Free tickets on offer this week at cinemas in Mablethorpe and Woodhall Spa

The Loewen Cinema, on Quebec Road, Mablethorpe, and Kinema In The Woods, on Coronation Road, Woodhall Spa, are giving the screenings tomorrow (Tuesday, May 5) and also on Wednesday (May 6).

They are showing a new feature documentary, called ‘Our Land’, which follows the movement fighting for greater access to nature in England.

Figures show that 92 per cent of land and 97 per cent of all rivers across the country are not legally accessible to the public.

‘Our Land’ follows landowners and Right To Roam campaigners as they battle over the future of the countryside.

In recent years, the Right To Roam campaign has organised ‘mass trespass’ events to increase public access to the English countryside, coming into conflict with landowners.

For Orban Wallace, the director of the documentary, the subject is personal. He said: “I grew up in the Dorset countryside in a rented cottage deep in the forest of a private estate.

"Even though we lived in the woods, we were not allowed in them because they were private. I regularly had run-ins with the gamekeeper who would tell us to get out. So I was a trespasser by necessity from a very young age.”

The free screenings are part of ‘Escapes’, a nationwide cinema initiative, supported by the British Film Institute (BFI) and backed by National Lottery funding, which aims to bring the delights of film to more people and attract new audiences to independent cinemas.

Since its launch in 2024, ‘Escapes’ has given away more than 220,000 free tickets in more than 200 locations across the UK.

The tickets for this week’s screenings at Mablethorpe and Woodhall Spa can be claimed by visiting escapetothecinema.co.uk