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ABOUT

SILVERSTRAND PRODUCTIONS

Silverstrand Productions is a documentary, and experimental film and video production company.

Silverstrand was established in 2020 by filmmakers Kevin Brennan and Laurence Durkin (us). Kevin comes from an arts background: starting at out at the Slade School of Fine Art, and later the Royal Academy, in London. Laurence started out in documentary television, before moving to Prague to study at FAMU, the Czech and Slovak National Film School.

Silverstrand began as a vehicle for our documentary filmmaking collaborations. And in 2023 Silverstrand's first feature was released: TerraForma. The film was funded in its entirety by the Arts Council, and explored the 19th century 'terraforming' of Ascension Island, and its controversial legacy in 21st century geo-engineering and beyond.

We now have two further documentary/ experimental feature projects in production and development. The Undying, and Bloom.

Our films tend to focus on environmental narratives: stories that focus on natural landscapes, as well as the humans that occupy them. The point of making films this way is to show how these two stories are intertwined - to show how humans are shaped by, but also shape their natural environments – and vice versa

Our documentaries and video work has screened at festivals and galleries across Europe, North America and even further afield. We have also expanded into video content, while continuing our work in documentary and video art. 

Everything Silverstrand puts out is provocative, distinctive, and cinematic. We believe in marrying strong research and creative freedom: striving to create arresting and unconventional visual imagery while maintaining a richly cinematic feel. Similarly, when producing video content we strive to create images that make an instant impression on the viewer and capture the imagination. We're experienced directors and producers, but also camera people, and editors: all Silverstrand films are constructed from start to finish by Kevin and Laurence.

FILMS

2024

The Undying [in production]

2024

Bloom [in development]

2018

Checked Out

2023

TerraForma

2022

Undertow

2021

Erangal

2019

Dotek [Touch]

2018

Sp1ra

SELECTED SCREENINGS

2024

ARCHFILM, Skissernas Museum, Lund

2024

PARISCIENCE, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris (in competition)

2024

Le Mazette, Paris

2024

FMD, Cairo

2024

SILBERSALZ, Halle (in competition)

2024

Architecture & Design Film Festival: New Zealand

2024

Galway Film Fleadh, Galway

2024

DocVille, Leuven (nominated: best science documentary)

2024

Transmediale, HKW, Berlin

2024

The Royal Academy, London

2024

BelDocs, Belgrade

2024

AFO, Olomouc (nominated:  best international film)

2023

SHAPESHIFT, Sofia

2023

Architecture & Design Film Festival: New York City, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago

2023

Science New Wave Film Festival, New York City

2023

NYCxDESIGN, Samsung 837, New York City

2023

SunChild Environmental Film Festival, Yerevan

2022

Galway Film Fleadh

2022

London Short Film Festival

2022

Catalyst International Film Festival, Limerick

2022

Liberation Docfest Bangladesh, Dhaka

2022

Chroma International Film Festival, Dublin

2020

Spirit Shop, Lisbon

2019

AHMD x Hoi Polloi

2019

Sunday Shorts Prague

2019

Murmurations, Candid Art Trust, London

2018

SET, Mason's Yard, London

2018

Drop Everything, Inis Oírr

2018

Coded Encounters, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon

2018

Radiant Love, Berlin

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