Wood

Wood
environment
economy
Europe
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
Michaela Kirst
Ebba Sinzinger
Austria, Germany, Romania
2020
97min
English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Anthropocene

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?

Producer 
Vincent Lucassen
Ebba Sinzinger
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
Adrian Sitaru
Thomas Tielsch
Editor 
Roland Stöttinger
Andrea Wagner
Camera 
Attila Boa
Jakub Bejnarowicz
Jörg Burger
Lukas Gnaiger
Jerzy Palacz
Sound 
Simon Bastian
Production info 
WILDart FILM, Filmtank, 4Proof Film
Distribution info 
Magnetfilm Frauke Knappke frauke.knappke@magnetfilm.de
Awards 
Zurich FF 2020 Special Mention
CPH:DOX 2020 F:ACT Award Nominee