Old Growth explores the beauty and fragility of the Pacific Northwest’s Hoh Rainforest. What began as a poetic tribute to an ancient forest evolved into a reflection on climate change, wildfire, and deforestation, using immersive imagery and sound.

The film begins in motion, carrying us into the Hoh Rainforest—one of the last living cathedrals of old‑growth trees in the Pacific Northwest. Immersed in its quiet grandeur, we encounter filmmaker Minda Martin, who shares why this forest holds such deep personal meaning. Upon leaving, the world fractures: through layered sound and composite imagery, the film reveals the twin pressures reshaping these ancient woods—drought and wildfire fueled by climate change, and the ongoing drive for resource extraction.