‘Notes From Sheepland’ is a new documentary film that follows the life of artist and shepherd Orla Barry.
From the Light House Cinema website: “Orla Barry is a self-confessed ovine addict. She is a decade in sheep, she’s still wondering what possessed her to start, but yet she wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Orla lived in Brussels for 16 years and now lives and works in South East Ireland, where she runs a flock of pedigree Lleyn sheep. Her work deals with the tensions of being an artist and an eco-farmer in rural Ireland. The Sheep have slowed her art career, but at the same, caring for them has hugely inspired it. She escapes the studio by going to the sheep, and escapes the sheep by hiding in her studio. NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND follows Orla, an outlier, as she floats between these worlds.”
‘Notes from Sheepland’ will open in the following cinemas:
• Irish Film Institute (IFI) in Dublin (Friday 26 July 6:30 PM) There will be a Q&A with director Cara Holmes and Orla Barry, hosted by Selina Guinness, after the 6:30 PM screening. –https://ifi.ie/film/notes-from-sheepland-2024/
• Light House Cinema in Dublin (26 July-1 August) –https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/notes-from-sheepland
• Pálás Cinema in Galway (27-28 July) – https://www.palas.ie/film/notes-from-sheepland
• QFT in Belfast (3-7 August) – https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Notes-from-Sheepland
•Triskel in Cork (from 28 – 31 July) – https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/notes-from-sheepland/
• Arc in Wexford one night only (Wednesday 31 July, 8:15 PM). Screening & Q&A with Orla Barry and director Cara Holmes, hosted by Wexford Arts Officer, Liz Burns. – https://wexford.arccinema.ie/event/90024
To watch the film’s official trailer, visit YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GbTa5_8M-Vg&feature=youtu.be
There is an interview with Orla Barry on RTE Radio 1 with Brendan O’Connor. Listen to it here – https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22416993/
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