As a society we have become increasingly distant from the natural environment, yet our connection to the wilderness is powerful enough to transcend this disconnect. Spending moments within these environments that sustain our very breath provides contrasting comfort; an alien familiarity. “Forest Manifesto” conveys the filmmakers perspective on what Gustav and Kate Weindorfer must have experienced when they first fell in love with the cradle wilderness and it’s need for conservation. The filmmaker expresses what it is to be grounded in the natural environment, to be soothed and nurtured merely by being present within nature unadulterated.