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Inspired by nature

Based in Lahinch on Ireland’s Atlantic seaboard we produce natural history, wildlife and creative documentaries.

We began in 2006, trying to tell stories of connection with the natural world and our cultural heritage in a creative, cinematic form.

Our work has always been conservation focussed, seeking to create awareness. In 2018 we donated our work to the education system in Ireland and our award winning series, ‘Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC’ now features on the secondary school curriculum, the first TV documentary to be used this way.

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Ireland’s Deep Atlantic

…the footage Ken and his crew get of the deep ocean and its inhabitants is extraordinary, up there with anything to be seen in The Blue Planet or any other outstanding nature documentaries, and O’Sullivan’s passion for his subject is both evident and admirable.

The Irish Independent

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The Silver Branch

Breathtakingly lovely. Costello’s rich images offer elegant underscores to the subject’s pastoral verse. The film does trust that we share its subject’s passion for nature, but it will win over even those agnostic about the philosophy.

The Irish Times

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Ireland’s Ocean

…stunning underwater series. It looks superb, with dreamy shots of astonishingly beautiful jellyfish, giant basking sharks and hundreds of dolphins.

The Irish Times

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Critically acclaimed

Captured the attention of the entire country last night with the first part of the eagerly-awaited documentary series, Ireland’s Deep Atlantic.

The Irish Independent

Stunning… dreamlike… fascinating four-part ocean wildlife series explores the spell-binding diversity of the marine life living around the Irish coast and asks some thought-provoking questions about the wildlife that share our waters.

The Irish Examiner

Film making as it should be in Ireland, finding the universal in the local – with a sure footedness that is most unusual, magical… a unique and an important cinematic gift.

Chris Baldwin, European Capital of Culture 2020

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DEEP ATLANTIC Wins 1st place at the 23rd International Underwater Film Festival February 11, 2020
DEEP ATLANTIC Wins 1st place at the 23rd International Underwater Film Festival
DEEP ATLANTIC has continues its run of film festival success. This time it won 1st place at the 23rd International Underwater Film Festival Belgrade in a hugely competitive filed of natural history films.
Stories from the Deep receives a rapturous response December 6, 2019
Stories from the Deep receives a rapturous response
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,...
 Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC selected for another international film festival September 30, 2019
Ireland’s DEEP ATLANTIC selected for another international film festival
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...
 The Silver Branch tour – Full houses and high praise from media reviewers. October 4, 2018
The Silver Branch tour - Full houses and high praise from media reviewers.
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...
 The Silver Branch – Irish tour 2018 (New dates added) September 25, 2018
The Silver Branch - Irish tour 2018 (New dates added)
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...
 The Silver Branch wins at HotDocs! July 23, 2018
The Silver Branch wins at HotDocs!
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...
 DEEP ATLANTIC receives rapturous response after four year’s work. July 13, 2018
DEEP ATLANTIC receives rapturous response after four year's work.
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...
 The Silver Branch nominated for Irish Film & TV Academy Awards – Best Feature Documentary February 7, 2018
The Silver Branch nominated for Irish Film & TV Academy Awards - Best Feature Documentary
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...
 The Silver Branch trailer November 8, 2017
The Silver Branch trailer
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...
 Wonderful critical reviews of The Silver Branch August 3, 2017
Wonderful critical reviews of The Silver Branch
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...

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