Lake District Films
@lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social
Award-winning UK-based documentary filmmaker. As well as documentaries about artists and nature, we have a YouTube channel about walking the 214 Wainwright summits across England's glorious Lake District: Youtube.com/lakedistrictfilms onyvafilms.com
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After nearly two years of filming, A Simple Act is almost finished.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
We did it! 🎉
A Simple Act: Restoring Hardknott Forest is FUNDED.
51 backers have taken us past our £2,750 Kickstarter target, with 10 days still to go.
I’m more grateful than I can say. Thank you for believing in the film.
Next stop: £3,500 stretch goal.
A Simple Act: Restoring Hardknott Forest is FUNDED.
51 backers have taken us past our £2,750 Kickstarter target, with 10 days still to go.
I’m more grateful than I can say. Thank you for believing in the film.
Next stop: £3,500 stretch goal.
August 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
We did it! 🎉
A Simple Act: Restoring Hardknott Forest is FUNDED.
51 backers have taken us past our £2,750 Kickstarter target, with 10 days still to go.
I’m more grateful than I can say. Thank you for believing in the film.
Next stop: £3,500 stretch goal.
A Simple Act: Restoring Hardknott Forest is FUNDED.
51 backers have taken us past our £2,750 Kickstarter target, with 10 days still to go.
I’m more grateful than I can say. Thank you for believing in the film.
Next stop: £3,500 stretch goal.
A little weekend Kickstarter reminder 🌲🎬
A Simple Act is getting closer to the finish line. Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed or shared the film so far.
If you’ve been meaning to take a look, here it is:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
A Simple Act is getting closer to the finish line. Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed or shared the film so far.
If you’ve been meaning to take a look, here it is:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
August 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
A little weekend Kickstarter reminder 🌲🎬
A Simple Act is getting closer to the finish line. Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed or shared the film so far.
If you’ve been meaning to take a look, here it is:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
A Simple Act is getting closer to the finish line. Huge thanks to everyone who’s backed or shared the film so far.
If you’ve been meaning to take a look, here it is:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
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@lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social our good friend is on the home stretch for funding for his film. if you can help please do so as it will be a wonderful film about reforesting a beautiful part of the Lake District. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
August 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
@lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social our good friend is on the home stretch for funding for his film. if you can help please do so as it will be a wonderful film about reforesting a beautiful part of the Lake District. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
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Lake District #rewilding! Pine martens! Red squirrels!
Chuck in a few £quid or share to help this film get finished?
#Cumbria @hardknottforest.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUS...
Chuck in a few £quid or share to help this film get finished?
#Cumbria @hardknottforest.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUS...
August 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Lake District #rewilding! Pine martens! Red squirrels!
Chuck in a few £quid or share to help this film get finished?
#Cumbria @hardknottforest.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUS...
Chuck in a few £quid or share to help this film get finished?
#Cumbria @hardknottforest.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUS...
Great to see A Simple Act featured in Cumbria Crack!
The article looks at our documentary about the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, and the people making it happen.
Read more: cumbriacrack.com/2026/08/04/n...
🌿 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
The article looks at our documentary about the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, and the people making it happen.
Read more: cumbriacrack.com/2026/08/04/n...
🌿 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
New documentary shines light on mission to restore Lake District forest – cumbriacrack.com
cumbriacrack.com
August 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Great to see A Simple Act featured in Cumbria Crack!
The article looks at our documentary about the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, and the people making it happen.
Read more: cumbriacrack.com/2026/08/04/n...
🌿 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
The article looks at our documentary about the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, and the people making it happen.
Read more: cumbriacrack.com/2026/08/04/n...
🌿 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
A simple act can change a landscape.
Over the past two years I've been filming the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, following the people working to transform a commercial conifer plantation back into native woodland.
Over the past two years I've been filming the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, following the people working to transform a commercial conifer plantation back into native woodland.
August 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
A simple act can change a landscape.
Over the past two years I've been filming the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, following the people working to transform a commercial conifer plantation back into native woodland.
Over the past two years I've been filming the remarkable restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, following the people working to transform a commercial conifer plantation back into native woodland.
Thanks to Mike Zeller for having me on BBC Radio Cumbria this morning to talk about A Simple Act and our Kickstarter.
It will be on here in due course: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
It will be on here in due course: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio Cumbria - Mike Zeller - Available now
Available episodes of Mike Zeller
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Thanks to Mike Zeller for having me on BBC Radio Cumbria this morning to talk about A Simple Act and our Kickstarter.
It will be on here in due course: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
It will be on here in due course: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
One of the privileges of making A Simple Act has been meeting the volunteers behind the Restoring Hardknott Forest Project.
Week after week, in every kind of weather, they plant, protect and care for a landscape they know they'll never see fully mature. They're not looking for recognition.
Week after week, in every kind of weather, they plant, protect and care for a landscape they know they'll never see fully mature. They're not looking for recognition.
July 23, 2026 at 8:52 AM
One of the privileges of making A Simple Act has been meeting the volunteers behind the Restoring Hardknott Forest Project.
Week after week, in every kind of weather, they plant, protect and care for a landscape they know they'll never see fully mature. They're not looking for recognition.
Week after week, in every kind of weather, they plant, protect and care for a landscape they know they'll never see fully mature. They're not looking for recognition.
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Neil's last film was a charming portrait of a local artist, and this follow-up looks incredible. It's about a team of people literally rebuilding a forest in the Lake District.
Support if you can!
Support if you can!
It's live!
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
July 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Neil's last film was a charming portrait of a local artist, and this follow-up looks incredible. It's about a team of people literally rebuilding a forest in the Lake District.
