Overview

• Athina Rachel Tsangari adapted Jim Crace’s 2013 novel into her debut English-language film
• Cinematographer Sean Price Williams shot the movie on 16mm film, creating a granular, tactile aesthetic praised by reviewers
• Set after the 1604 Enclosure Act, the story follows villagers facing privatization, exploitation, and communal disintegration
• Reviewers commend the film’s thematic depth and sensory imagery but describe its deliberate pacing and tonal shifts as laborious
• Harvest has completed its festival run without securing a distributor, leaving its wider release in question