Based on Jim Crace’s homonymous novel, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest takes us to an unnamed village in danger of being enclosed. Our protagonist and narrator, Walter, settled into the remote community with his milk sibling Master Kent, and may be the sole voice of reason among the reclusive and superstitious villagers. Over the span of seven days, the villagers suffer a fire, celebrate the harvest, arrest and crucify outsiders, receive a new landlord, and eventually leave their hometown behind. Shot on 35mm film, Tsangari portrays the absurd descent of a village, the painful end of an era, and the tragic loss of a way of life. In the wake of neo-nationalism, Harvest is a stirring parable that sounds a warning against the toxic xenophobia and burgeoning intolerance that paves the way to dispossession and displacement. (Karen PARK)