Support if you can!
Support if you can!
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Right, since I enjoyed this newsletter and its @gregorynorminton.bsky.social 's birthday, I've donated 15 quid to get early access to the @lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social documentary to feast my eyes on #rewilding later in the year www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
July 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Right, since I enjoyed this newsletter and its @gregorynorminton.bsky.social 's birthday, I've donated 15 quid to get early access to the @lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social documentary to feast my eyes on #rewilding later in the year www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
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Summer newsletter out now: news on our first year of Landscape Recovery, lichens & temperate rainforests, update on our documentary, grassland monitoring and events & volunteering dates.
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
July 22, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Summer newsletter out now: news on our first year of Landscape Recovery, lichens & temperate rainforests, update on our documentary, grassland monitoring and events & volunteering dates.
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
@forestryengland.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
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Did you know we're the subject of a feature-length documentary which after two years work is nearly finished? Neil Emery, the filmmaker, tells us all about it in the video below.
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nw?...
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nw?...
I'm Asking for Your Help to Finish My First Feature Documentary
YouTube video by Lake District Films
youtu.be
July 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Did you know we're the subject of a feature-length documentary which after two years work is nearly finished? Neil Emery, the filmmaker, tells us all about it in the video below.
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nw?...
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social
youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nw?...
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What have we achieved in the first year of the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery project? Come to one of our site tours and find out. Booking links on our events page here: bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@universityofleeds.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
What have we achieved in the first year of the Upper Duddon Landscape Recovery project? Come to one of our site tours and find out. Booking links on our events page here: bag.leeds.ac.uk/projects/res...
@universityofleeds.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
It's live!
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
July 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
It's live!
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
After more than two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, the Kickstarter for A Simple Act is now live.
If you'd like to help me, I'd be hugely grateful for your support:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
#Documentary #Kickstarter #IndependentFilm
After two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, I'm excited to finally share the trailer for A Simple Act.
It's a documentary about the people restoring one corner of the Lake District; not for themselves, but for future generations.
It's a documentary about the people restoring one corner of the Lake District; not for themselves, but for future generations.
July 20, 2026 at 8:47 AM
After two years filming through every season in Hardknott Forest, I'm excited to finally share the trailer for A Simple Act.
It's a documentary about the people restoring one corner of the Lake District; not for themselves, but for future generations.
It's a documentary about the people restoring one corner of the Lake District; not for themselves, but for future generations.
Last update before our Kickstarter campaign launches, with first look trailer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
Update 6: One last look before launch · A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
https://youtu.be/0xUSI7Ymg3s
In just a few days, A Simple Act will launch on Kickstarter.Before then, I wanted to share something special: the film's trailer. This is the first proper glimpse of the d...
www.kickstarter.com
July 19, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Last update before our Kickstarter campaign launches, with first look trailer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
Latest Update on our Kickstarter is out now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
Update 5: The First Day of Filming A Simple Act · A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
This walk up Harter Fell marked my first visit to Hardknott Forest after agreeing with John Hodgson that we'd make a film about the restoration project.I'd arranged to spend some time looking around t...
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July 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Latest Update on our Kickstarter is out now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
For the past couple of years I've been making my first feature documentary, A Simple Act, about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District.
The film’s nearly finished, and I've launched a Kickstarter to help get it over the line.
This video explains why.
🎥 youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nwk
The film’s nearly finished, and I've launched a Kickstarter to help get it over the line.
This video explains why.
🎥 youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nwk
youtu.be
July 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
For the past couple of years I've been making my first feature documentary, A Simple Act, about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District.
The film’s nearly finished, and I've launched a Kickstarter to help get it over the line.
This video explains why.
🎥 youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nwk
The film’s nearly finished, and I've launched a Kickstarter to help get it over the line.
This video explains why.
🎥 youtu.be/CgoDqF6t2Nwk
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New update on our Kickstarter pre-launch page. Please sign up and/or share - it all helps! Thank you.
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
Coming soon: A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
July 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
New update on our Kickstarter pre-launch page. Please sign up and/or share - it all helps! Thank you.
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
New update on our Kickstarter pre-launch page. Please sign up and/or share - it all helps! Thank you.
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
Coming soon: A Simple Act: Finishing a Film About Hardknott Forest
Follow a year in the life of Hardknott Forest as volunteers, researchers and local people work to rebuild a forest.
www.kickstarter.com
July 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
New update on our Kickstarter pre-launch page. Please sign up and/or share - it all helps! Thank you.
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see." — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ony...
After nearly two years of filming, A Simple Act is almost finished.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
June 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
After nearly two years of filming, A Simple Act is almost finished.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
It's a feature documentary about the restoration of Hardknott Forest in the Lake District, but it's really a story about optimism, community and the people working to leave the landscape in a better state for future generations.
Our new film, of a circuit of Crummock Water, plus Rannerdale Knotts, with special guest @atomcrowley.bsky.social is out now!
youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ?...
youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ?...
Crummock Water Circular Walk | Rannerdale Knotts & Bluebells | Lake District featuring Tom Crowley
YouTube video by Lake District Films
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June 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Our new film, of a circuit of Crummock Water, plus Rannerdale Knotts, with special guest @atomcrowley.bsky.social is out now!
youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ?...
youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ?...
New film, with @atomcrowley.bsky.social who fortunately survived this moment, out now!
LINK: youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ
LINK: youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ
June 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
New film, with @atomcrowley.bsky.social who fortunately survived this moment, out now!
LINK: youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ
LINK: youtu.be/NELkqpigFYQ