans who have been inspired by the legacy he left behind.
A Life On The Farm is an exploration and celebration of Charles Carson and his movies, rescued from obscurity, which present a moving and laugh-out-loud document of a vision of rural life in danger of being lost to history.
"... a must see documentary that is at times disturbing, but ultimately heart-warming."
- FilmInk
Watch the trailer
"Wonderful... full of surprises"
- POV Magazine
Upcoming Screenings
NH Docs (New Haven, CT)
14 October 2022 @9.30PM
Dracula International Film Festival (Brașov, Romania)
15 October 2022 @12.00PM
Loft Film Fest (Tucson, AZ)
16 October 2022 @1.00PM
Loft Film Fest (Tucson, AZ)
17 October 2022 @3.00PM
Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, UK)
21 October 2022 @11.10AM
NH Docs (New Haven, CT)
22 October 2022 @6.30PM
Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, UK)
24 October 2022 @16.25
South Africa Horrorfest (SA online)
26 October - 6 November online
Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, UK)
27 October 2022 @16.45
Richard Harris Film Festival (Limerick, IE)
28 October 2022 @15.00
FilmQuest (Provo, UT)
28 October 2022 @2.00PM
Splat! Film Fest (Warsaw, PL)
28 October 2022 @17.00
Terror-Fi (Wellington, NZ)
28 October 2022 @6.25PM
Dark Hedges Film Festival (Belfast, UK)
29 October 2022 @12.00PM
Terror-Fi (Auckland, NZ)
4 November 2022 @6.25PM
Weyauwega International Film Festival (Weyauwega, WI)
12 November 2022 @7.30PM
"Quirky perfection"
- Documentary Drive
Director: Oscar Harding
Producers: Dominik Platen, Edward Lomas, Oscar Harding
Executive Producers: Joe Pickett, Nick Prueher
Consulting Producers: Anderson J Duff, Mike Clapham
Editor: Hannah Christensen
Director of Photography: Edward Lomas
Assistant Director: Dominik Platen
Composer: Sam Paul Toms