Fork in the Road, a documentary produced by Lyme resident Lisa Holmes, is continuing its fall festival run after receiving Mystic Film Festival’s Best Conservation Film award. The festival’s own winners list dates the award ceremony to September 27 at Mystic Luxury Cinemas — not to the film’s later October coverage.
The Redford Center identifies Holmes as both producer and executive producer and confirms that the project received one of its grants. Its project description presents the documentary as an exploration of small farmers, regional food systems and efforts to improve land, ocean and community health.
Holmes’ Connecticut food-system work predates the film. Her Redford Center biography describes more than a decade of grassroots involvement, including chairing CitySeed’s board, and an associate-producer credit on Food Chains.
Kevin Ganey’s October 6 LymeLine profile places Holmes in Lyme since 1999. In that outlet’s interview, Holmes described a project that began before COVID-19, paused during the pandemic and shifted from an initial focus on chefs toward the farmers themselves. Those production recollections are attributed to Holmes through LymeLine, not to an interview by this newsroom.
That profile connects the film’s themes to Lyme agriculture: Holmes pointed to local farms while describing her aim of elevating farmers’ work. The documentary’s arguments about farming, food and climate are the filmmakers’ perspective; the award does not independently establish every claim made in the film.
The official screening page currently lists an October 14 showing in Saugerties, New York, with Holmes scheduled for a discussion afterward, followed by an October 16 Santa Fe screening. These are listed appearances, not confirmation that the events have occurred.
Readers can use the film’s screening page for venue and ticket details and check directly with the relevant festival before traveling. No new Lyme screening or online viewing availability was established in the sources reviewed.