(An Cailleach Bhéarra)

Content: "The Cailleach was dependent on this one thing... every hundred years she must get back to the water and immerse herself so that she might become young again." This film is an interpretation of fragments of the ancient myth of the "cailleach", old hag, otherworld female, mother earth, sovereignty queen, or witch. Told using a large scale puppet and actors moving through real landscape.

Countries:

Ireland

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

8 minutes

Year:

2007

Directors:

Naomi Wilson

Production companies:

Metropolitan Filmexport,

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Actors:

Priest

Young Cailleach

Narrator

Crews:

Director

Writer

Producer

Editor

Props