Documentary Features 2025

 

Talk About Lonely

Bruidhinn air Aonranachd Stiùiriche: Teàrlach Wilkinson, 2025, Canada, Uair 25mion Cànan :Beurla HIFF : 12 Rinn an riochdaire Tearlach Wilkinson agus ansgioba seo filmichean mar: Oil Sands Karaoke agus Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World.Tha iad a-nis a’ cuimseachadh air rud a thatoirt buaidh air ceathrad sa chiad den t-shluagh an saoghal-sìor aonaranachd. Tha anaithris seoBruidhinn air Aonranachd a’ coimhead air eachdraidh, buaidh eacanomaigeach, buaidh poilitigs agus na h-adhbharan pearsanta a tha air cùl an gnè rud atha neo-shòisealta, sgapte agus bitheanta. Chuala sinn an rabhadh: tha aonranachd nasmiosa do ar slàinte na bhith smocadh 15 toit san latha. Tha na h-àireamhan do-chreidsinneach: tha na billeanan ga chosg aircùram slàinte co cheangailte ri aonaranachd. Talk about Lonely Dir: Charles Wilkinson, 2025,Canada, 1hr 25min Language :English HIFF : 12 Charles Wilkinson and the team that produced films like Oil Sands Karaoke and Haida Gwaii: On The Edge Of The World have turned their attention to an issue over forty percent of the population experiences-chronic loneliness. Their latest feature documentary Talk About Lonely examines the historical, economic, political and personal causes of this widespread social phenomenon. Most of us are by now familiar with the warnings; loneliness is worse for our health that smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The statistics supporting that are astonishing; billions of dollars are spent in related health care.

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Sau (woolly)

Sau (Woolly) Stiùiriche:Rebekka Nystabakk 2024 Niorrabhaigh,Uair 23mion Cànan Niorraibhis le fo thiotalan Beurla HIFF: 12A Tha ginealach eile a’ gabhail a-null tuathanas athar ga thoirt dha nighean. Film mu traidiseanan, fhios a bhith aig duine cuine a dh’fheumas gluasad air adhart, dìleab a thoirt seachad, agus ceistean mòr na beatha. Tha athar Rakelair a bhith na thuathanach 40 bliadhna,tha fhios aige dè tha roimhpe:bliadhnaichean nuair nach tig earrach, samhraidhean a chall tòrr bheathaichean, foghair bhochd agus caoraich ma sgaoil.The earrainn den achadh fheòir ro chas airson tractairean. Canaidh gu leòr gum buinn an tuathanas anns na laithichean a dh’ falbh. Ach tha Rakel cinnteach gur e seo an t-slighe air adhart. "Tha fhios agam mar agheibh mi biadh bhon talamh a tha timcheall orm. Cha bhi sin a chaoidh seann-fhasanta" Sau (Woolly) Dir:Rebekka Nystabakk 2024 Norway,1hr 23min Language: Norwegian with English Subtitles HIFF: 12A A small farm is about to change hands into a newgeneration, from father to daughter. A film about traditions, knowing when it's time to go on, to inherit, and other of life's big questions. Rakel’s father, a farmer for 40 years, knows what lies ahead: years when spring never arrives, summers of significant losses, poor harvests, and sheep on the run. Parts of the hayfield are too steep for tractors. Many would probably claim that this homestead belongs to a bygone time. But Rakel is convinced this is the future: "I know how to make food by using the resources I have around me. That will never be old fashioned."

