Spiral Farm

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Spiral Farm
Directed byAlec Tibaldi
Written byAlec Tibaldi
Thomai Hastios
Produced byMichael Hoopingarner
Nikil Shyam Sunder
Alec Tibaldi
Madeleine Tibaldi
Starring
CinematographyScott Ray
Edited byVeronica Pinkham
Diana Tay
Music byAmedeo Ursini
Production
companies
Mailuki Films
SFP
Release dates
  • 26 January 2019 (2019-01-26)(Slamdance Film Festival)
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)(US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Spiral Farm is a 2019 American drama film directed by Alec Tibaldi, starring Piper De Palma, Amanda Plummer, Cosimo Fusco and Jade Fusco.

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. [1] and had its European Premiere at the Taormina Film Fest in July 2019 where it won the Best First Film Award. [2] Indican Pictures acquired the film and released it select theaters and VOD on December 13, 2019. [3]

Reception

Paul Parcellin of Film Threat gave the film a score of 8/10. [1] Makenna Sutter-Robinson of SLUG Magazine wrote that the film "has the ability to haunt you with its relevance and leave you in amazement with its nuanced imagery and simple, unexpected beauty." [4]

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Not much happens in “Spiral Farm,” but what does is often heartbreaking." [5]

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References

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  2. "Octavia Spencer to promote Apple series 'Truth be Told' at Taormina Film Festival".
  3. "'Spiral Farm' Acquired by Indican Pictures for December Bow; IDA Awards its Documentary Grants; 'Parasite' Part of Bong Joon-Ho Cinematheque Retrospective – Film Briefs". 18 October 2019.
  4. Sutter-Robinson, Makenna (26 January 2019). "Slamdance Film Review: Spiral Farm". SLUG Magazine . Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. Murray, Noel (12 December 2019). "Review: Piper De Palma breaks out in coming-of-age hippie drama 'Spiral Farm'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 7 September 2022.