Our Land + Recorded Q&A

This screening is followed by a recorded Q&A with Guy Shrubsole (author of Who Owns England? + co-founder, Right to Roam), Nadia Shaikh (Right to Roam campaigner), Hugh Lillingston (landowner), Orban Wallace (director) & Francis Fulford (landowner). Moderated by Hannah MacInnes.

OUR LAND dares to tread where few have trespassed before, asking the timely question of who has the right to roam in the English countryside? The UK is a wild and beautiful place, but the vast majority of it is off limits to the general public, with 92% of land and 97% of all rivers in England not legally accessible. At the same time, it is a landscape shaped by centuries of inheritance and tradition, with land held and cared for by families across multiple generations.  

OUR LAND takes us to the heart of the ‘Right to Roam’ movement as it embarks on a provocative trail of mass trespass, campaigning and education, while also exploring landowners’ concerns around environmental protection and the danger such widespread access could pose to a landscape already under threat. 

This screening is presented in partnership with the UK Green Film Network, supporting environmental film programming in response to the climate crisis.