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