The Forest In Me

Epic forests of the Siberian Taiga and black lava landscapes of a Hawaiian volcano are woven through this quietly powerful film that opens outwards from a personal story about living with uncertainty.

This surprising and cinematic journey generates a deeply tender vision of timeless human connections that weave through an increasingly divided world, with images that shake ideas of past, present and future.

Via an intimate conversation, Rebecca E Marshall builds connections between Agafya Lykova, an elderly woman surviving alone in the Siberian forest who scares bears away by banging space-rocket debris, a crew simulating life isolated on Mars and her young child discovering the world minute by minute.

In a time when extreme and polarising viewpoints are constantly pushed into our attention, this film offers an important space to notice the quiet details we can all share.

Xylouris White (drummer Jim White [Dirty Three], Cretan lutist Giorgos Xylouris, Guy Picciotto of NYC [Fugazi]) provide a haunting original score.

The Forest in Me held its World Premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in March 2024 where it was nominated for the Fast Forward Competition.