The Ghost Rainforest with ASR
A short journey captures the emotional journey of five indigenous leaders to the heart of Scotland's last remaining rainforest.
About the project
The Ghost Rainforest follows Narubia Werreria and a group of five Indigenous leaders from the Amazon, making an emotionally charged journey to the last remnant of a lost ecosystem; a desperately rare temperate rainforest habitat on the West Coast of Scotland, during COP26.
Directed by John Davies and Produced by Viv Cumming.
Directed by John Davies and Produced by Viv Cumming.
Made Possible By
Featuring
Narubia Werreria
Thaline Iny Karajá
Val Munduruku,
Siã Huni Kuin
Busã Huni Kuin
Services
Executive Producers
Graphic Design
Social + Digital Impact Campaign
The Project in Numbers
5
Indigenous leaders and activists
17
crew members
30,000
hectares of Scottish Rainforest remain
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The Ghost Rainforest Trailer
Challenge
Today, as little as 30,000 hectares of Scottish rainforest remain.
The rainforest is home to 60 different species of trees and shrubs and a variety of unique and flourishing micro-habitats. However, it covers only 21% of the land suitable for rainforest in Scotland. The threats to woodlands like these is all too well known to the Indigenous leaders and activists of the Amazon, who visited the land during their time in Glasgow for COP26. The Ghost Rainforest was created to tell the emotional story of this journey to the rainforest.
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The Ghost Rainforest Full Film
Solution
Told from the perspective of Indigenous activist Narubia Werreria, ‘The Ghost Rainforest’ follows a group of five Indigenous leaders and activists, making an emotionally charged journey to the last remnant of a lost ecosystem; a desperately rare temperate rainforest habitat on the West Coast of Scotland.
Made possible by The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest, Association Jiboiana & Raleigh International, The Ghost Rainforest is an Earthrise Original Production.
Impact
Released on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, The Ghost Rainforest has been watch over 20,000 times on YouTube.
The targeted and timely social and digital impact campaign in association with The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest shared the film’s key messages to a new audience.
The film was featured on BBC’s ‘One Show’ discussing the legacy of COP26 and the behind-the-scenes of the film.
The Ghost Rainforest also featured on Jackson Wild’s ‘World Wildlife Day Film Showcase’ and was used in free, educational screenings across the UK in 2023 further amplifying the films key messages.
BTS
Filming in the Cormonachan Woodlands in Argyll, Scotland.
Project Credits
Featuring: Narubia Werreria, Thaline Iny Karajá, Val Munduruku, Siã Huni Kuin + Busã Huni Kuin
John Davies: Director + Editor
Vivien Cumming: Concept + Producer
Alice Aedy: Executive Producer
Martyna Knitter: Cinematographer
Oliver Wegmülle: Composer
Markus Andreas: Sound Designer
Francis Qureshi: Colourist
Helen McCrorie: Sound Recordist
Oliver Wegmüller + Natalia Tsupryk: Musicians
Beatriz Patarata: Graphic Designer
Made possible by The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest, Association Jiboiana & Raleigh International.
Funded by the Woodland Trust, Plantlife, RSPB, John Muir Trust, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, Reforesting Scotland, Scottish Land and Estates and private individuals.
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