Bernera Community Hall

Book Tickets

The Bernera Community Hall is managed by an enthusiastic local committee. The museum inside is full of interesting information about Great Bernera. Drinks and snacks will be available prior to screenings should the café be closed. Tea/coffee/juices and snacks.

Address: Bernera Community Centre Breacleate Great Bernera Isle of Lewis HS2 9JG

Tel: 01851 612441

Lowland Kids

Documentary Country of Origin: United States Year Released: 2019 Run time: 22min Language: English Director: Sandra Winther Classification: U Description: As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 11am (accompanying Emocean feature). Berneray Community Hall, North Uist: Monday the 19th of July at 2pm (accompanying The Fight for Greenland feature).

Monday, July 19th 2021 - 14:00

The Owl and the Pussycat

Animation Country of Origin: United Kingdom Year Released: 2020 Run time: 4min Director: Mole Hill Classification: U Description: The Owl and the Pussycat set sail with their few precious possessions on a journey in which they learn nothing and lose everything except each other. This 4 minute film by Mole Hill has been made using an innovative ‘waximation’ technique to mark the 150th anniversary of Edward Lear’s evergreen nonsense poem. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 11am (accompanying The Call of the Wild feature). An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 2pm (accompanying Away feature). Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (OUTDOOR SCREENING): Tuesday the 20th of July at 10:30am (accompanying 100% Wolf feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 2pm (accompanying Away feature). Berneray Community Hall, North Uist: Monday the 19th of July at 8pm (accompanying Aquarela feature). Stoneybridge Hall, South Uist: Wednesday the 21st of July at 2pm (accompanying Maya the Bee feature). Northbay Hall, Barra: Saturday the 24th of July at 2pm (accompanying Backyward Wilderness feature).

Monday, July 19th 2021 - 20:00

Whale Wisdom

Documentary Country of Origin: United States & Austria, Documentary Year Released: 2018 Run time: 50min Language: English Director: Rick Rosenthal Description: Whales have long been a profound mystery to us. They live in a world so removed from our own that we can barely imagine their lives. Their environment is different, their senses are different, their relationships are different. What goes on inside those vast heads? How might such almost alien creatures see the world? How might they think? New science is beginning to give us some answers. Marine biologist and filmmaker Rick Rosenthal is on a journey to explore these insights, measuring the latest science against his own observations and long-held beliefs – and just maybe, getting a glimpse of the world as it must seem to these ocean giants. Captured on camera for the first time in ‘Whale Wisdom’, Rick films the astonishing behaviour of a humpback whale which, time and again, manages to outwit humans in order to get what she wants – their fish. She brilliantly thwarts each attempt by the managers of a salmon hatchery to keep her away. Her coup de grace – slipping in and out unseen into an enclosure barely bigger than herself. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 2pm. Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (outdoor screening): Tuesday the 20th of July at 5pm. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 10am. Carinish Village Hall, North Uist: Friday the 23rd of July at 5:30pm. Castlebay Community Hall, Barra: Friday the 23rd of July at 11am.

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 10:00

Nevertown

Documentary Country of Origin: Australia Year Released: 2020 Run Time: 39min Language: English Director: Andrew Buckley Classification: 12 Description: Part surf film, part conservation film, Never Town takes a journey along some wild coastlines and talks with the people fighting to keep them wild. Filmed along the Southern Ocean coasts of Australia, it’s an exploration of what these places mean to surfers... and what surfers are willing to do to save them. Never Town features the surfing of Dave Rastovich, Dan Ross, Belinda Baggs and Heath Joske, set alongside conversations with coastal activists who are standing up against deepwater oil drilling and industrial fish farms. With coastlines around the world under pressure like never before from growing populations, rampant development and exploitation from resource companies, Never Town is a rallying call for surfers and local communities to stand together to protect the wild spaces around them. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 5pm. Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (Outdoor Screening): Tuesday the 20th of July at 5pm. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 10am. Kinloch Community Hub, Isle of Lewis: Wednesday the 21stof July at 5pm. Carinish Village Hall, North Uist: Friday the 23rd of July at 5:30pm. Castlebay Community Hall, Barra: Friday the 23rd of July at 11am.

