A REPUBLIC OF BIRDS (Working Title) 2024; 4k film, 90 mins, colour, sound

A Republic of Birds is currently in production, an experimental nonfiction film that visually navigates the complex connections between place, language, environment, and contemporary lived life in Ireland, which it sees as an outpost of a resurgent indigenous European culture. Directed by Michael Holly and Mieke Vanmechelen, and featuring Siobhán de Poar and Diarmuid Lyng, the film is funded by the Arts Council.