Silvicola

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In-partnership with OPIRG
Venue: 10C Shared Space 42 Carden St, Guelph, ON N1H 3A2
Tickets: $12/PWYW

A poetic and intimate glimpse into the people, processes, and paradoxes of modern forestry practices, offering a sensorially immense contemplation on the entanglement of humans, machines, and nature, set amongst the sprawling forests of the Canadian Pacific Northwest.

Set amongst the rugged forests and shorelines of British Columbia, Silvicola offers a portrait of the complex web of cultural and economic forces which compel and constrain modern forestry practices. A story told through the eyes of an eclectic mix of characters whose lives and livelihoods are intimately entangled with the forest, exploring the tensions and dilemmas between commodification and conservation. Contemplative and sensorially immense, Silvicola embeds the viewer within remote spaces and worksites normally hidden from view, from the verdure of old growth canopies to the destructive gigantism of mechanical harvesting to the numbing rhythm of sapling nurseries.

Jean-Philippe Marquis | CANADA | 80 min