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<h2><strong>THE SECRET LONG TREE SOCIETY</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Directed by Colin Waugh | 2025 | 44 min | Canada</strong></p>
<p><span><strong>2026 Edmonton Film Prize</strong></span><strong> finalist!</strong></p>
<p>Planting a thousand, thousand-year-old trees is the not-so-simple mission of The Secret Long Tree Society, a group of passionate arborists and tree nerds in Edmonton, Alberta. But a thousand-year project comes with unique challenges. How do you even pass on your message over that much time? What trees should you plant and where? If the project works, do you risk accidentally creating a tree cult?</p>
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THE SECRET LONG TREE SOCIETY
Directed by Colin Waugh | 2025 | 44 min | Canada
2026 Edmonton Film Prize finalist!
Planting a thousand, thousand-year-old trees is the not-so-simple mission of The Secret Long Tree Society, a group of passionate arborists and tree nerds in Edmonton, Alberta. But a thousand-year project comes with unique challenges. How do you even pass on your message over that much time? What trees should you plant and where? If the project works, do you risk accidentally creating a tree cult?
Browse more NWF on Northwestfest.ca
Browse more NWF on Showpass

Metro Cinema at the Garneau Theatre

THE SECRET LONG TREE SOCIETY

General Admission - The Secret Long Tree Society

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Global Visions Film Festival has become Canada’s longest running documentary film festival. In May 2015,  GVF re-branded to NorthwestFest to not only include the best in non-fiction filmmaking, but also local music, art, and media wherever possible.