28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest
The Grief of the Forest

The Grief of the Forest

director: Barbora Klocová
original title: Lesní žal
country: Czech Republic
year: 2023
running time: 26 min.

synopsis

Children in the Vysočina region miss the forests that climate change and the bark beetle calamity have taken away. How do they cope with this loss and how does the School Forest project help? Environmentalist Barbora Klocová sought answers to these and many other questions. She filmed a total of 31 personal interviews with children and adolescents from the Highlands aged 8 to 18.

biography

Barbora Klocová is a Czech psychologist, environmentalist and documentary filmmaker.

more about film

director: Barbora Klocová
producer: Alena Müllerová , Martin Kříž
script: Barbora Klocová
photography: Barbora Klocová
editing: Barbora Klocová
sound: Barbora Klocová
executive producer: Jiří Vlach
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
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