WHAT'S HAPPENING

Ceol na gCrann, The Music of the Trees, is a bi-lingual allegory with original soundtrack by local musician Marc Aubele, and uilleann piper Daire Murray. Shot in the woods at Ballythomas, it features the Giant Stag, an outdoor sculpture by Imogen Stafford, and props made by participants in the Ceardlanna na Lóchrann Draíochtacha/The Magical Lantern Making Workshops.

Life Under Lockdown is a series of videos made by people in and around Ballythomas, north Wexford. A few years ago, the Festival ran a two-month Mobile Device Filmmaking Workshop. Earlier this year, into the beginning of lockdown, we decided to put these skills to use. We commissioned a short film to be made by people at home. Ten people, young and old, from 13 to 60 plus, - secondary students, a pizza-serving publican, a local priest, among them, - recorded aspects of their daily lives in the new situation on their phones and laptops.