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Notes from Sheepland

Name: Notes from Sheepland
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-07-26
Rating: 8

Documentary1h 11m

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Tomatometer

8.0

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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DirectorCara Holmes

ReleasedJul 26, 2024

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$100K

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide12AGB

Studios

Eclipse Pictures

New Decade TV and Film

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

Donald Clarke

RTIrish TimesJul 27, 2024

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.

Justine Elias

RTThe Arts DeskSep 20, 2024

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.

June Butler

RTFilm Ireland MagazineAug 7, 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.

Hilary A White

RTIrish IndependentJul 25, 2024

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