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Knitting at the movies: One Monday a month to the movies with knitting. NOTES FROM SHEEPLAND (Ireland 2023). Documentary film by Cara Holmes about the artist and sheep farmer Orla Barry. In cooperation with @fhainstrick and Irish Film Institute.

Orla Barry is a hard-working, lipstick-wearing sheep farmer in rural Wexford. She is also a visual artist, renowned for her video and sound art. She strides confidently from art seminars to the Tullamore Show, lambing in April and shearing in June, working tirelessly to make a living from eco-farming in the face of global demand for faster, cheaper meats and wools. But while tied to the demands of the ovine calendar she must make time to let her creativity flow.

Cara Holmes's delightful feature debut is filled with wit and whimsy, with lush landscapes, surprising choral interventions, Barry's art, and soothing images of handsome sheep. It is a joyous portrait of one artist by another and a celebration of feminism, independence, and a love of the environment.

Director: Cara Holmes; screenplay: Orla Barry; cinematography: Luca Truffarelli; editing: Mick Mahon, Cara Holmes; music: Verity Susman, Matthew Simms; producers: Cara Holmes, Aideen O'Sullivan, Nuala Cunningham. Irish location: Seafield, Co. Wexford

Note: We are showing the original English version with German subtitles. There is no German version.

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