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Haervejen (The Ox Raod)

Haevejen (Slighe nan Daimh) Stiùiriche:Jesper Heine Grand,2025 Danmhairg, Uair 30 mion Cànan:Danmhairgis le fo thiotalan Beurla. HIFF:12 Tha dithis fhir a’ dol air turas dana bho Jutland a Tuath gu Eaglais Kliplevair seann chrìochan Jutland a Deas. Buinidh fear aca dhan Teaghlach Rìoghail agus cha robh mòran a-riamh aig am fear eile. The an eadar-dhealachadh nam beatha gu math follaiseach. An cois Prionnsa Joachimtha ùghdar a thèid gu math dana, an neach-tòiseachaidh Steffen Jacobsen. Air an seann slige tron Danmhairg, tha na còmhraidhean mu oighreachd shòisealta, uallach agus na rudan a tha an dàn. A dh’aindeoin nach eilcoltas aig aon bheatha ris a’ bheatha eile, le gach ceum tha iad a’ tighinn nas fhaisg air na eadar-dhealachaidhean sin a chur air an cùlaibh. Coiseachd tro bhòidhchead Jutland–eadar cladach gu muir gu rannach gu coille–tha iad air turas ag ionnsachadh mu eachdraidh na Danmhairg agus a chèile. Haevejen (The Ox Road) Dir:Jesper Heine Grand,2025 Denmark, 1hr 30min, Language Danish with English Subtitles. HIFF:12 The two men embark on an adventure from North Jutland down to Kliplev Church north of the oldborder of Southern Jutland. One was born royal, the other grew up at the bottom of society. The class differences are palpable when Prince Joachim is accompanied by the outspoken author and trailblazer Steffen Jacobsen. Along the scenic old road through Denmark, honest conversations about social inheritance, responsibility and the threads of destiny emerge. The distance between them seems great, but with each step they get a little closer to erasing the differences between them. The walk through the breathtaking landscape of Jutland–from coast and sea to heath and forest–becomes a journey towards an understanding of both Danish history and each other.

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All The Mountains Give

Bheir na Beanntan Uile Stiùiriche Arash Rakhsha, 2024, Iran, Uair 31mion Cànan: Kurdish le fo thiotalan Beurla. HIFF:12A Cunntas cumhachdach de mhalairt falaichte Na Kolbari, eadar bailtean mòra na Kurdish, bailtean Iran agus crìochan Iraq. Tha am film a’ leantainn Hamid agus Yasser thar sia bliadhnaichean, a measg suidheachaidhean far a bheil iad fhèin agusan teaghlach ann an cunnart am beatha gach latha. Chan ann tric a chithear àmhghar na Kurdaich, seo dealbh grinn de dhaoine a tha air an iomall, far a bheil meatraigeadh agus cunnart aon coltach ri beatha sèimh nan teaghlaichean a-staigh. All the Mountains Give Dir Arash Rakhsha, 2024, Iran, 1hr 31min Language : Kurdish with English Subtitles. HIFF Classification: 12A A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods trade between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and Yasser over six years as they contend with the life threatening conditions they and their families have to face to survive. A rare insight into the plight of the Kurdish people, this is an elegant portrait of a marginalised people, where the palpable sense of risk and danger is contrasted with the gentle rhythms of family life under harsh conditions.

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Blue Whales - The Return of the Giants

Mucan-Mara Ghorma – Na Brùidean A’ Tilleadh Stiùiriche Uisdean Pearson 2023 Stàitean Aonaichte, 44mion Cànan: Beurla.HIFF: PG Tha Na Mucan-Mara Ghorm–Na brùidean a’ tilleadha toirt luchd-amhairc airturas do shaoghal an gnè beathach seo, gnè a chaidh faisg air a dhol à bith. A’leantainn dà thuras mara saidheans-a chiad fhear taobh na Eileanan Seychelles a’lorg gruidh mòr den na mucan-mara ghorma nach deach fhaicinn bho chionn ùine. An darna turas a’ comharrachadh ginealaichean agus teaghlaichean de na mucan-mara ghorma an Bàgh Chalifornia. Bheir e tuigse air aon de na beathaich as motha a bha ann a-riamh. Eadar a mheud, am biadh a tha iad a’ taghadh, mar a tha iad a’cumail an fhairge fallain agus an dòigh conaltraidh thar astar mòr, bidh cuimhneagaibh air an sealladh seo dem beatha-agus na gàbhaidhean sam bith na daoine atha gan filmeadh. Bhuannaich seo am Film Saidheans a b’fheàrr agus Duais Luchd-Amhairc Fèis Eadar Nàiseanta Film Bejing 2024 Blue Whales - The return of the Giants Dir Hugh Pearson 2023 United States, 44min Language: English. HIFFclassification: PG Blue Whales-the return of the giants takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from its near extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California—the film transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived. From its almost incomprehensible size to its spectacular feeding habits; from the surprising role it plays in the health of our oceans to its awesome long-distance communications, the film provides an unforgettable window into the lives these animals live—and the extremes scientists must endure to study them. Winner of Best Science Film Award and Audience Award at the2024 Beijing International Film Festival.

