| Forest for the Trees | |
| Director: | Rita Leistner |
| Producer: | Rita Leistner |
| Music: | Kevin Quain |
| Cinematography: | Rita Leistner |
| Editing: | Darby MacInnis |
| Studio: | Leistner Pictures |
| Distributor: | Syndicado |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Forest for the Trees is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rita Leistner and released in 2021. The film documents a group of tree planters in British Columbia, and the challenging and arduous conditions they deal with in the process of the job.[1]
The film premiered on May 6, 2021, at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. It was released alongside a companion book by Leistner and Don McKellar, featuring her photographs of tree planters.[2]
Leistner received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[3]