H is for Hawk (12A) – 27th February to 1st March

Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Spruell

Cambridge academic Helen goes to pieces after losing her beloved father. To recover, she retreats and turns to nature.

Adopting and training a northern goshawk, she enters a radically challenging but consoling dynamic with the stubborn, ferocious bird she names Mabel. Lowthorpe’s arresting adaptation boasts magnificent footage of its 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.

“Foy convinces as a grieving academic who trains a goshawk in this film based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling nature memoir.”

The Guardian

“Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson (plus a real hawk) are magical in this tender warm and pensive adaptation.”

The Daily Telegraph