Director: Phil Hawkins
A scrap of overgrown land turns into an entire universe of possibility in Robin and the Hoods, a 2024 British family adventure built around childhood imagination.
What is Robin and the Hoods about?
For eleven-year-old Robin, the tangled patch of wasteland at the end of her cul-de-sac isn't wasted at all — it's a kingdom waiting to be defended. With her ragtag crew of friends known as The Hoods, she turns everyday obstacles into quests, ordinary neighbors into allies or rivals, and an ignored corner of suburbia into the center of the story. When real-world pressures threaten to pave over their patch of magic, Robin and her friends have to decide how far they'll go to protect the world they built together. Director Phil Hawkins keeps the tone light and inventive, treating a child's imagination as its own kind of special effect.
Cast & crew
Darcey Ewart leads as Robin, supported by a lively young ensemble including Bruno Edgington-Gibson, Gloria Ishikawa, and Dexter Sol Ansell as her fellow Hoods, while Naomie Harris, Gwendoline Christie, and Mark Williams bring recognizable adult faces to the surrounding world.
Context & significance
Coming out of the United Kingdom, Robin and the Hoods slots into a long tradition of British family films that find fantasy hiding in ordinary places — back gardens, empty lots, forgotten corners of town. Running 100 minutes, it is built for family viewing, pairing gentle adventure beats with humor pitched at both kids and the adults watching alongside them. The mix of adventure, family, and fantasy genres keeps the stakes appropriately playful even as the story asks real questions about friendship and belonging.
Where & how to watch
Robin and the Hoods is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, making it an easy pick for family movie nights in Farsi. The film's page is free to read for anyone; streaming the movie itself just requires logging into a K-Time account, with the platform built around a Farsi-first viewing experience for the diaspora.