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Stories from the Deep receives a rapturous response December 6, 2019

Ken O’Sullivan’s new book Stories from the Deep has been launched and is receiving a wonderful response from media reviewers and readers alike. “A beautifully written book; nostalgic, informative, exciting and lyrical.” Sue Leonard – Irish Independent book review “Soulful, absorbing and powerful” Diarmaid Ferriter – UCD Academic “Daring and bold, and with a sixth sense for wild spectacular beauty, Ken O’Sullivan has captured images and scenes which have in turn captivated audiences…” 4 Stars. Paddy Kehoe- RTÉ Culture Review…

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Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC selected for another international film festival September 30, 2019

Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC has been selected for another international film festival, this time the International Film Festival in the beautiful Cabo Verde islands, a place where I’ve spent much time trying to film humpback whales. Earlier this year Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC won the “Rob Stewart Award for Best Film – Ocean Conservation” at the WAIMEA Ocean film festival in Hawaii and then in April was a finalist and official selection at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, the…

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The Silver Branch tour – Full houses and high praise from media reviewers. October 4, 2018

After playing to audiences all over the world, The Silver Branch has come home to Ireland and begun a nationwide tour. We’ve received some high praise from media reviewers in recent days which have varied from praiseworthy to leaving us teary-eyed with the very high praise … míle buíochas. RTÉ Film review: THE SILVER BRANCH: absorbing and deserving of garlands “The Silver Branch is an absorbing, brilliant film that should be honoured everywhere prizes are given, for delving delicately and…

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The Silver Branch – Irish tour 2018 (New dates added) September 25, 2018

We are delighted and excited to announce our award winning Feature documentary The Silver Branch will go on tour around Ireland, starting with the Town Hall Theatre Galway on Oct 3rd 8pm and then a week at the Irish Film Institute from Oct. 5th, other venues below … we’d love to see you there, Q&As with director Katrina Costello after most screenings. Town Hall Theatre, Galway Wed Oct 3rd 8PM IFI, Dublin: Fri Oct 5th to Thursday 11th Moat Theatre,…

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The Silver Branch wins at HotDocs! July 23, 2018

The Silver Branch has won the International Spectrum Audience Award at Toronto’s HotDocs, North America’s largest documentary film festival. Here’s what HotDocs had to say: “Gorgeous and profound, The Silver Branch blew #HotDocs25 audiences away, leaving director Katrina Costello awash in extended standing ovations at all screenings…” Director Katrina Costello commented “Hot Docs was our World premiere; It was so gratifying to watch this international audience be carried away by the gentle rhythms of the film, Patrick’s poetry and the…

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DEEP ATLANTIC receives rapturous response after four year’s work. July 13, 2018

After four years’ work ‘Ireland’s DEEEP ATLANTIC’ was broadcast to what we can only describe as a rapturous response from Irish viewers … we are genuinely taken aback by the all the feedback and genuine emotion from people. https://twitter.com/search?q=%23irelandsdeepatlantic&src=typd We’re also very gratified to say that there are now SIX academic research papers coming out of animals / behaviour and habitats documented for the first time anywhere in the world, we couldn’t have achieved this without our partnership approach whereby…

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The Silver Branch nominated for Irish Film & TV Academy Awards – Best Feature Documentary February 7, 2018

The Silver Branch, Katrina Costello’s first feature documentary has been nominated for the Best Feature Documentary at the Irish Film & TV Academy 2018 awards. The Silver Branch is a philosophical vision-poem about one man’s journey through life which underpins a search to reconnect with nature and culture as primary sources from which we learn a deeper understanding of ourselves and our surroundings. ————————————————————————————————– An uplifting and emotional celebration of people and place, which captures the delicacy of the natural…

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The Silver Branch trailer November 8, 2017

Trailer for our creative feature-length documentary The Silver Branch. Renowned American poet David Whyte has described The Silver Branch as: “a remarkable film, the film makers have captured not only the heart and soul of a man but the spirit and the landscape and the soul of the powerful, ancient, and native inheritance of Ireland that stands behind him: a man fully in the land and of that land but a man also fully aware of the abstract powers and…

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Wonderful critical reviews of The Silver Branch August 3, 2017

Just delighted to see some wonderful reviews of documentary The Silver Branch. Donald Clarke, perhaps Ireland’s foremost film critic, writing in The Irish Times described the film as, “Breathtakingly lovely … Costello’s rich images offer elegant underscores to the subject’s pastoral verse.” While we received this beautiful personal feedback from none other than our own Brendan Gleeson, thank you so much sir!! “Film making as it should be in Ireland, finding the universal in the local – with a sure…

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The Silver Branch premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh July 12, 2017

Katrina Costello’s creative, feature-length documentary will premiere Friday July 14th at the Galway Film Fleadh. The film sold out in a few days, but we hope to have more Irish screenings, watch this space. The Silver Branch is a philosophical vision-poem on the life of 5th generation Burren farmer/poet Patrick McCormack. Though it is centred around one man’s life, it is a bitter-sweet end-of-era evocation, and finds the universal in the local while exploring much deeper themes: the relationship between…

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