Dominik Platen

In an English coastal border town, a small band of badgers live in the shadow of an animal quarantine facility. As they struggle to keep their folk traditions alive, they try to ignore the strange sounds coming from the compound. But when tragedy strikes, they are forced to seek help from the unlikeliest place.

Born in the Sudetenland, a Czech-German border region, Adolf Hampel reflects on his story of flight, deportation and refuge at the end of the second world war. Now 86 years old, Adolf embarks on a sentimental journey to thank the family of the man who protected him and his family in a time of oppression.

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.