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A Different View

Isabel, a wildlife photographer who tracks big cats in Namibia, returns home to Ireland’s Reeks District to set herself a camera challenge. Teaming up with an outdoor guide and a botanist, she sets out into the Irish wilderness in search of images that will inspire people to experience a different view of the natural world and our role in its conservation.

Isabel hikes with outdoor guide Brian into the mountains between Carrauntoohil and the sea in search of the perfect location in the Dark Sky Reserve for a photograph that will capture the landscape at night. Alongside botanist Jasmine, Isabel explores the ecosystem of Caragh Lake by kayak before venturing into the old-growth forestry of Lickeen Wood. Along the way, she takes detailed, close photos of plants that will help Jasmine identify rare species.

Inspired by Brian’s stories of stand-up paddleboarding under the stars, Isabel recruits him to help out as she plans her final night-lapse image. With photographs that show the small details of the plant world and others that remind us of our home’s place in the universe, Isabel hopes her photographs will inspire people to reimagine their relationship with nature.

  • Matt Sclarandis
    Director
    Pathmasiri, The Sky Was Grey, Fine Line
  • Marcella O'Connor
    Director
    Brightness of Brightness (2023), James Joyce: Framed in Cork (2020) and The Lament for Art O’Leary (2019)
  • Nina Nogulic
    Producer
  • Matt Sclarandis
    Writer
  • Marcella O'Connor
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 6, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Matt Sclarandis, Marcella O'Connor

Matt Sclarandis is a photographer and documentarian whose work has featured in Vice, Elle and Vanity Fair. He co founded the Tae Brothers, film initiative which aimed to make documentaries about marginalised remote communities and in return donated back the funds from screenings to the people who’s stories were told.
His love of mountaineering, trekking and nature exploration inspired his latest project and he is currently enroute on an overland journey from Turin to Singapore, following in the footsteps of his father, National Geographic photographer Piergiorgio Sclarandis, who made a similar journey on a Vespa in his youth.

Marcella O’Connor is a documentary filmmaker based in Kerry. Her film, The Lament for Art O’Leary (2019) won Best Documentary at the 2020 Film and Video Symposium in Los Angeles. In 2022, she took up an appointment as Filmmaker in Residence with Kerry County Council.

Matt, Marcella and Nina initially came together on a photoshoot of the Reeks District sustainable tourism initiative. Fascinated by the natural wonders and the vibrant local community that enveloped Carrauntoohil, Ireland's tallest mountain, they reunited to shoot a series of short documentaries to serve as a way of telling the captivating narratives of the area.

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