HOLY WOOD DUST

( 2026 )

Official Selection Out of Competition, El Gouna Green Star |

Italy

Spain

Germany

Italian, German, English |

105 min

About the film

Victor Kossakovsky and superstar botanist Stefano Mancuso take us on an unprecedented journey into the life of trees.

Director

Victor Kossakovsky

Victor Kossakovsky began his filmmaking career in 1978 at the Leningrad DocumentaryFilm Studio (now Saint Petersburg), working as an assistant cinematographer, assistantdirector and editor. In 1988, he graduated from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters andDirectors in Moscow.His first feature, Belovy (1992), won both the VPRO Joris Ivens Award and the AudienceAward at IDFA in 1993.His subsequent films include Wednesday 19.07.1961 (1997), Pavel and Lyalya (1999), ILoved You… (2001), Hush! (2003), ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! (2011), Demonstration(2013), Aquarela (2018), Gunda (2020), Architecton (2024) and Trillion (2025).Kossakovsky’s films have received more than 100 international awards and have beenpresented at festivals around the world, including the Venice International Film Festival,the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlinale, where Architecton premiered inCompetition in 2024.Hush!, ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! and Gunda were nominated for Best Documentary at theEuropean Film Awards, while Aquarela and Gunda were shortlisted for the AcademyAward® for Best Documentary Feature.

Producer

Mattia Guerra, Emanuele Nespeca, Paolo Del Brocco, Alba Sotorra, Marta Figueras, Belén Sánchez, Laura Álvarez, Mayca Sanz L-Higueras, Frank Müller

Production Company

Screenplay

Stefano Mancuso, Victor Kossakovsky

Cinematography

Gianmarco Donaggio

Editing

Ainara Vera

Sound

Alexandr Dudarev

Cast

Contacts

Producer

Mattia Guerra, Emanuele Nespeca, Paolo Del Brocco, Alba Sotorra, Marta Figueras, Belén Sánchez, Laura Álvarez, Mayca Sanz L-Higueras, Frank Müller

Production Company

Screenplay

Stefano Mancuso, Victor Kossakovsky

Cinematography

Gianmarco Donaggio

Editing

Ainara Vera

Sound

Alexandr Dudarev

Cast

Contacts

More About Film

Award-winner director Victor Kossakovsky and superstar botanist Stefano Mancuso take uson an unprecedented journey into the life of trees. What happens to a stump the secondafter a tree is cut down? What does that tree think and feel at that very moment? “Holy WoodDust” is an invitation to radically reimagine the plant kingdom from a new, groundbreakingperspective.

Producer

Mattia Guerra, Emanuele Nespeca, Paolo Del Brocco, Alba Sotorra, Marta Figueras, Belén Sánchez, Laura Álvarez, Mayca Sanz L-Higueras, Frank Müller

Screenplay

Stefano Mancuso, Victor Kossakovsky

Cinematography

Gianmarco Donaggio

Editing

Ainara Vera

Sound

Alexandr Dudarev

More About Film

Award-winner director Victor Kossakovsky and superstar botanist Stefano Mancuso take uson an unprecedented journey into the life of trees. What happens to a stump the secondafter a tree is cut down? What does that tree think and feel at that very moment? "Holy WoodDust" is an invitation to radically reimagine the plant kingdom from a new, groundbreakingperspective.