Four films and a series of vignettes (2002-2025) playfully explore the world of folktale and magical thinking. Embedded in the landscape of West Clare, the films are situated at the westernmost edge of Europe and also the edge of folk memory.

Drawings in sand and puppets on cliffs combine with soundscapes and music by artist/musician Brian Doyle, creating work with a unique mesmeric quality. Images flicker, fragile and transient, scratchy and aged, an emissary from another era.

Rehy Fox, 2002, 7 mins
Among Strangers, 2005, 11 mins
An Cailleach Bhéarra, 2007, 8 mins
Ossian & the Hare, 2015, 18 mins
Series of Vignettes, 2025, 9 mins

This programme will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Naomi Wilson, hosted by Alice Butler (aemi).

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn