
2022
The story of the woman who fought to protect Europe's oldest forest.
Ida, the grandniece of Simona Kossak, travels to the Bialowieza Forest at the Polish-Belarussian border. Sorting through the photos left by Lech Wilczek, Ida uncovers the life he had with Simona, captured in the photographs, footage and memories. A moving and powerful documentary about the life of Simona Kossak, a biologist, ecologist and activist known for her efforts to preserve the remnants of natural ecosystems in Poland and for living among the animals in the Białowieża Forest for over 30 years.

Simona Kossak
Self (archive foorage)

Lech Wilczek
Self

Joanna Kossak
Self

Ida Matysek
Self

The Platypus Guardian

Leaning on the tree

Muir Woods

Boj o Hřensko

The Catastrophe Garden

Over Hawaii

Kivalina

Ice on Fire

Grizzly Man

The Hypocrite

Liminality & Communitas

March of the Penguins

An Inconvenient Truth

Zoo Quest to West Africa

Paris to Pittsburgh

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

The Last Trapper

The Pigeon People

Journey to the East

National Geographic: Iceland River Challenge