Once Upon a Time in a Forest

Once Upon a Time in a Forest

2DCS/ES12
Director:Virpi Suutari
Cast:Ida Korhonen, Minka Virtanen, Otto Snellman
Premiere:17. April 2025
Length:93 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Director: Virpi Suutari  •  Cast: Ida Korhonen, Minka Virtanen, Otto Snellman

This fragile environmental documentary from Finland follows a group of young activists who take on the industrial giants that are systematically destroying the forest and threatening the environment. The beautiful compositions and alternating film formats are elegantly interwoven with rhythmic editing that conveys the serenity and wisdom of nature, the importance of which is often forgotten in chaotic times. Director Virpi Suutari's depiction of nature is warm, hopeful and full of imaginative symbolism. Surrender and allow yourself to be carried away.

Length: 93 min

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 17. April 2025
World premiere date: 28. March 2024

Country of origin:

  • Finland

Director: Virpi Suutari  •  Cast: Ida Korhonen, Minka Virtanen, Otto Snellman

This fragile environmental documentary from Finland follows a group of young activists who take on the industrial giants that are systematically destroying the forest and threatening the environment. The beautiful compositions and alternating film formats are elegantly interwoven with rhythmic editing that conveys the serenity and wisdom of nature, the importance of which is often forgotten in chaotic times. Director Virpi Suutari's depiction of nature is warm, hopeful and full of imaginative symbolism. Surrender and allow yourself to be carried away.

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 17. April 2025
World premiere date: 28. March 2024

Country of origin:

  • Finland