[1] Shepherd had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2021, and was released in the United Kingdom by Darkland Distribution on 26 November 2021.

Thinking he needs some space, Eric answers a newspaper ad for work as a shepherd on a remote island in the Scottish Highlands.

Eric and his Border Collie Baxter are then ferried to the island by the half-sighted Fisher, who hands him a journal to record his thoughts.

Eric soon finds a ring in a freshwater spring and, at the cottage, a shelf of journals identical to the one Fisher gave him.

On the phone, Fisher implies that Eric is fated to be there as penance, making him confess that Rachel’s death was due to his severe alcoholism.

Desperate to be saved, Eric uses the old key to the lighthouse and, after an arduous climb, turns on its light to Fisher’s dismay.

[1][2][3] Shepherd had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2021, and was released in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2021, by Darkland Distribution.