The film shows the life of a 12-year-old girl with the woodcutters in the forests of the high Taurus Mountains. It documents child labor and the harsh lives of those logging for the Turkish Ministry of Forestry.

A cornerstone of Turkish documentary cinema, Fatma of the Forest follows a girl whose daily labor reveals a forgotten community of forest workers, employed without social protection. Suha Arın offers a tender yet unsparing portrait of labor, tradition, and a childhood lived too early.