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Heritage, ecology and place

Landscape, memory and practical knowledge.

Commissioned films that connect specialist knowledge with the places, materials and communities that hold it.

Community kick-sampling participants gathered beside a wooded river in the Nore catchment

Old Mill Pictures

We work with heritage officers, local authorities, architects, artists, farmers and environmental projects to make specialist subjects understandable without flattening their detail.

Each film is shaped around its knowledge holders and intended public audience, moving between landscape, built fabric, expert testimony, craft and close physical evidence.

Selected work

Selected heritage, ecology and place films.

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Shane Hatton, Old Mill Pictures, has produced a number of short films for the Heritage Office of Kilkenny County Council. We were delighted with the results. Shane is very professional, accommodating and a pleasure to work with.
Dearbhala LedwidgeHeritage Officer · Kilkenny County Council

Production

Work carried through from start to finish.

Research-led filming

Planning and filming with historians, architects, environmental specialists, artists and people carrying local knowledge.

Sense of place

Aerial orientation, landscape, architecture and close material detail used together to make place part of the story.

Public interpretation

Complex heritage, ecology and conservation work shaped into clear films for public audiences, project partners and funders.

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Commissioning a film about heritage, ecology or place?

Talk to us about the specialist knowledge, community and landscape the film needs to bring together for its audience.