28th Chicago Underground Film Festival

SHORTS 3: LETTERS FROM NOT-SO-FAR-OFF COUNTRIES

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In 2020, ecologist Dr. Rory Hodd co-published a paper detailing his discovery of a small cluster of the tiny fern, Stenogrammitis myosuroides in a remote area of Killarney National Park in the southwest of Ireland. This was the first time that this species of fern had been detected in Europe–some of the only other known locations that this little plant can be found are in neo-tropical cloud forests of Jamaica and Cuba. Beginning with Dr. Hodd’s remarkable discovery, 'Like a Mouse' takes a position of observation of the interactions that people have with the ecology of this natural area, against the backdrop of the relentless invasion of a hybrid species of Rhododendron ponticum that is threatening the futures of native woodlands across the British Isles.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Ireland
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Filmmaker
    Michael Holly, Mieke Vanmechelen
  • Cast
    Rory Hodd