The Forest In Me

"A visual poem in the grand tradition. Mesmerising." - Iain Sinclair, Writer 

The Forest in Me opens out from a personal story about living with uncertainty to reflect upon quiet possibilities of love and connection. The film interweaves the story of Agafya Lykova, an elderly hermit who survives alone in the Siberian Forest - scaring bears away by banging on space-rocket debris, a crew simulating life on Mars isolated on a Hawaiian volcano, and the filmmaker's young child discovering the world. Blending decades of personal footage with global meditations, it is a cinematic letter to the future, composed in filmic fragments, tenderness, and sound. 

The Forest in Me is a poetic documentary, both intimate and cosmic, that reflects on resilience and timeless human experiences. It speaks to lovers of memory cinema, eco-poetry, radical motherhood and handmade nonfiction.

The film's original and evocative soundtrack is composed by Xylouris White (drummer Jim White [Dirty Three], lutist Giorgos Xylouris, Guy Picciotto [Fugazi]). Apollonia Xylouris contributes additional vocals. 

"Rebecca E Marshall brings a poet's eye and a mother's tongue to this compelling exploration of what it means to live in isolation whilst all around the hub-bub of human existence sets about its busyness. Her here-and-now dissolving into what has-been and what might yet-be". - Andrew Kotting, Filmmaker.

• Director: Rebecca Marshall
• Release Date: 25/10/2024
• Running Time: 69mins