H is for Hawk

Claire Foy stars in a BAFTA-nominated adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s memoir exploring grief and recovery through nature.

When Cambridge academic Helen’s father dies, the grief sends her spiralling into an abyss. In an effort to process her loss, she retreats from the human world to train a fearsome goshawk.

Foy, with two weeks of falconry training under her belt, gives an exceptional, career-best performance alongside Brendan Gleeson (Oscar nominee, Banshees of Inisherin) as her father. Co-written with Emma Donoghue (Room), BAFTA-winning director Lowthorpe brings her documentarian's eye to this nature memoir.