Across changing seasons, remote landscapes and urban green spaces, these meditative short films celebrate the positive impact of nature on our mental health.
Including a new documentary set within the Scottish therapeutic community of Lothlorien and an award-winning personal narrative exploring autism and nature, this programme explores how listening, caring and connecting with our environment can help us process grief, find belonging and rediscover joy.
Includes a post-screening discussion, with filmmakers Sophie Broadgate (Part Fish), Sophie van Bree (Hidden Trees) and Tristan C. Anderson (Casta), and Lorraine Tulloch (Chief Executive, Greenspace Scotland).
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About the Programme
Part Fish
dir. Sophie Broadgate (United Kingdom, 2026) 18m
Scottish Premiere
In this intimate short documentary filmed in the natural Cumbrian landscape, filmmaker Sophie Broadgate shares her journey from late autism diagnosis and burnout towards autistic joy and self acceptance. As she unmasks and reveals what stimming looks like for her, Part Fish asks how greater understanding, respect and care can help neurodivergent people feel safe and included.
Strong themes of childhood sexual abuse.
Hidden Trees
dir. Sophie van Bree (Scotland, 2026) 16m
Eight residents living with severe mental health challenges learn to sit with their inner turmoil through daily rituals, peer support, and nature. As the pressure to leave grows, they must confront a difficult question: how do you return to a society where you never felt you belonged?
Casta
dir. Tristan C. Anderson (United Kingdom, 2025) 16m
Set amid the quiet beauty of rural Provence, this meditative documentary explores a man’s connection with his beloved cows and how caring for them has helped him find the strength to cope with his brother’s suicide. Through peaceful daily rituals and moments of reflection, the film explores grief, healing and the ways nature can offer hope and resilience.
Includes themes of suicide.
Seasons
dir. Fabian Broeker (United Kingdom, 2026) 19m
Scottish Premiere
Filmed across a year in West London’s parks and green spaces, this documentary follows Tom as he reflects on the life-changing impact of NHS-prescribed nature therapy. Interweaving imagery from the changing seasons with Tom’s experience of bipolar disorder, Seasons is an immersive portrait of healing and the quiet power of the natural world.
A Spider’s Lunch & Other Sounds
dir. Liberty Smith (United Kingdom, 2025) 24m
Scottish Premiere
As the steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales, fall silent, immersive listening walks connect men with nature, memory and mental health in a new way. Building on a research project, Greensounds, this documentary explores the significance of natural acoustics and our understanding of ourselves as listener to the natural world.
