Wood
Alexander von Bismarck, the head of the Environmental Investigation Agency, is on a quest to unveil the corrupt and illegal timber trading practices that destroys forests all over the planet. This gripping docu-thriller follows each and every link in the chain between harvesting and marketing. It takes us through forests across the globe, in Russia, Peru, China and Romania. With the aid of hidden cameras, the American activist and his local helpers expose the endless exploitation of nature and the reality of “washed” products on the market. Will documenting the chain of unlawful activities be enough to reverse the processes of an untraceably complicated network of illegal logging?
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan was the delegate producer of Adina Pintilie's Golden Bear winner, Touch Me Not. She directed A Mere Breath, which won Best Documentary at LET'S CEE Film Fest and in Sarajevo. With her newly established company, Manifest Film, she produced Acasă - My Home, which won the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance 2020.
Michaela Kirst worked for many years as a journalist in New York and has headed the Berlin office of Sagafilm since 2011. As a director and/or producer, she works on documentaries for TV and cinema. Her films Disgustingly Healthy, Crime Scene Rainforest and Brown Babies – Germany's Lost Children have won several awards.
Ebba Sinzinger is a producer, scriptwriter and director. She produced and co-produced films like Brothers of the Night, Domaine by Patric Chiha, The Forgotten Space by Noël Burch and Allan Secula, and Pianomania, which won awards in Berlin, Venice and Locarno. She received the Upper Austrian Cultural Award for Film in 1997 for her directorial work.