Virpi Suutari
Martti Suosalo
Virpi Suutari
Jani Kumpulainen
Teemu Liakka
Jussi Rautaniemi
Olli Huhtanen
Euphoria Film Oy
Liiketie 32
00730 Helsinki, Finland
Virpi Suutari
[email protected]
2024
Finland
93 min
Color
Once Upon a Time in a Forest is a cinematic ode to a group of young radicals striving to defend Finland’s forests against the vested interests of the forestry industry and the political system, demonstrating that the outcome of this Once Upon a Time story – happily ever after or ecological disaster – rests largely on the shoulders of young activists like Minka, Ida and their comrades.
Virpi Suutari (b.1967) is an award-winning filmmaker known for her personal cinematic style challenging the boundaries between fact and fiction. Her films have been shown in the major festivals such as IDFA, Locarno,
Leipzig, Vision du Réel and Gothenburg Film festival. The Idle Ones
6 Aug @ 22:30