Eia is ten. She loves animals and draws them devotedly. And it’s the animals who provide her with solace when she can’t spend Christmas with her busy parents, but instead gets sent to relatives in the Phantom Owl Forest. But the snow-covered paradise, where Eia quickly makes friends, is under threat. A neighbour wants to clear cut the forest. What will happen to all the animals? Alongside Ats, a birdwatcher, who is the same age as she is, Eia looks for a solution. And then there is the family secret, which is doing the young girl’s head in … A modern family film, “Phantom Owl Forest” combines a cosy Christmas story with a very topical message about environmental protection. Six camerapersons worked on the film, capturing magnificent close-ups of the abundant fauna a in Estonia’s untouched winter landscape.