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As the Tide Comes In

Fhad ’s tha an làn a’tighinn Stiùiriche:Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen, An Danmhairc 2023, 89 mion, Cànan:Danmhairgis le fothiotalan Beurla. HIFF: 12 Air eilean Mandø anns a’ mhuir Wadden san Danmhairg thana 27 neach a tha a’ fuireach ann, mar thà, a’ fulang feart atharrachadh na gnàth-thìde agus gealltanas air tuiltean mòra millteach. Ach tha an atharrachadh clìomaid agus fior dhroch thìde a-nis a’ bagairt a bhith na chunnart sgrios air an eilean nach eil ach ochd-cilemeatair a dh’ fhad ’s a leathad. Tha an tuathanach mu dheireadh, Gregers, gu calma a’ feitheamh ris an uabhas. The e a’ diùltadh togail air a dh’ àite eile agus tha e an dòchas bean fhaighinn a chuidicheas e leis an tuathanas. Duais an Aithris a B’ fheàrr mun Àrainneachd aig Fèis Film Eadar Nàiseanta Sedona2025. As the Tide comes in Dirs:Juan Palacios&Sofie Husum Johannesen Denmark 2023, 89 min, Language:Danish with English Subtitles. HIFF classification: 12 The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. But climate change and increasingly extreme weather now pose a serious threat to the eight-square-kilometer island. Its last farmer, Gregers, bravely faces the inevitable catastrophe. He refuses to build a life elsewhere and instead hopes to find a wife to manage the farm with him. Winner of Best Environmental Documentary at the Sedona International Film Festival 2025.

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Being in a Place - A Portrait of Margaret Tate

BeòanÀite: Dealbhde Mhairead Tait Stiùiriche:Luke Fowler RA 2023 Uair a thìde Cànan:Beurla BBFC:U Beò an Àite–Dealbh de Mhairead Tait, Arcaibh.A’ tarraing à tasglann nach deach fhaicinn roimhe seo, seann film agus làmh sgrìobhainn nach robh riamh an clò, tha am film a’ fighe dealbh ioma-fhillte agus pearsanta de bheatha Mairead Tait. Air innse bho thaobh luchd-ealain eile, b’ e an lèirsinn a bha aice air mar a dh’fhaodadh film a bhith na mheadhan air bàrdachd a thoirt seachad. Tha am film ùr aig Luke Fowler’s stèidhte air sgriobt achaidh a chur gu Channel 4 (nach deach gabhail ris), Heartlandscape: Visions of Ephemerality and Permanence, agus a’ fighe a-steach a beatha ann an Arcaibh. Cha robh ùidh aice ann an sealladh-tìr ach na rudan mionaideach a tha a’ dèanamh an àrda an àite. Luke Fowler e fhèin na neach-ealain film, tha e a’mìneachadh dòighean air filmichean a dhèanamh tro bàrdachd. Tha Beò an Àite a’ dèanamh luadh air na neartan aice, cho cudromach ‘s a tha bloighean de dh’obair agus luach ann an rudan nach eil ag obrachadh a-mach mar a tha an dùil. Duais Aithris Cinéma du Réel 2024. Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait Dir:Luke Fowler, UK, 2023 1hr, Language:English BBFC:U Being in a Place–A Portrait of Margaret Tait. Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret Tait's life, from the perspective of a fellow artist sensitive to the potential she envisaged for film as a poetic medium. Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material, including sound recordings, film rushes, offcuts and unpublished notebooks, Luke Fowler’s new feature film focuses on Margaret Tait, one of Scotland’s most enigmatic filmmakers. The film takes one of Tait’s unrealised scripts for Channel 4, entitled Heartlandscape: Visions of Ephemerality and Permanence, as its starting point and considers Tait's life and work grounded within the landscape of Orkney. Tait was not interested in filming the scenery but instead looked at the precise details that constitute a place, the small things that are often overlooked. Being in a Place pays tribute to the strengths in her method, the importance of fragmented bodies of work, and the intrinsic value infailure. Winner of Cinéma du Réel 2024 Documetary Award.

