Fiadh à Fireach (The Hind)
Taking inspiration from Gaelic folklore and our changing relationship and attitudes to the landscape, this film was made for the Scottish Rewilding organisation Trees for Life. Designed using natural materials and inks made from plants and fungi native to the Scottish Highlands, it plays with the traditional Gaelic characters of the Fianna warriors, and what happens when a young girl from our world stumbles into theirs - the Otherworld - via a sìthean, a faerie hill.
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Helen Louise WoolstonDirectorTendrils, A Chronic Circus, Magic Potion
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John Francis QuirkDirectorCool Alphabet, Dogdogproblemdog
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Helen Louise WoolstonWriterTendrils, A Chronic Circus, Magic Potion
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John Francis QuirkWriterCool Alphabet, Dogdogproblemdog
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Ceit LanghorneWriter
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Sharyn EmslieProducer
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Bruno QuastSound
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Project Type:Animation, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 20 seconds
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Completion Date:January 3, 2023
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Production Budget:10,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English, Scottish Gaelic
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Helen Woolston and John Quirk met while studying and making animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Since then, they have enjoyed making puppets and holding workshops together. Fiadh à Fireach is the first animated film they have co-directed. It was so much fun to work as a team that they hope to do it again, and again. They created Studio Kompost in order to keep collaborating together and with other artists on projects and workshops which bring together creativity, nature and community. John is currently teaching animation in Boston, USA, and Helen is looking at ways to grow plants and learn about nature while continuing with animation projects and workshops in Scotland.