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 10:00

The Owl and the Pussycat

Animation Country of Origin: United Kingdom Year Released: 2020 Run time: 4min Director: Mole Hill Classification: U Description: The Owl and the Pussycat set sail with their few precious possessions on a journey in which they learn nothing and lose everything except each other. This 4 minute film by Mole Hill has been made using an innovative ‘waximation’ technique to mark the 150th anniversary of Edward Lear’s evergreen nonsense poem. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 11am (accompanying The Call of the Wild feature). An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 2pm (accompanying Away feature). Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (OUTDOOR SCREENING): Tuesday the 20th of July at 10:30am (accompanying 100% Wolf feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 2pm (accompanying Away feature). Berneray Community Hall, North Uist: Monday the 19th of July at 8pm (accompanying Aquarela feature). Stoneybridge Hall, South Uist: Wednesday the 21st of July at 2pm (accompanying Maya the Bee feature). Castlebay Community Hall, Barra: Saturday the 24th of July at 2pm (accompanying Backyward Wilderness feature).

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 14:00

Away

Childrens' Feature Year Released: 2019 Run time: 1hr 15min Director: Gints Zilbalodis Classification: U Description: A boy and a little bird are on a journey across a strange island trying to get back home. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 2pm. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 2pm. Carinish Village Hall, North Uist: Friday the 23rd of July at 2pm.

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 14:00

Haida Modern

Documentary This is a UK Premiere Country of Origin: Canada Year Released: 2019 Run Time: 1h 25min Language: English Director: Charles Wilkinson Classification: 12A (HIFF) Featuring: Robert Davidson, Ben Davidson & Reg Davidson. Description: In the 50 years since he carved out his first totem pole, and saw it raised on Haida Gwaii, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. And yet, in the insightful interviews captured here, he retains a remarkably soft-spoken manner and a charming humility that belies what an influential figure he’s become in both the realms of art and activism. In listening to his sage words and admiring his sublime handiwork, we come to understand how widespread appreciation of his art has stoked interest in the 14,000-year-old culture that spawned it and motivated non-Indigenous Canadians to support First Nations activists intent on defending their heritage and the land they hold sacred. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 2pm. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 5:30pm. Carinish Village Hall, North Uist: Thursday the 22nd of July at 2pm.

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 17:30

The Coin

Animation Country of Origin: United States & China Year Released: 2019 Run time: 6min 40secs Language: Chinese Mandarin with English subtitles. Director: Siqi Song Classification: U Description: A young woman loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her life in a new country begins with a search to find the coin. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 2pm (accompanying Haida Modern feature). An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Wednesday the 21st of July at 7:30pm (accompanying Horse Thieves: Roads of Time feature). Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (Outdoor Screening): Monday the 19th of July at 2pm (accompanying Okavango feature). Kinloch Community Hub, Isle of Lewis: Wednesday the 21st of July at 2pm (accompanying Backyard Wilderness feature). Grinneabhat Community Room, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 10am (accompanying Backyard Wilderness feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 5:30pm (accompanying Haida Modern feature). Carinish Village Hall, North Uist: Thursday the 22nd of July at 2pm (accompanying Haida Modern feature). Stoneybridge Hall, South Uist: Tuesday the 20th of July at 2pm (accompanying Backyard Wilderness feature).

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 17:30

The Horse Thieves - Roads of Time

Drama Country of Origin: Japan and Kazakhstan Year Released: 2019 Run time: 1hr 24min Language: Russian and Kazakh with English subtitles Director: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov and Lisa Takeba Classification: 12A (HIFF) Description: 12-year-old Olzhas is the eldest son of a family who live in the foothills of Tian Shan, the large span of mountain ranges that cross central Asia. The family’s close-knit life is interrupted when a gang of horse thieves kill Olzhas’ father and steal the herd of horses that belonged to the village. To compensate the debts, the family is forced to sell the house and move away. Olzhas’ desperate mother asks a man, for help. Olzhas and the man form a fast connection and, while teaching the boy to ride horses, the pair find themselves face to face with the thieves. In the beautiful countryside of Kazakhstan, the film portrays little Olzhas growing from childhood to adolescence through the time he spends with the man on the road. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Wednesday 21st of July at 7:30pm. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 8pm.

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 20:00

The Elvermen

Documentary Country of Origin: United Kingdom Year Released: 2021 Run time: 14min Language: English Director: Isle Badenoch Classification: U Description: As the sun sets on the banks of the River Severn on the outskirts of an impoverished city in the UK, a group of men gather in a race to catch a vanishing creature, the elusive elver. THE ELVERMEN is an atmospheric short film shot over a moonlit night that reveals the last of a hidden community hunting an endangered fish. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 2pm (accompanying Whale Wisdom feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 8pm (accompanying Horse Thieves: Roads of Time feature). Berneray Community Hall, North Uist: Monday the 19th of July at 11am (accompanying Manry at Sea feature). Castlebay Community Hall, Barra: Saturday the 24th of July at 5:30pm (accompanying Ice on Fire feature).

Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 20:00

The Shepherdess

Documentary Country of Origin: United States Year Released: 2019 Run time: 6min Language: English Director: Katie Falkenberg Classification: U Description: A Navajo shepherdess perseveres despite extreme drought in this tone poem about a rapidly vanishing way of life. “We didn’t even go up the mountain because there’s no water,” she recounts. “Hardships are just lessons and challenges in life and you just can’t dwell on it, you have to live through it.” Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 21st of July at 11am (accompanying Acasia: My Home feature) An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 11am (accompanying Losing Alaska feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 10am (accompanying Losing Alaska feature). Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (OUTDOOR SCREENING): Tuesday the 20th of July at 7:30pm (accompanying Rams feature).

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 10:00

Losing Alaska

Documentary Country of Origin: Ireland and United States Year Released: 2018 Run time: 1hr 23min Language: English Director: Tom Burke Description: Sitting atop a melting permafrost, battered by coastal erosion and aggressive summer melt waters, Newtok, Alaska is set to be the first American town lost to climate change. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 11am. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 10am.

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 10:00

100% Wolf

Childrens' Feature Year Released: 2020 Run time: 1hr 36min Language: English Director: Alexs Stadermann Classification: PG Featuring: Loren Gray, Adriane Daff & Jane Lynch. Description: 100% Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Positive he'll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock when his first "warfing" goes awry, turning him into a ferocious - poodle. Screenings: Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (OUTDOOR SCREENING): Tuesday the 20th of July at 10:30am. Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 2pm.

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 14:00

Danni the Champion

Drama Country of Origin: Scotland Year Released: 2020 Run time: 9min Language: Gaidhlig with English subtitles Director: Laura Cameron-Lewis Classification: 12A Description: Young Danni isn’t like the other girls in town. She’d rather be watching drag races down at the airport or tearing about behind the wheel of her brother’s car, Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes blasting on the stereo. Bored of her life on the island and stifled by her passive-aggressive parents, she dreams of hitting the road and showing everyone what she can do. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Wednesday the 21st of July at 5pm (accompanying The Fight for Greenland feature). Grinneabhat Community Room, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 7pm (accompanying Dark Waters feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 5:30pm (accompanying Tiempo de Iluvia feature).

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 17:30

Tiempo de lluvia / In times of Rain

Drama Year Released: 2018 Run time: 1hr 29min Director: Itandehui Jansen Classification: TBC Featuring: Harold Torres, Noé Hernández & Ángeles Cruz. Description: Soledad, a traditional healer, lives with her grandson Jose in an Indigenous Village. Soledad's daughter, Adela, moved to Mexico City many years ago and now wants Jose to join her, but Soledad believes the boy is better off in the village. Screenings: Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 5:30pm.

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 17:30

Nomadland

Drama Feature Country of Origin: United States Year Released: 2020 Run time: 1hr 47min Language: English Director: Chloe Zhao Classification: 12A Featuring: Francis McDormand & David Strathairn Description: A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 7:30pm. Bernera Community Hall, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 8pm. Talla Na Mara, Isle of Harris: Tuesday the 20th of July at 7pm. Stoneybridge Hall, South Uist: Tuesday the 20th of July at 7:30pm.

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 20:00

I Am Fragile

Documentary Country of Origin: West Greenland Year Released: 2018 Run time: 3min Language: English Director: Florian Ledoux Classification: U Description: From West Greenland, professional photographer Florian Ledoux sailed 6000km over the course of eight weeks to Nunavut to explore and document the Arctic Wildlife on Devon Island, Bylot Island, Baffin Island, Somerset Island, and the large Lancaster Sound, with a purpose to witness, document and protect. Screenings: An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Tuesday the 20th of July at 7:30pm (accompanying Ice On Fire feature). An Lanntair Arts Centre, Isle of Lewis: Friday the 23rd of July at 11am (accompanying Fire Will Come feature). Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Isle of Lewis (OUTDOOR SCREENING): Tuesday the 20th of July at 2pm (accompanying Iorram feature). Kinloch Community Hub, Isle of Lewis: Thursday the 22nd of July at 5pm (accompanying Honeyland feature). Bernera Community Centre, Isle of Lewis: Saturday the 24th of July at 8pm (accompanying Nomadland feature).

Saturday, July 24th 2021 - 20:00

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