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Bogancloch

Bogancloch Stiùiriche: Ben Rivers | 2024 RA| 85 mion. Cànan: Beurla HIFF: 12 Tha an t-aonaranan Jake Williams san latha an-diugh a fuireach an Bogancloch, ann an coille air a’ Ghàidhealtachd. A bheatha tro na ràithean agus corra uair daoine eile a’ nochdadh a-steach dhan t-saoghal aige. Chaidh a dhèanamh gu mionaideach air film 16mm. Tha an aithris seo a’ leantainn am film aig Ben Rivers Two Years at Sea. Tha e mar bruadara’ beachdachadh air nàdar, aonranach, ceòl, amhrain agus an dòigh neo àbhaisteach sa bheil an t-aonaranan seo beò. Duais New Waves Acuitis aig Fèis Eadar Nàiseanta Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon. Bogancloch Dir: Ben Rivers | 2024 UK | 85 mins Language: English HIFF classification:U Tucked away in one of Scotland’s vast Highland forests, modern-day hermit Jake Williams lives a quiet, solitary life. Bogancloch follows his journey through the changing seasons, capturing moments when others briefly enter his otherwise secluded world. Filmed in textured, grainy 16mm, this documentary is a follow-up to Ben Rivers’ film, Two Years at Sea. The result is a captivating, dreamlike reflection on nature, solitude, music, and one man’s unique way of living. Winner of New Waves Acuitis Prize at the Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon.

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Escape from Extinction: Rewilding

Faochadh bho Dhìtheachd–Ath-Fhiadhachadh 2024 Na Stàitean Aonaichte, Stiùiriche: Matthew R Brady, Cànan : Beurla, Uair 30mion BBFC:12 Eòlaichean fiadh-bheatha an t-saoghal a’ strì airson beathaichean air a bheil mòr spèis aig daoine, a chumail bho dhìtheachd, agus sgrios an àrainneachd sa bheil iad na beathaichean sin beò. ’S e am plana ùr glèidhteachais 'ath-fhiadhachadh' a tha ag amas air eco-siostaman ath-nuadhachadh, bho coilltean Rwanda gu cladach California. Duais am film a b’ fheàrr air Atharrachadh na Gnàth-sìde/Bagairt Àrainneachd/Slàinte aig Fèis Film Eadar-Nàiseanta an Hague. Escape from Extinction-Rewilding 2024 United State, DIR:Matthew R Brady, Language: English, 1hr.30min BBFC:12 Global wildlife experts fight to save Earth's most beloved animals from mass extinction and environmental collapse-armed with a radical new approach to conservation called 'rewilding' that aims to restore entire ecosystems, from the cloud forests of Rwanda to the California coast. Winner of Best Film Award in Climate Change/Environmental Issues/Health at the International Film Festival The Hague

