Notes from Sheepland
Year: 2023Certificate: 15
- Director:
- Cara Holmes
- Running Time:
- 71 mins
- Language:
- English
- English Subtitles:
- Na
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Genre(s):
- Documentary, F-Rated
- Formats:
Available to screen from 01/02/25.
Multidisciplinary artist Orla Barry moved to South East Ireland where she runs a flock of pedigree Lleyn sheep, having lived for 16 years in Brussels. 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, escapes the sheep by hiding in her studio. NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND follows Orla, an outlier, as she floats between these worlds. It reflects upon the primal, poetic and unpredictable bond she has with the natural world.