Join us for a screening and discussion with ASF Fellow Susanna Monseau and filmmaker Ruth Grimberg on their documentary Between Lichen and Heaven, exploring the Ahlskog Tannery in Ostrobothnia, the last reindeer leather tannery in Finland.

In the small town of Kronoby, Finland, the last reindeer tannery continues a fragile craft that links Sámi herders, local communities, and the global fashion industry. As reindeer hides risk becoming waste, the tannery struggles to survive amid economic pressures, shifting sustainability laws, and climate change. Interwoven with the voices of herders and tannery workers, Between Lichen and Heaven reflects on the precarity of livelihoods where culture, ecology, and economy remain inseparably connected. By looking at the tannery’s place in the Finnish fashion supply chain, the film also explores how global textiles and fashion industry companies in Finland have embedded sustainability as a key value, and how they work to understand and improve their operations to uphold their responsibility to people and the planet.