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When the Light Breaks, (Ljósbrot)

Briseadh an latha, (Ljósbrot) Stiùiriche: Rúnar Rúnarsson, Innis Tìle-Na Tìrean-Ìsle -Croatia-An Fhraing 2024. 82mion, Cànan: Innis Tìle le fo thiotal Beurla. BBFC:15 Air latha samhraidh aig briseadh an latha, tha an neach-ealain òg Una a’ dùsgadh ann am blàths a’ ghràidh. Mus laighe a’ ghrian tha an t-saoghal bun os chionn dhith. Bheir am marbhrann aig an sgrìobhadair-stiùiriche Rúnar Rúnarsson ar anail fòidhpe le cumha, gaol, call agus caoidh. Tha na dealbhan film 16mm agus an dreach dealbhachaidh anabarrach, tha guth agus cleasachd Elín Hall ’s, a’ glacadh dearbh ùine, àite agus staid inntinn. Bhuannaich Briseadh an Latha am Film Lochlannach 2025 a b’ fheàrr agus duaisean eile aig Fèis Film Gotenburg. When the Light Breaks, (Ljósbrot) Dir Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland-Netherlands-Croatia-France 2024. 82min, Language: Icelandic with English subtitles. BBFC:15 When light breaks on a long summer’s day, young art student Una awakens filled with love’s warm glow. By sunset, her world is turned upside down. Writer-director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s beautiful and quietly breathtaking elegy of love, loss and acceptance, with its striking 16mm cinematography and exquisite design, amplified by Elín Hall’s captivating performance, captures a precise sense of time, place and mood. Winner of Best Nordic Film 2025 Gotenburg Film Festival and other awards.

An Lanntair Kenneth Street Stornoway HS1 2DS

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The Ceremony

An Adhlaiceadh Stiùiriche: Jack King. 2024 United Kingdom, Cànan: Kurdish /Beurla/ Romainean /Arabais le fo thiotalan Beurla. Dùbh ’s geal, uair agus 32mion BBFC15. Thàinig an dithis luchd-obrach à dùthaich thall-thairis, gu chèile a’ tiodhlacadh corp, san dràma grèimeanta seo. Thòisich an sgeulachd seo le uaireadair a chaidh a ghoid, bàs cianail, agus dithis luchd-obrach (air an cluich le Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu agus Erdal Yıldız) agus iad air cho-dhùnadh neach-siridh comraich òg (Mo’min Swaitat) a thiodhlacadh sna beanntan. Fhad ‘s a tha iad a’ gluasad tron dùthaich le corp an duine bochd, tha an dithis a’ fulang faireachaidhean cianail, eadar caoidh a’ bhàis, an tuigse a’ chèile agus a’ gabhail an eagail bhon talamh sa bheil iad a’ coiseachd. Tha an cleasachd agus stiùireadh sgileil, air a chlàradh an dubh san geal le bòidhchead seallaidhean tìr, gluaisidh seo ur faireachaidhean. Ghabh am film Duais Sean Connery airson Sàr Film 2024 aig Feis Film Dhùn Èidean Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Ceremony Dir Jack King. 2024 United Kingdom, Languages :Kurdish /English/ Romanian / Arabic with English subtitles Back and white, 1hr 32min BBFC15 Two migrant workers find themselves thrown together in a quest to bury a body in this hypnotic and visually stunning drama. The story begins with a stolen watch, a tragic death, and two migrant workers (played by Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu and Erdal Yıldız) who make a fateful decision: to bury a young asylum-seeker (Mo’min Swaitat) in the hills. As they journey through the landscape with the man’s body, the pair are forced into a powerful reckoning—with grief, with each other, and with the land itself. Beautifully directed and performed and shot in stark black and white with a vivid sense of visual splendour, this humane and moving film packs quite the emotional punch. Winner of the Sean Connery Award for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

An Lanntair Kenneth Street Stornoway HS1 2DS

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Good One

Tè Mhath Stat. Aon.2025 Stiùiriche: India Donaldson, Uair 30 min. Cànan: Beurla BBFC:15 A’ chiad cheum tuigseach aig India Donaldson. Sam aois 17 (Lily Collias) a’ dol air turas trì latha a’ coiseachd le màileid droma sna Catskills an cois a h-athar, Chris (James Le Gros) agus a shean charaid, Matt (Danny McCarthy). Tha na fir buaireanta ri chèile mar dà bhràthair, tha rudan a thachair eatorra bho chionn fhada, a’ togail bàrr. Tha Sam, tuigseach ged nach eile i ach òg, feuchainn ri sìth a dhèanamh eatorra. Ach nuair a thèid cùisean a-mach à rian buileach agus an earbsa a chur Sam annta air a sgaoileadh. Tha strì aig Sam ri dèiligeadh ri faireachdainn a h-athair agus i a’ ruighinn ìre far a bheil ceangal eadar ghinealaichean a’ fàs duilich an cumail. Good One USA 2025 Dir: India Donaldson, 1hr 30 min. Language : English BBFC:15 In India Donaldson's insightful, piercing debut, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise beyond her years, attempts to mediate. But when lines are crossed and Sam's trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch, as Sam struggles with her dad's emotional limitations and experiences the universal moment when the parental bond is tested.

An Lanntair Kenneth Street Stornoway HS1 2DS

Tarbert Community Centre Tarbert Isle of Harris HS3 3DG

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.

An Lanntair Kenneth Street Stornoway HS1 2DS

Bernera Community Centre Breacleate Great Bernera HS2 9JG

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Òran-Mòr Eilean Wallis Stiùir: James Griffiths, 99 mion 12A Dùthaich Aonaichte2025 Comadaidh, Dràma BBFC:12 [A group of people sitting on a rocky beach AI-generated content may be incorrect., Picture] An Òran-Mòr Wallis tha Tearlach (Tim Key), a tha air an Crannchur a bhuannachd, a’ fuireach leis fhèin air eilean iomallach. Tha e a’ bruadar mun luchd-ciùil as fheàrr leis, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan agus Tom Basden) a thoirt còmhla a-rithist. Tha a bhruadar a’ tighinn gu dà-rìreabh nuair a tha an dithis a bha san aon còmhlan agus ann an càirdeas dlùth ri chèile uaireigin, a’ gabhail ris a chuireadh aige. Gun tig iad a’ dèanamh tachartas dhasan a-mhàin air an eilean. Tha am buaireadh a bha eadar an dithis a’ tighinn am bàrr agus tha Teàrlach a’ strì ris na bha na inntinn na bhruadar milis a’ toirt gu bith. Chaidh Òran-Mòr Wallis a chlàradh air cladaichean a’ Chuimrigh, gu sònraichte am Pembrokeshire. “Film le faireachaidhean math dlùth, a thogas tu ach a bheir smaoineachadh ort ”. OutLoud Culture. The Ballad of Wallis Island Dir: James Griffiths, 99 min 12A UK2025 Comedy, Drama BBFC:12 The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. The Ballad of Wallis Island was filmed on the Welsh coast, particularly in Pembrokeshire. “a big hug of a movie! that leaves you uplifted yet reflective”. OutLoud Culture.

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