How do you stop a forestry worker who is taking advan­tage of the dark­ness at night and starts work­ing with his har­vester in the forest? Ida and Minka, both in their early 20s, know how: If there are people in the sur­round­ing area of the machine, the work must be stopped imme­di­ate­ly. And that’s exact­ly what happens.

This is just one action by the two women, who get togeth­er with other young people to fight for the preser­va­tion of the forest and against exten­sive Finnish forestry. Under the flag of Extinc­tion Rebel­lion move­ment, they orga­nize protests in front of paper fac­to­ries, at access roads for log­ging trucks and on the city streets of Helsin­ki. Even within the family the con­vic­tion is deeply rooted that the forest is a resource that should first and fore­most secure the coun­try’s prosperity.

For­tu­nate­ly, Finnish film­mak­er Virpi Suu­tari also has an eye for more than bitter con­flicts and harsh con­fronta­tions. In the spirit of its young activists, her film is also a har­mo­nious and thought­ful homage to nature itself.

Virpi Suu­tari is an award win­ning doc­u­men­tary film maker. She has worked in this field for almost 30 years and she is now one of the main owners of Eupho­ria film, Helsin­ki. Films: AALTO: ARCHITECT OF EMOTIONS, 2020,  ENTREPRENEUR 2020, GARDEN LOVERS 2014, THE IDLE ONES 2001