30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

Immediately after Bangladesh, Denmark is the second most cultivated country in the world, but in the last 20 years 80% of its species have become extinct and it is now urgent to help get biodiversity back on track. The documentary, divided into four acts and filmed over four years, follows Denmark's largest rewilding project in Hammer Bakker, North Jutland, a coniferous forest so dense that life on the ground is almost non-existent. Local authorities decide to restore native species by transforming industrial plantations into natural forests. This involves cutting down the current forest, a drastic act that arouses mixed feelings among the locals, as well as the possibility of reintroducing animals to be left free to graze. By interviewing experts, environmentalists and locals, Phie Ambo reflects on the connection with nature and the sense of transience that accompanies us and which often pushes us to want results in a brief time.

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  Phie Ambo

  She trained at the National Film School of Denmark, graduating as a documentary filmmaker in 2003. In 2014 she shot Good Things Await, about biodynamic agriculture. Her film ...when you look away (2017) was selected by Hot Docs in Toronto and CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, among others. In 2021 her feature film 70/30 was the opening film of the CPH:DOX film festival.