Film Waldbrand - What the forest of tomorrow should look like

One of the largest forest fires in Germany in recent decades raged near the town of Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg in August 2018. The catastrophic fire destroyed almost 350 hectares of forest. Over five years, from the first day of the fire, the camera follows various events on the land. The central question is: What should the forest of tomorrow look like here, but also elsewhere? The Pyrophob research project is launched with the aim of developing more fire-resistant forests. The climate crisis with its drought has long been evident in Brandenburg's monocultural pine forests. Numerous areas are contaminated with munitions and pose a further problem. The various owners of the burnt areas, the town of Treuenbrietzen and the private forest cooperative of Bardenitz, have each decided on their own way of reforestation. Forestry workers are faced with difficult challenges. A trio of artists develop a work of art from burnt wood to make us aware of the climate crisis. And over time, the wolf and other animals reclaim their former habitat. In spectacular, eerily beautiful images, the film shows a burnt forest as it is rarely seen. It highlights the conflicts over nature, soil and profit and follows progress, but also setbacks, such as another fire in 2022. Will everything be okay?