Notes from Sheepland

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Notes from Sheepland

2023

1h 10m

Documentary

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Orla's preparation for a breeding competition and her struggle to reconcile her creative exuberance with her daily rural responsibilities.

Donald Clarke

Irish Times

07/27/2024

4/5

To say the film combines multimedia expression with meditations on the morality of agriculture would be to mislead as to the sheer fun to be had.

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Justine Elias

The Arts Desk

09/20/2024

4/5

Notes From Sheepland weaves together two tales -- the connection between people and animals, and our casual heartlessness toward them, and a struggle to make sense of it.

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June Butler

Film Ireland Magazine

08/07/2024

One of the most mesmerising pieces of film I have seen in some time. It is beyond that –Barry is a magician. A teller of tales. A weaver of folklore. And in observing her creative genius, Director Cara Holmes has fashioned a completely spellbinding story.

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Hilary A White

Irish Independent

07/25/2024

5/5

A strange and playful treatment of a way of life ubiquitous in this country.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

06/27/2023

4.5/5

There’s an organic quality to it, like something knitted together intentionally yet with varicoloured wool so that the eventual outcome could not be fully anticipated.

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Allan Hunter

Screen International

03/01/2023

Notes From Sheepland captures a potent sense of the backbreaking work and the rewards that come from raising a flock in all weathers.

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Synopsis

Orla's preparation for a breeding competition and her struggle to reconcile her creative exuberance with her daily rural responsibilities.

Director: Cara Holmes
Producer: Aideen O'Sullivan
Screenwriter: Orla Barry
Production Co: New Decade TV
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 10m