Farming (film)

Farming is a 2018 British film written and directed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, based on his own childhood. The plot is about a child whose Yorubá parents give him to a white working-class family in London in the 1960s, and who grows up to join a white skinhead gang led by a white supremacist.[2]

Farming
Directed byAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Produced by
Written byAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Starring
Music byIlan Eshkeri
CinematographyKit Fraser
Edited byTariq Anwar
Production
companies
  • Metalwork Pictures
  • Logical Pictures
  • HanWay Films
  • Montebello Productions
  • Groundswell Productions
  • AAA Studios
Distributed byLionsgate UK
Momentum Pictures
Release date
  • 8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) (United Kingdom)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film, which stars Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Jaime Winstone, Genevieve Nnaji, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, wrapped production in 2017.[3] It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September and won the Michael Powell Award at the 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival.[4] The film was released by Lionsgate on October 11, 2019 in the UK and by eOne on October 25, 2019 in the US.

Cast

Release

Farming premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September in the Discovery Section.[5] The film won the Michael Powell Award at the 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival.[6] On 17 September 2018, the film's distribution rights were purchased for several countries and regions: the United Kingdom, France, Benelux, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, South Korea, China, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Montenegro, Singapore, the Middle East, and Turkey.[7] Lionsgate UK released the film in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2019, followed by a United States release on 25 October.[8]

Production

Production visited two Kent locations in Farming. At the first, The Historic Dockyard Chatham, various areas such as at The Joiner’s Shop, House Carpenters Shop, and the rear of The Smithery, Ropery and Anchor Wharf were used. Production also visited a jewellery shop in Gillingham for some further scenes.[9]

Reception

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 56% approval rating based on 32 reviews, with an average score of 5.80/10.[10] Screen Daily wrote of the film, “Actor turned director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje makes an arresting feature debut with Farming. Told with raw emotion and lurid violence, it transforms elements of his life story into a disturbing, eye-opening coming of age drama.”[11]

See also

References
  1. "British Council Film: Farming". Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. Piers Handling (2018). "Farming programme note". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. Dave McNary (2 November 2017). "First Look at Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw's British Drama 'Farming'". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. Clarke, Stewart (28 June 2019). "Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's 'Farming' Wins at Edinburgh International Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. Jeremy Kay (21 August 2018). "Toronto 2018: 'Farming', 'Light As Feathers' on Discovery roster, Rising Stars revealed". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  6. Clarke, Stewart (28 June 2019). "Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's 'Farming' Wins at Edinburgh International Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. Wiseman, Andreas (17 September 2018). "Toronto Drama 'Farming' Sells To UK, France, Australia, China, More". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. Obenson, Tambay (18 July 2019). "'Farming' Trailer: A Young Nigerian Boy Searches for Himself Inside Brutal Skinhead Culture". IndieWire. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Farming (2019) article".
  10. "Farming (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  11. Hunter, Allan. "'Farming': Toronto Review". Screen. Retrieved 14 November 2020.


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