Taking its title from a dialogue by French satirist Denis Diderot, Canadian structuralist filmmaker Michael Snow's film is also inspired by Diderot's encyclopaedic tendencies and the playfulness of Marcel Duchamp, and features contributions and appearances from Chantal Akerman, Babette Mangolte, Jonas Mekas, Annette Michelson, Nam June Paik, Amy Taubin and Joyce Wieland.

Weaving together oral histories, archaeological field notes, regional legends, poetry, and song, Maureen Fazendeiro's The Seasons is a remarkable portrait of the Alentejo region of Portugal, its people, and its stories.