Seeds
of Hope

Logline. At an art residency in Joutsa, the hosts attend with care to the house, village, artists, and the land, while just beyond the property the forests are clear-cut, leaving the local community with a sense of loss.

Seeds of Hope is an observational documentary that explores the relationship between human and more-than-human communities, set at TUO TUO, an artist-led residency in Joutsa, Finland. The film blends immersive nature cinematography with stop-motion animation. Its host, Kaitlyn D. Hamilton, is at the centre.

Care, grief, attention, and persistence shape the rhythm of the film. Hope appears through continued presence and shared responsibility within the land.

"When I first settled in Tuo Tuo, I cried a lot. I was so sad I didn't know much about plants and beings, they were just a green mass to me before. I learnt their little personalities, their properties, their songs. I cried over the beautiful relationship I could have had all these years but never had." — Kaitlyn D. Hamilton