BEFORE THEY FALL - ECOLOGYST FILMS - DOCUMENTARY

The film explores the characters’ individual relationships with ancient forests, and why it’s imperative we collectively protect them. It touches on potential solutions, like a transition away from old-growth in the future of logging, and Indigenous sovereignty.

Executive Producer - Rene Gauthier

Producer - Momme Halbe

Director - Cam MacArthur

Director of Photography - Cam MacArthur

1st Assistant Camera and 2nd Unit, Sound Recordist - Jasper Sassaman

Editors and Colorists - Jasper Sassaman and Cam MacArthur

Additional Cinematography - Jasper Sassaman, Momme Halbe, and Arvin Singh

Drone Operator, POV and Cinema Drone - Rob Antill

Additional Aerial Cinematography - Momme Halbe

Additional Sound Recording - Daniel Taggart

Photography - TJ Watt, Helene CYR Photography, and Momme Halbe

Lighting Production Old Growth - Michael Heid

Realtime Projection Mapping - Jamie Perrelet

Projection Assistant - Camelia Peake and Peter Bowles

Wildlife Footage - Alex Harris and Will O’Connel

Additional Footage - She(Bites) Media, Liam Morgan, Panda, Leif, Andrew Beaumont, Mink Taylor, Michael Makaroff, TJ Watt, and Sandy Rossignol/Studio549

Visual FX - Blair Richmond, Imperial Post

Media Relations - Camilla Sampson

Artwork - Mitch Proctor

Legal - Mori Massini and Sarah Bell-Etkin

Accounting - Ping Wu, Angus Naismith, and Helen Astle

Production Insurance - Front Row Insurance

Visual and Lighting Partner - Sigma 1

Public Relations - Nine Point Agency, Kerry Hittinger, Melissa Verdicchio, and Adrienne Longhurst

Red Dress Camp Installation honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2-Spirit People in Canada - Sage Jackson and Rose Henry

Special Thanks

The Ecologyst Team, Natasha Kenrick, Ben Barnes, Mark Worthing, Rob Logan, Mak’wala Dakota Umbas, talita’las Glendale, Natasha Lavdovsky, Glen Reid, Ola Cholewa, Colin Smith, Nikki Sanchez, Kristy Morgan, Tyl Van Toorn, Aki and Hiro, Sandy Rossignol, Shauna Knight, David Furlonger, Keith Cherry, Marija Uzunova Dang, Kelsey Irvine, Kait Burgan, Cristina Mittermeier, Renan Ozturk, Taylor Rees, Dave Mossop, Marnie Herald, Ancient Forest Alliance, Adrian Hough, Bonne Leask

Archival Footage

Clayoquot Sound - Warren Rudd

Video: Lumbering in British Columbia, 1925

Source: Library and Archives Canada/ISN 377641

Video: Big Timber, 1935

Source: Library and Archives Canada/ISN 20481

Video: A Typical British Columbia Logging Operation, 1929

Source: Library and Archives Canada/ISN 134883

Forestry and Forest Industries by Holmes (Burton) Films 1946

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