Alder

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Vanda Ladeira | United Kingdom | 00:09:17 | 2020
English

Alder is a guardian spirit that protects the forest and nature. It takes the shape of a female-tree form embodying the Alder tree’s inner qualities of protection against malevolent beings and humans.
When a handsome young forager strays into Alder’s glade, it opens the possibility of changing its destiny. It longs for being loved and for the intimacy of a touch, like humans do. Very aware of the high price to pay for falling in love with a human its dilemma and vulnerability are exposed.
Every time the forager clips a branch or steals berries, it manifests in Alder’s pain and it bleeding orange sap. Alder encounters him in the woods and seduces him, but will her heart overcome her loyalty to the forest?

Cast
LIBBY WELSH
ODNE STENSETH

Writer
Rick Harvey

Producers
Vanda Ladeira
Humphrey Lau

Cinematography
NEIL OSEMAN

Sound and Music
BEIBEI WANG

Production Design
DENISA DUMITRESCU