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Tony Donoghue moved into filmmaking after working as a biologist at the Ecological Parks Trust and the Natural History Museum in London, England. He now uses film and animation to explore rural traditions. Tony is a champion of the study, appreciation and retention of everyday items in rural Ireland. He has curated exhibitions at the Ploughing Championship, the RDS, the ARK (Children's Cultural Centre and his local national school. His 2008 animated documentary ‘A Film From My Parish - 6 Farms’ played at over 100 film festivals in 40 countries and is still used in schools in France. His 2012 short film ‘Irish Folk Furniture’ has played at 280 film festivals in 80 countries (RTÉ news segment on the film)). A link to the film is here: https://shorts.screenireland.ie/films/irish-folk-furniture Tony’s approach to filmmaking holds sustainability at its core: minimum intervention and disturbance are central, images are captured using natural light on still cameras, and much of the filming is carried out within a few miles’ radius of Tony’s home in Tipperary. A remarkable element of the filmmaking is Tony’s ability to amplify the character of ordinary objects, bringing ‘ordinary things’, and the skills, memories and meanings embodied in them, to life on screen.