“My pitch was actually quite simple,” says Pernille.

“Children conducting nature as an orchestra. Seeing nature through a child’s eyes – full of play, colour and magic – and making it a place they would want to protect later in life.”

Instead of dramatic disaster imagery, the creative direction was intentional: show what is still worth protecting. Together with cinematographer Tobias Horvath, Pernille portrayed the forest at its most beautiful and poetic, supported by carefully crafted, authentic sound design.

“In a time where the wild, fast and sensational wins attention, this film is deliberately the opposite,” she says. “It’s slower and longer than most experts would recommend. But that’s okay. The goal is to make people put their screens down and step into nature.”