Like a mouse (2022)

Michael Holly & Mieke Vanmechelen

In 2020, ecologist Dr. Rory Hodd co-published a paper detailing his discovery of a small population 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 Rhododendron ponticum that is threatening the futures of native woodlands across the British Isles.

Screenings include: Chicago Underground Film festival 2022, Clew Bay Film Festival 2022, Wild Mind Festival 2024