We’re really proud to share our first film with The Woodland Trust: a short documentary called Sky Seeding.
It follows their first-ever drone seeding trial — a bold, slightly chaotic, and genuinely exciting attempt to rethink how we plant trees in places that are usually impossible to reach. Over the course of a week in the hills of Devon and Cornwall, the Trust and their partners dropped over 75,000 native tree seeds from drones, testing whether aerial reforestation could become a serious tool for restoring Britain’s lost temperate rainforests.
The trial is part of a much bigger ambition: to triple the amount of rainforest in the South West by 2050. And while this film is short, the story behind it is anything but small.
What we did
This was a full-service piece of storytelling — and a genuine collaboration between us, The Woodland Trust, and Ted Simpson (DoP and director, working through his studio Scout).
We handled creative development, production planning, direction, filming, and final delivery. The post-production was a team effort with Ted and Scout, and together we aimed to strike the right tone between science, ambition, and something more personal — the very human experience of trying to do something new, with nature and time as your biggest variables.
Why this one felt special
This wasn’t a clean, finished success story. It was a real trial. Some days the drones jammed. Some days the weather wasn’t playing ball. Some seeds didn’t arrive. But that’s what made it a film worth making — and watching.
We weren’t just documenting a tech test. We were capturing the beginnings of a new kind of restoration. One that might, in time, help speed up the regeneration of vital ecosystems across the country.
It was also a joy to finally work with The Woodland Trust. Their team brought thoughtfulness, trust, and a willingness to let the process be what it was — unpredictable, sometimes messy, and full of small wins. Exactly how progress often looks in the real world.