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The Golden Spurtle

Sleaghag Òr 2025 Rìoghachd Aonaichte, Stiùiriche: Constanstine Costi, Uair 15mion Cànan: Beurla BBFC:PG An robh fios agad gu feum thu na tha ampòit le min-choirc a chur mun cuairtdeiseal? Cumaidh sin an Sàtan a-machàs an lit agad. Tha làn fhios aca air an sin an Drochaid Char air a’Ghàidhealtachd. Tha Farpais na Cruinne airson a bhith a’ dèanamh lit, air abhith sa bhaile bho chionn 30 bliadhna. Seo am bliadhna mu dheireadh a bhios Charlie Miller òs a chionn. Tha e le dìth na slàinte agus tha thìde an t-sleaghaga thoirt dha duine eile. Sa film tha Charlie agus na tha gabhail part a’deasachadh agus a’ cruthachadh annasan le min-choirce, bùrn/uisge agus salainn. A cruthachadh rudan mìr-bhuileach a-mach à rudan simplidh agus tha an neach-film Constantine Conti min-eòlach air a’ chuis mar-thà. Bheir e gàireort, deòir gu do shùil nuair a loisgeas a’ mhin-choirce. ‘S e a bhith gabhail pàirtis cudromach na a bhith a buannachd. The Golden Spurtle 2025 UK, Dir: Constanstine Costi, 1hr15min Language: English BBFC:PG Did you know that you have to stir clockwise when you stir your oatmeal? Otherwise you're letting the devil into your porridge. Everyone knows this-at least in the village of Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands. For 30 years the town has hosted the World Porridge Championships. This year it's a special championship because it's the last time Charlie Miller will be in charge of the festivities. His health is failing, and now it's time for the warm-hearted Scotsman to pass on the spurtle. We are with Charlie and the deeply dedicated World Cup competitors in the weeks leading up to and during the championships, where an incredible cast of characters make culinary creations out of oatmeal, water and salt. Making the most out of almost nothing is an art that filmmaker Constantine Conti already masters to perfection. It's impossible not to laugh out loud and shed a tear or two when the oatmeal really starts to burn. But as we all know, the most important thing is not to win, but to be apart of the game.

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Ocean with David Attenborough

Fairge le David Attenbourgh 2025 RA Stiùiriche:Cailean Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey. BBFC:PG. Canan: English. Uair 35 mion. The David Attenborough a’ lorg a-mach mu bith-àrainn naplanaid bhon fhairge, a’ toirt gu aire cho ùr ‘s a thadòighean rannsachaidh an latha an-diugh, a’ togail mar a tha sinne cho mòr an èis air an fhairge, na bha a thoirt droch bhuaidh oirre agus na ghabhadh a dhèanamh airson feabhas a thoirt air a’ chall a chaidh a dhèanamh chun an seo. Ocean with David Attenbourgh 2025 UKDIR:Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey. BBFC:PG. Language :English. 1hr 35min David Attenborough explores the planet's undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasizing the ocean's vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery.

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North Sea - Nature Untamed

Nàdar Fiadhain A’ Chuan a Tuath Stiùiriche: Mark Verkerk, 2024 An Tìr Ìsle, Uair 10mion, Cànan :Duitsis le fo thiotalan Beurla. HIFF Classification:PG ’S e an Cuan a Tuath an àrainn nàdar ’s motha san Roinn Eòrpa an Iar agus an àite as trainge le bàtaichean. Far a bheil gnìomhachas coimearsalta an iasgach minig agus leasachaidhean cumhachd gu grad leudachadh. Ach, gu bunaiteach ’s e àite fiadh-bheatha na mara a tha ann, nach deach a rannsachadh roimhe seo. Tha Nàdar Fiadhain A’ Chuan a Tuath a’ togail an iomadach gnè-bith a tha sa Chuan a Tuath. A chur iompaidh air luchd-amhairc, luach a chur ann agus a dhìon. Le bhith a’ dèanamh dealbh air na eco-siostaman ioma-fhillte agus na cothroman a dh’ fhaodadh a bhith ann, tha am film air taobh glèidhteachas, agus togarrach mun àm ri tighinn. ’S e cnag na cùise gu bheil tuigse agus urram a thoirt dhan t-saoghal a tha nàdarrach. Bheir sin cothroman fuasglaidh air dùbhlain na cruinne: leithid atharrachadh na gnàth-shìde, biadh fallain gun chunnart, agus crìonadh air na gnè bheathaichean a tha na uallach oirnn. Tha am film ag iarraidh co-obrachadh airson leantainneachd agus planaid a bhios soirbheachail. DUAIS Grand Prix Jury agus an Luchd Amhairc aig Fèis Film Fiadh-Bheatha Rotterdam. North Sea: Nature Untamed Dir: Mark Verkerk, 2024 Netherlands, 1hr 10min, Language :Dutch with English subtitles. HIFF Classification:PG The largest natural expanse in Western Europe The North Sea is the busiest shipping route in Europe. It is an area of intensive fishing and a significant energy transition scene. But first and foremost, the North Sea is a vast domain of marine wildlife. It’s a fascinating underwater world that is undiscovered and has never been portrayed before. North Sea, Nature Untamed highlights the immense biodiversity of the North Sea, urging viewers to value and protect it. By illustrating the complex ecosystems and potential of marine life, the film advocates for conservation, offering a hopeful vision for sustainable practices. The central message is when we understand and respect the natural world, we can. address significant global challenges like climate change, food security, and bio-diversity loss. North Sea, Nature Untamed inspires a collective effort to build a more sustainable & thriving planet. WINNER OF Grand Prix Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam

