The Burning Season (2008 film)

The Burning Season
Directed byCathy Henkel
Written byCathy Henkel
Produced byJeff Canin, Cathy Henkel and Trish Lake
StarringLone Drøscher Nielsen, Dorjee Sun, Achmadi
Narrated byHugh Jackman
CinematographyLeonard Retel Helmrich, Ismail Fahmi Lubis
Edited byJane St Vincent Welch
Music byNicolette Boaz
Distributed byNational Geographic International
Release dates
  • 2 August 2008 (2008-08-02) (BIFF)
  • 10 September 2009 (2009-09-10) (New Zealand)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU $755,529

The Burning Season is a documentary about the burning of rainforests in Indonesia which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. The main characters featured in the film are: Dorjee Sun from Australia; Achmadi, a small-scale palm oil farmer from Jambi province in Indonesia; and Lone Drøscher Nielsen, a Danish conservationist based in Kalimantan, Indonesia.