This film is part of a series called “Something Beautiful for the World”, which is a collaboration between Reflections of Life, Campfire Stories and Happen Films.
Title: Once Upon a Forest
Created by: Campfire Stories
Synopsis: Maria was a romantic, animal-loving, dreamy child who, growing up, had a hard time conforming to the demands associated with the trajectory towards “a normal life”. As a young adult she became depressed, and was encouraged by her therapist to go for walks in the forest. The myriad of funny-looking twigs and sticks she found along the way immediately put her on a path to recovery. Now, 25 years later, she’s a celebrated “twig poet” whose art is shown in galleries throughout Sweden. When a climate related crisis strikes the forest where she lives and works, she’s forced into a new type of creativity in order to save the place that once upon a time saved her.
Featuring: Maria “Vildhjärta” Westerberg & Johannes Söderqvist and Martin Jentzen.
Produced, filmed and edited by: Mattias Olsson for Campfire Stories
Sound mix: Boris Laible
Originally posted on Campfire Stories YouTube Channel