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From Ground Zero

A-Mach à Neonaidh 2024 Gaza Palestine, Stiùiriche: iomadh neach Uair 22mion Cànan: Arabis le fothiotalanBheurla, BBFC: 12A Grèimichidh A Mach à Neonaidh ruibh, cruinneachadh de 22 filmichean goirid arinn luchd clàraidh tàlantach an Gàsa. Thug Rashid Masharawi, fear ainmeil film à Palastain seo cruinn. Thàinig an iomairt a-mach à buaireadh, strì agus sabaid, le amas àrd ùrlar a thoirt dha daoine òga. Tha an eachdraidh beatha, anns an roinn a tha air leth ann am Palastain, ioma-fhillte. A’ cleachdadh dòighean mar fhicsean, film aithris, dealbhan beò gluasadach agus caochlaidhean de dhòighean ealain eile. Seo film mu bròn, aoibhneas agus an dòchas a tha bitheanta am beatha na Gàsanaich. A dh’aindeoin an suidheachadh a bha doirbh airson filmeadh a tha cho cruthachail sa tha na daoine fhèin, a’ togail a chruinneachadh pearsanta cumhachdach seo agus ambith maireannach a tha anns na daoine. Duais Cinema son Sith 2025. From Ground Zero 2024 Gaza Palestine, Dir: various 1hr22min Language: Arabic with English subtitles, BBFC: 12A From Ground Zero is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by Rashid Masharawi, a renowned Palestinian filmmaker, the initiative was born against the backdrop of conflict and aims to provide a platform for young artists to express themselves through their craft. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation and experimental cinema. From Ground ZeroPresents a rich diversity of stories that reflect sorrow, joy an dhope inherent in Gazan life. Despite the harsh

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Wind, Tide and Oar

Gaoth, Làn agus Ràmh 2024 RA, Stiùiriche: Hugh Whal, Cànan: Beurla, Uair ’s 29 mion BBFC: PGChaidhGaoth, Làn agusRàmhdomhainn ann anturasan gun einnsean, a’clàradh air filmanaloguetharthrì bliadhna.Cunntas bho dhaoine a tha siubhal lecumhachd nàdar a-mhàin, a’ leantainn bàtaicheantraidiseanta, ruitheam aimsir agus carson a tha daoinea’ siubhal gun einnsean.Tursantro aibhnichean,cladaichean agus an fhairge, mun Rìoghachd Aonaichte,na Tirean Ìsle agus An Fhraing. ThaGaoth, Làn agusRàmha’ toirt àite dha eag-eòlas,dualchas, sgileantraidiseanta agus eachdraidh maraireachd.Camerabhon 1960an air obrachadhleis an làimh, thaWahl a’dèanamh luaidh air ceàrd mhìltean bhliadhna, a chaidhair dhi-chuimhne le cumhachd nan einnseanan.Tha e a’dùsgadh ar ceangal agus ar uallach a thaobh anàrainneachd agus a’ drùidheadh a-steachleantainneachd agus gur e ar dìleab an aire a thoirt air an t-saoghal munchuairt oirnn. Wind, Tide and Oar 2024 UK,Dir: Hugh Whal, Language: English, 1hr 29 min BBFC: PGWind, Tide and Oar is a compelling exploration of engineless sailing, shot onanalogue film over three years. The film delves into the experiences of thosewho travel solely by harnessing the natural elements alone, following a diversearray of traditional boats and uncovering the unique rhythms and motivationsof engineless navigation. Journeying through rivers, coastlines, and open seas,spanning the UK, the Netherlands, and France, Wind, Tide and Oar creates a contemplative space, addressing themes of ecology, heritage, traditional skills,and maritime history. Using a 1960s hand-wound camera, Wahl offers a poeticandintimate perspective on a millennia-old craft, upended by the invention ofmechanised power. Through the film's reveries, sailing becomes a means toexplore our interaction with and responsibility to the environment. It invitesdeep reflection on our relationship with nature, our understanding of andcommitment to sustainability, and our care for the world around us

