Dir: Philippa Lowthorpe | UK, USA | 2025 | 115 mins

Cast | Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Spruell

 

Claire Foy (Wolf Hall, The Crown) stars as writer Helen MacDonald in the soaring adaptation of her award-winning 2014 memoir H Is for Hawk, featuring BAFTA-nominated cinematography from Charlotte Bruus Christensen.

Cambridge academic Helen (Foy) is stricken with grief after the unexpected loss of her beloved father (Brendan Gleeson). To recover, she retreats from the human world and turns to nature instead. Adopting and training a northern goshawk, she enters into what becomes a profoundly challenging but consoling dynamic with Mabel, the haughty, stubborn, ferocious bird she takes on.

Philippa Lowthorpe’s arresting adaptation boasts wonderful footage of its magnificent feathered co-star and a career-best performance from Foy as she reflects on the wilds of grief and the tenacity and indifference of the natural world.

 

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION FOR THIS FILM:

CAPTIONED SCREENING - Saturday 21 Feb at 2pm

WATCHWORD - a discreet closed-captioning system, ensuring that only those wearing supplied smart glasses can see the captions. These glasses can be worn over prescription glasses and around cochlear implants. Users can alter the size, colour, brightness, position and focus to their personal preference. Available on all screenings except to the scheduled captioned screening.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION - a recorded narration describes visual elements of the film - in gaps in the dialogue - through personal headphones. The film soundtrack is broadcast to cinema speakers in the usual way. The volume of each ear can be altered independently by the user. 

HARD OF HEARING - using our wireless headphones, the film soundtrack is broadcast direct to the user who can control the volume of each ear independently. This is also perfect for anyone sensitive to loud noises.

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