A Shooting on Brandon

2025 · 120 min · Documentary

Featuring Brandon Hill, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Elevation: 515 meters, the highest point in Co. Kilkenny, situated near the River Barrow and the town of Graiguenamanagh. Composed of granite from the Leinster Granite Batholith, formed during the late Carboniferous period, approximately 300 million years ago. A personal multi-layered essay film that positions Kilkenny's highest peak, Brandon Hill, as the main protagonist. Through various alternative documentary methods, home movies and re-enactments the film explores the past and present mutual effects between a geographical location and its people.

Director: Michael Higgins
Writers: Michael Higgins, Suzanne Walsh
Released: September 14, 2025
Language: English

Cast

Robin Jude Fitzgerald
Narrator (A Giant Story)
Ru Fitzgerald
Narrator (A Giant Story)
Richard Kane
James Freney
John Patrick Kavanagh
Freney's Mule/Farmer
Cillian Roche
Brandon the Giant
John Morton
Gamekeeper
Shane O'Keeffe
Poacher
Ciaran Dunphy
Poacher

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