HEFTED

 

An insight into what it takes to farm deep in the North York Moors and how sustainable farming practices are being integrated in their everyday working lives.

 
 

Hefted (2023)

2b13 Productions x National Trust

Shot on location in Bransdale, The North York Moors.

Filmed over the course of 8 months, this short documentary features a group of farmers and shows what it takes to farm on the moors of Bransdale. Commissioned as part of The National Trust’s ‘Fields, folds, and farming life’ exhibition for Nunnington Hall.

The ‘Fields, Folds and Farming Life’ exhibition shares candid moments from a year in the lives of upland farmers in Bransdale, a valley and surrounding moorland on the North York Moors.

Our film, paired with the work of Yorkshire photographer Valerie Mather help reveal the hard work and determination of the people at the heart of the farming community. On this journey of filming we kept coming across the term ‘hefted’, a word which we didn’t understand or appreciate at the start. As time went on and we continued learning from the local farmers, we began to understand the true meaning of ‘hefted’ and the significance of the local Yorkshire term.

 

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