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All The Mountains Give

Bheir na Beanntan Uile Stiùiriche Arash Rakhsha, 2024, Iran, Uair 31mion Cànan: Kurdish le fo thiotalan Beurla.HIFF: 12A Cunntas cumhachdach de mhalairtfalaichte Na Kolbari, eadar bailtean mòra naKurdish, bailtean Iran agus crìochan Iraq. Tha am film a’ leantainn Hamid agusYasser thar sia bliadhnaichean, a measg suidheachaidhean far a bheil iad fhèin agusan teaghlach ann an cunnart am beatha gach latha. Chan ann tric a chithearàmhghar na Kurdaich, seo dealbh grinn de dhaoine a tha air an iomall, far a bheilmeatraigeadh agus cunnart aon coltach ri beatha sèimh nan teaghlaichean a-staigh. All the Mountains Give Dir Arash Rakhsha, 2024, Iran, 1hr 31minLanguage : Kurdish with English Subtitles. HIFF Classification: 12A A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods trade between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and Yasser over six years as they contend with the life threatening conditions they and their families have to face to survive. A rare insight into the plight of the Kurdish people, this is an elegant portrait of a marginalised people, where the palpable sense of risk and danger is contrasted withthe gentle rhythms of family life under harsh conditions.

Tarbert Community Centre Tarbert Isle of Harris HS3 3DG

Carinish Village Hall Isle of North Uist HS6 5EJ

As the Tide Comes In

Fhad ’s tha an làn a’tighinn Stiùiriche:Juan Palacios&Sofie HusumJohannesenAnDanmhairc2023,89 mionCànan:Danmhairgis le fothiotalan Beurla. HIFF: 12Air eilean Mandø anns a’ mhuir Wadden san Danmhairg thana 27 neach a tha a’ fuireach ann, mar thà, a’ fulangfeartatharrachadh na gnàth-thìde agus gealltanas air tuilteanmòra millteach. Ach tha an atharrachadh clìomaid agus fiordhroch thìde a-nis a’ bagairt a bhith na chunnart sgrios air aneilean nach eil ach ochd-cilemeatair a dh’ fhad ’s a leathad. Tha antuathanach mu dheireadh, Gregers, gu calma a’ feitheamh ris an uabhas. Thee a’ diùltadh togail air a dh’ àite eile agus tha e an dòchas bean fhaighinn achuidicheas e leis an tuathanas.Duais an Aithris a B’ fheàrr mun Àrainneachd aig Fèis Film Eadar Nàiseanta Sedona2025. As the Tide comes in Dirs:Juan Palacios&Sofie HusumJohannesenDenmark 2023,89 min Language:Danish with English Subtitles. HIFFclassification: 12The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forcesof climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding.Butclimate change and increasingly extreme weather now pose a serious threat tothe eight-square-kilometer island. Its last farmer, Gregers, bravely faces theinevitable catastrophe. He refuses to build a life elsewhere and instead hopesto find a wife to manage the farm with him.Winner of Best Environmental Documentary at the Sedona International Film Festival 2025

Tarbert Community Centre Tarbert Isle of Harris HS3 3DG

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