Rockabill
Rockabill is a tiny island off the Dublin coast. No bigger than a football pitch, this extraordinary place is home to thousands of breeding seabirds. Most of the European population of the rare Roseate Tern breed on Rockabill thanks to a conservation project that began here 30 years ago. Every summer two wardens are entrusted by BirdWatch Ireland to live on Rockabill to monitor and protect these special seabirds. The wardens have replaced the lighthouse keepers of old as the only human residents on this isolated island. This documentary, written by Andrew Power, follows his experience with fellow-warden Brian Burke and the thousands of seabirds that make this island unique.
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Andrew PowerDirector
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Andrew PowerProducer
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Peter CutlerProducer
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Fearon CassidyProducer
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Andrew PowerWriter
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Peter CutlerEditor
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Project Type:Documentary
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Genres:Natural History, Wildlife
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Runtime:52 minutes 33 seconds
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Completion Date:May 22, 2019
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Country of Origin:Ireland
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Country of Filming:Ireland
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Language:English
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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
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Ireland Wildlife Film FestivalCork
Ireland
September 14, 2019
Official Selection -
Disappear Here Film FestivalDonegal
Ireland
September 29, 2019
Winner: Best Environmental Film -
Wildlife Conservation Film FestivalNew York
Ireland
October 24, 2019
Official Selection -
Elements International Environmental Film FestivalVancouver
Canada
(April 2020) -
Spotlight Documentary Film AwardsAtlanta, Georgia
United States
January 11, 2020
Gold Award
Andrew Power has a degree in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin and a Master of Research in Conservation Biology from the University of Nottingham. He is currently working towards his PhD in marine contaminants in sea bird eggs at the Marine and Freshwater Institute at GMIT. He is director, writer and second cinematographer at CrowCrag Productions. His extensive field experience working on wildlife research both locally and abroad (Egypt, Cape Verde, International waters Atlantic Ocean) has given him the opportunity to film projects in action in a wide variety of settings. Andrew is an expert in ornithology, specializing in cliff- and island-nesting seabirds, and in lepidopterology.