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FROM SEED TO SEED

In Southern Manitoba,Terry and Monique are pouring their hearts into a small, ecological farm. In love with the land, their methods are derived from generations of farming tradition, along with the best current knowledge of organic farming. Raising crops and several types of livestock, they struggle mightily against a foe their agricultural predecessors never anticipated; global climate change.
Depicting large as well as small operations, the film shows what farmers are up against, and how determined many are to adopt environmentally responsible strategies, despite the seductive conveniences of modern agricultural practices. Through one setback after another, the film’s subjects display tenacity, endurance, humour and a sustaining dedication to family and community.
From Seed to Seed exemplifies the best qualities of those who farm, and provides a hopeful look at a modern movement that will prove vital in turning the tide of environmental destruction.

  • KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER
    Director
    AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
  • KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER
    Writer
    AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
  • KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER
    Producer
    AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
  • TERRY MIERAU & MONIQUE SCHOLTE
    Key Cast
  • JONAH LANGELOTZ
    Key Cast
  • DR. MARTIN ENTZ
    Key Cast
  • DR. VANDANA SHIVA
    Key Cast
  • DR. IAN MAURO
    Key Cast
  • JOHN GURDEBEKE
    CREW
    PICTURE EDITOR
  • BRYAN SANDERS
    CREW
    DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • WENDY BUELOW
    CREW
    CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 26 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    156,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Princeton Environmental Film Festival
    Princeton
    United States
    April 13, 2018
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Oneota Film Festival
    Decorah, Iowa
    United States
    April 20, 2018
    Iowa Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Gimli Film Festival
    Gimli, Manitoba
    Canada
    July 28, 2018
    Canadian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • SunChild 8th International Environmental Film Festival
    Yerevan
    Armenia
    July 21, 2018
    Western Asia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • River Town Film Festival
    Clinton, New Jersey
    United States
    September 8, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Gallup Film Festival
    Gallup, New Mexico
    United States
    September 15, 2018
    New Mexico Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Yellowknife International Film Festival
    Yellowknife, NT
    Canada
    September 29, 2018
    NT Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Science Film Festival 2018, Goethe-Institut, Bangkok
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    October 1, 2018
    Thailand Premiere
    Official Selection
  • West Virginia FILMmakers Festival
    Sutton, West Virginia
    United States
    October 6, 2018
    West Virginia Premiere
    Winner: Best Documentary Feature
  • BIFED- Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary
    Bozcaada
    Turkey
    October 10, 2018
    Turkish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 18th Kansas International Film Festival
    Kansas City - Overland Park
    United States
    October 14, 2018
    Missouri Premiere
    Finalist Jury Award
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival
    Ridgefield, CT
    United States
    October 19, 2018
    Connecticut Premiere
    Winner: Best Environmental Film
  • Seneca Film Festival
    Watkins Glen, NY
    United States
    October 20, 2018
    New York State Premiere
    Winner: Best Feature Documentary
  • 11th International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2018
    Kuala Lumpur
    Malaysia
    October 27, 2018
    Malaysia Premiere
    Finalist Best Feature Documentary
  • DEVOUR! Food Film Festival
    Wolfville, Nova Scotia
    Canada
    October 23, 2018
    Nova Scotia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Friday Harbor Film Festival
    Friday Harbor, Washington
    United States
    October 26, 2018
    Washington Premiere
    Official Selection
  • St. Cloud Film Festival
    St. Cloud, Minnesota
    United States
    November 3, 2018
    Minnesota
    Official Selection
  • Frozen River Film Festival
    Winona, MN
    United States
    February 8, 2019
    Winona Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Green Bay Film Festival
    Green Bay, Wisconsin
    United States
    February 28, 2019
    Wisconsin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 13th Annual Colorado Environmental Film Festival
    Golden, Colorado
    United States
    February 21, 2019
    Colorado Premiere
    Winner: Best of the Fest
  • 16th World Film Festival
    Tartu
    Estonia
    March 22, 2019
    Eastern European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • ELEMENTS Film Festival
    Vancouver, B.C.
    Canada
    April 12, 2019
    British Columbia Premiere
    Winner: Best Feature Film 2019, Honorable Mention
  • Port Townsend Film Festival Focus: Women & Film
    Port Townsend, Washington State
    United States
    April 13, 2019
    Port Townsend Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Central Alberta Film Festival
    Red Deer, Alberta
    Canada
    February 22, 2019
    Alberta Premiere
    Nomination Best Feature Documentary
  • Ozark Foothills FilmFest
    Locust Grove, AR
    United States
    April 18, 2019
    Arkansas Premiere
    Official Selection
  • ARC FILM FESTIVAL
    Mainz
    Germany
    April 28, 2019
    German Premiere
    Winner: «Civil Eye» Award
  • International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő
    Gödöllő
    Hungary
    May 24, 2019
    Hungarian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA)
    Regina, SK
    Canada
    August 15, 2019
    Saskatchewan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Boston International Food Film Festival
    Cambridge, MA
    United States
    July 25, 2019
    Massachusetts Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Utopia Film Festival
    Greenbelt, Maryland
    United States
    November 16, 2019
    Maryland Premiere
    Utopian Visions Award
  • Marda Loop Justice Film Festival
    Calgary, Alberta
    Canada
    November 15, 2019
    Calgary Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Big Water Film Festival
    Ashland, Wisconsin
    United States
    November 7, 2019
    Wisconsin Premiere
    Winner: Best Documentary Award
  • 2019 Soo Film Festival
    Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
    United States
    September 12, 2019
    Michigan Premiere
    Winner: Audience Choice Award
  • Beloit International Film Festival
    Beloit, Wisconsin
    United States
    February 21, 2020
    Beloit Premiere
    Winner President's Award
  • World Community Film Festival
    Courtenay, BC
    Canada
    February 1, 2020
    Vancouver Island Premiere
    Closing Night Screening
Distribution Information
  • Bullfrog Films
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
  • Winnipeg Film Group Distribution
    Country: Canada
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER

Katharina Stieffenhofer is a Winnipeg documentary filmmaker, with a passion for ecological agriculture, healthy communities and social justice.

Her love of Nature and appreciation of farmers is rooted in her childhood & youth growing up on a mixed family farm on a Rhine island in Germany and expanded when her parents immigrated to Canada to become grain farmers in Southern Manitoba.

Katharina obtained a Fine Arts Degree from the University of Manitoba (1996) and exhibited nationally and internationally during her 16-year visual art practice.
In 2001 she began working in the Manitoba film industry and has worked on ~ 45 films in various capacities in the art department, most notably as Art Director on Guy Maddin’s “My Winnipeg”.

“…And This Is My Garden”, 2010, was her first documentary film about a school gardening project in Northern Manitoba, which empowered the students with the skills to grow their own food sustainably in their own backyards.
The film has screened widely and won the following awards:

Most Inspirational Film Award, EcoFocus Film Festival, Athens, Georgia, USA
Audience Award – Inspiring Lives, Princeton Environmental Film Festival, Princeton, NJ, USA
Honourable Mention – 2011 Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival, Houston, TX, USA

“From Seed to Seed”, 2018, her feature-length documentary about the growing momentum of ecological agriculture, follows a group of small and large scale farmers for a season of blending age old traditions with cutting edge science.

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Through my films I hope to engage, raise awareness and inspire positive change.