Derek Vs Derek

What do you do when your neighbour goes completely wild?

Award-winning director James Dawson’s new documentary is set in the rolling hills of Devon, telling the story of two neighbouring farmers who share the same name but take radically different approaches to land use.

The film charts the two Dereks (in equal parts turbulent, hilarious and moving). The vital debate surrounding the future of rural Britain is affirmed, encouraging conversation around how farming and nature restoration might work together. Ultimately, as tempers fray, wild animals escape, and hedgerows are trimmed we ask — can the land be transformed?