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Landscapes of Shame

Oliver Cromwell death mask: The death mask of Oliver Cromwell, from the British Museum collection, displayed in a rectangular wooden case.
Wolf: A live wolf filmed for Landscapes of Shame faces the camera against a dark background, its head and upper body illuminated by warm amber and blue light.
Wolf jawbone: Patrick Hough’s father, Michael Hough, holds a wolf jawbone with several teeth intact, filmed outdoors in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Ireland.
Patrick Hough as a child: Close-up of Patrick Hough as a child, looking directly into the camera with his mouth open and red pigment smeared across his face.

Synopsis

Filmmaker Patrick Hough journeys through the haunted landscapes of Ireland, where colonial violence, ecological loss and queer desire remain inscribed in the land. Moving between forests, mountains, archives and cruising grounds, the film traces the extinction of the Irish grey wolf alongside the cultural suppression that followed Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Fragments of history surface through objects and places: a death mask of Oliver Cromwell, medieval myths of werewolves, maps drawn to measure and divide conquered territory, and landscapes where wolves were once hunted to disappearance. These materials are interwoven with contemporary nocturnal scenes of queer gathering and protest, where shame gives way to transformation, pleasure and resistance. Blending essay film, documentary and poetic fiction, LANDSCAPES OF SHAME asks how violence survives in landscapes, language and bodies - and what forms of wildness still remain.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026
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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
28 min 51 sec
Format
16mm and VHS-C, colour, sound
Director
Patrick Hough
Producer
Tracy Bass
Editor
Patrick Hough
Screenwriter
Patrick Hough
Director of Photography
Patrick Hough - Wolf Sequence by JP Quill
Sound
Sound design see below
Composer
Daniel Goddard
Sound Design and Music
Daniel Goddard
Vocals
Nancy Goddard
Colour Grade
Juliette Wileman
Post Services
Studio RM

Genre

Art / Artists Biography Climate / Environment Experimental History

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Croghan Pictures Limited

Patrick Hough
117 Cordelia Street, London, E14 6ED

SUPPORTED BY The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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