Director
Pascale Ferland
Production
Les Films de l'Autre
Languages
French, Anishinaabemowin, Innu-aimum
Year
2025
123 min, Documentary, Canada, Atmos
A documentary essay exploring the bonds between humans, animals, and the forest, revealing a complex world where protection and exploitation collide. Blending realism, political engagement, and a dreamlike approach, the film calls for a rethinking of our connection to the living world.
Cinéma Le Clap
From Thursday, 19 March 2026
Cinéma Beaubien
March 26 screening with the presence of Pascale Ferland
From Friday, 20 March 2026
Cinémathèque Québécoise
March 24 screening followed with a round table discussion with guests
From Friday, 20 March 2026
Cinéma Public
From Sunday, 22 March 2026
Cinéma RGFM Joliette
With the presence of Pascale Ferland
Monday, 23 March 2026
Théâtre des Deux Rives (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
With the presence of Pascale Ferland
Wednesday, 25 March 2026 — 7:30 pm
La Maison du Cinéma
March 20 screening with the presence of Pascale Ferland
From Friday, 27 March 2026
Cinéma Paramount (Rouyn-Noranda)
From Saturday, 28 March 2026 to Sunday, 29 March 2026
Ciné-Club Le Foyer (Normandin)
With the presence of Pascale Ferland
Tuesday, 07 April 2026
Cinéma Paraloeil (Rimouski)
With the presence of Pascale Ferland
Thursday, 09 April 2026 — 7:30 pm
Cinéma Paradiso (Chandler)
With the presence of Pascale Ferland
Friday, 10 April 2026 — 6:30 pm
Ciné Jonction (Gatineau)
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 — 7:00 pm
In the Forest is a documentary essay that explores the deep connections between humans, animals, and the forest. Through fragments of lives that intersect, echo, or contradict one another, the film gradually weaves the portrait of a rich, complex, and sometimes unsettling world where the desire to protect coexists with the drive to exploit. Moving between realism, political engagement, and dreamlike imagery, it reveals a forest that — in the face of multiplying climate upheavals and an accelerating sixth mass extinction — whispers, to those who know how to listen, the urgent need to safeguard the fragile balance between humanity, fauna, and flora.
Director: Pascale Ferland
Writer: Pascale Ferland
Cinematography: François Jacob, Dominc Leclerc
Animal Cinematography: Luc Farrell
Sound Recording: Marie-Pier Sévigny, Martyne Morin
Editing: René Roberge
Sound Design: Olivier Calvert
Sound Mix: Hans Laitres
Music: Philippe Lauzier
Color Grading: Marc Boucrot
Festival de cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada)
Vues sur Mer – Festival du cinéma documentaire de Gaspé (Canada)
Pascale Ferland
Pascale Ferland has been a screenwriter, director, and producer for over twenty years. After studying visual arts at UQAM, where her video works received awards, she developed a personal body of documentary films, grounded in fieldwork and driven by a desire to create dialogue between form and ideas. In 2003, she directed her first documentary, Something Like Immortality, followed by Tree With Severed Branches (2005) and Adagio for a Biker (2008), which earned her the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2012, she wrote, directed, and produced her first feature-length fiction film, Riptide. Her 2018 documentary, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political, achieved wide recognition and won numerous awards. Her most recent film, In the Forest (2025), extends this creative path and resonates at the heart of contemporary debates on our relationship with nature and the land.
In the Forest, 124 min, Documentary, 2025
Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political, 77 min, Documentary, 2018
Riptide, 98 min, Fiction, 2013
Adagio for a Biker, 90 min, Documentary, 2008
Tree With Severed Branches, 80 min, Documentary, 2005
Something Like Immortality, 82 min, Documentary, 2003