Movie cover for the film 73 Cows with an image of a man on the right side white lettering over top that shows film nominations.

73 Cows

15m

NR

2018

Last Updated: 24 July 2021Published On: 15 February 2019

73 Cows features Jay Wilde, the first UK farmer to trade beef farming for sustainable vegan farming, giving up his entire herd of cattle.

Movie cover for the film 73 Cows with an image of a man on the right side white lettering over top that shows film nominations.

73 Cows

15m

NR

2018

Last Updated: 24 July 2021Published On: 15 February 2019

73 Cows features Jay Wilde, the first UK farmer to trade beef farming for sustainable vegan farming, giving up his entire herd of cattle.

Movie cover for the film 73 Cows with an image of a man on the right side white lettering over top that shows film nominations.

73 Cows

15m

NR

2018

Last Updated: 24 July 2021Published On: 15 February 2019

73 Cows features Jay Wilde, the first UK farmer to trade beef farming for sustainable vegan farming, giving up his entire herd of cattle.

NOTES FROM THE FILMMAKERS

Synopsis

The story of Jay Wilde, the first farmer in the UK to trade beef farming for sustainable organic vegan farming, giving up his entire herd of cattle in the process. The film is a BAFTA winner for Best Short Film which premiered at Raindance Film Festival. It won the grand prize for Best Film at the Ottawa International Vegan Film Festival, ‘Short of the Week,’ obtained a Vimeo Staff Pick, and has been nominated as the Best Local Film at the Birmingham Film Festival.

About the Filmmakers

73 Cows was produced and directed by Alex Lockwood. Find out more about the film at lockwoodfilm.com.

Critic Reviews

73 Cows has everything you ideally want in a short documentary: it has an intriguing top-level premise, it elicits truly emotional and compelling performances from its on-camera subjects, and Lockwood, alongside Cinematographer Oliver Walton, fills the film with beautifully composed and cinematic images. Shot on a c500, the film utilizes slo-mo frequently to evoke the rhythm and simplicity of the farm life, but also to jive with Jay’s soft-spoken and melancholy nature. Befitting its subject, the film’s pace and tone contribute to a melancholic sense of spiritual unrest…” – Jason Sondhi, 73 Cows by Alex Lockwood for Short of the Week

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  1. Lana Gits August 29, 2019 at 4:10 pm - Reply

    Why didn’t the owners keep some of the cows to use their manure for fertilizer is what I meant.

  2. Lana Gits August 29, 2019 at 4:09 pm - Reply

    Why didn’t they keep some of the cows for fertilizer?