142 minutes of squirrel drama that'll make you forget Marvel exists.
Cumbria is one of the last major strongholds for red squirrels - one of the British Isles’ iconic native mammals, an endangered species, and a national favourite. Lakeland charities, volunteers, businesses and scientists are pulling together to protect these rare animals.
Cinematography
Terry Abraham captures Cumbria like a love letter to wet stone and moss.
Direction
Patient storytelling that trusts squirrels to be compelling—spoiler: they are.
Production
Grassroots-made, no BBC gloss, all the more powerful for it.
Director
Terry Abraham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terry Abraham is self-taught and crowdfunded his early Lake District docs—this is his first feature-length wildlife film.
Red squirrels have become unlikely symbols of English identity politics, with 'Save the Red' campaigns occasionally veering into anti-immigrant metaphor—though this film mostly avoids that trap.
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