Cnoc Soilleir

Cnoc Soilleir is an exciting joint venture between Ceòlas and UHI – Outer Hebrides. Located in the Gàidhlig heartland of South Uist, Cnoc Soilleir will promote and celebrate the community’s Gàidhlig language and cultural heritage.

Address: Cnoc Soilleir Cnoc Soilleir Daliburgh Isle of South Uist HS8 5SS

Tel: 01851 770700

Web: cnocsoilleir.org/

The Custodians

Luchd-glèidhidh Stiùriche: Arthur Neumeier 2023, Alba, Cànan: Beurla, 17mion. FFEIG Ìre: PG Thar na 40 bliadhna a dh’fhalbh, tha cus iasgaich malairteach agus tràladh grunnd na fairge air uisgeachan cladach na h-Alba a bha soirbheachail roimhe, a dheanamh na fàsaichean lom. Tha Luchd-glèidhidh aig Patagonia Films a’ leantainn an obrach aig ceathrar de mhuinntir an àite à Costa an Iar na h-Alba, a tha ag ath- bheòthachadh nan cladaichean. Tha iad ag ath-nuadhachadh fiadh-bheatha, a’ cruthachadh gnìomhachasan seasmhach agus a’ sealltainn mar as urrainn obrachadh leis an fhairge, chan ann na aghaidh. The Custodians Dir: Arthur Neumeier 2023, Scotland, Language: English, 17min HIFF: PG Over the last 40 years, commercial overfishing and bottom trawling have turned Scotland’s once-thriving west coast waters into sparse, lifeless deserts. Patagonia Films’ The Custodians follows the work of four locals from the West Coast of Scotland who are reclaiming their natural coastlines. They’re restoring wildlife, creating sustainable industries and showing us how we can work with, not against our oceans.

Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 12:30

It''ll Never Work

Chan obraich e Stiùiriche: Joe Osborne UK 2024, Canan Beurla FFEIG: SP Film aithriseach a’ leantainn sgeul fìrinneach mu fhear a dh’atharraich eathar iasgaich gu cumhachd na grèine agus dealain. A’ chiad eathar san Rìoghachd Aonaite no ’s docha air an t-saoghal a bhiodh ag iasgach gu coimearsalta agus farpaiseach. Stèidhte air taobh an Iar na h-Alba am baile breagha Taigh a’ Bhalaich an Earra Ghàidheil. Thar na bliadhna eadar ceum air adhart ’s ceum air ais, duilicheadas, lèirsinn, dìorrasach agus làmhcharach an sgiobair a thog i. Chlàr an stiùiriche òg às an àite Joe Osborn dùbhlain an aimsir, ràithean na bhliadhna, neart na coimhearsnachd agus dòigh Earra Ghàidheal air a bhith a co-lìonadh rud. Tha e gar tarraing a-steach agus trioblaid an àrainneachd cho bitheanta. Bha làn fhios aig an iasgair seo gu feumar slighe saor o charbon a leantainn. Film beag cumhachdach. Sgeul fhìreannach, dràma agus film aithriseach, seallaidhean brèagha, rudan ùra a’ tachairt an còmhnaidh, comadaidh, boillsgeadh air beatha nan iasgairean, toileachas aig an deireadh, buille throm agus leasan mun àrainneachd a tha stèidhte am measg gnìomhachas nan iasgairean air Taobh an Iar na h-Alba. It’ll Never Work Dir: Joe Osborne UK 2024, Language English BBFC: PG The documentary style film follows the real-life struggle of converting the UK’s and possibly the world’s first fishing boat to solar and electric power to fish at a competitive and commercial level. It’s set on Scotland’s West coast in the scenic and alluring Argyll village of Tayvallich. Over the course of almost a year it follows the highs, lows and challenges related to the venture as well as the determination and skill set of the builder and skipper. The young local director Joe Osborn has skilfully ingrained the seasonal moods, the strong local community spirit and the Argyll way of doing things into a comfortably paced compelling story of our times. One fisherman’s conviction towards the carbon free future we all need to embrace. A small film, but a powerful one. It is a true story, a drama, a documentary, a visual spectacular, a thriller, an action movie, a comedy, a snapshot of real life, a feel good as well as tragedy and an environmental statement all set in the West Coast of Scotland’s fishing industry.

Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 12:30

A Call from The Wild

Glaodh Uaigneach Stiùiriche: Asgair Helgsestad Cànan: Norwegian & Beurla le fo thiotalan Bheurla, 81 mion. Nirribhidh FFEIG: SP Tha am fear film Asgair Helgsestad air a bhith a’ clàradh ’s togail dheilbh staid nàdar agus ainmhidhean faisg air a dhachaigh ann na Nirribhidh fad a bheatha. Eadar na seillean air an tac, fèidh anns na beanntan agus buthaidean ri oir na fairge. Tha e cuimseachadh air bòidhchead na tha ann an cunnart, ach a’ sealg nan daoine a tha a’ truailleadh an àrainneachd anns a bheil na beathaichean beò. Tha an sgeul phearsanta seo mun cheangal eadar sinn agus gach gnè beathach agus lus, atharraichean beaga tric a nì cron mòr, fhad ’s a tha e a’ cur nar cuimhne cho deatamach ach cho cugallaich ’s a tha an àrainneachd. BHUANNAICH AM FILM DUAIS PLANAID SEASMHACH & TAGHADH NAN DAOINE AIG 47mh FÈIS EADAR-NÀISEANTA FIADH-BHEATHA. A Call from the Wild Dir:Asgeir Helgsestad, Language: Norwegian & English with English subtitles, 81min Norway 2023 HIFF:PG Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature at his home country Norway, where he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm, to wild reindeer on the high mountains, and puffins at the ocean’s edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story on our connection with the non-human world, the relations between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature’s strength and vulnerability. WINNER SUSTAINABLE PLANET AWARD & WINNER OF PEOPLE ́S CHOICE AWARD47th International Wildlife Film Festival.

Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 15:00

Foscadh

Foscadh (Fasgadh) Stiùiriche: Seán Breathnach, Éire 2021 Uair is 33mion. Cànan: Gaeilge le fo- thiotalan Beurla. FFEIG 15 Tha Foscadh (Fasgadh) a’ suathadh air aonranachd, niùro-iomadachd, agus leigeil às. Tha e suidhichte anns na beanntan fiadhaich Chonamara. Chaidh a thagadh mar inntrigidh na h-Èireann airson roinn Film Sònraichte Eadar- nàiseanta as Fheàrr nan Oscar (roimhe seo an roinn Cànan Cèin as Fheàrr) aig an 94mh Duaisean Acadamaidh bliadhnail. Stèidhichte air caractaran san nobhail Donal Ryan The Thing About December, tha Foscadh ag innse mu aonragan faoin John Cunliffe a tha gu h-obann air a ghluasad gu fearachas aig 28 bliadhna dh’aois. Nuair a chaochail a phàrantan thar-dhìonach, John gun charaid a’ seilbhachadh fearann beinne a tha ann an slighe leasachadh tuath-gaoithe buannachdail, agus airson a’ chiad uair, tha e air èigneachadh a sheòladh tro uisgeachan cianail romansa, earbsa agus dìoghaltas. Foscadh (Shelter) Director: Seán Breathnach, Ireland 2021 1hr33min Language Irish with English subtitles HIFF15 Foscadh (Shelter) touches upon isolation, neurodiversity, and letting go and is set in the wild mountains of Connemara. It was chosen as Ireland’s entry for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language category) at the 94th annual Academy Awards. Based on characters in Donal Ryan’s novel The Thing About December, Foscadh tells the story of naïve recluse John Cunliffe who is suddenly propelled into manhood at 28 years old. When his overprotective parents pass away, friendless John inherits mountain land that is in the way of a lucrative wind-farm development, and he is forced to navigate the choppy waters of romance, trust, and vengeance for the first time.

Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 17:30

Let The River Flow

Leig an Abhainn : Stiùiriche: Ole Giæver, 124mion. Nirribhidh 2023, Nirribhidhis le fo- thiotalan Beurla. FFEIG:15 Stèidhichte air tachartasan fìor a bhrosnaich ginealach de Nirribhich òga, tha an dràma eachdraidheil eireachdail, ioma-dhuais aig an sgrìobhadair/stiùiriche Ole Giæver a’ leantainn boireannach òg a tha gun fhiosta air a tarraing a-steach do ghearan an-aghaidh dàm a dh’ fhaodadh tuiltean a dhèanamh air fearann Sàmi Dùthchasach. Samhradh 1979. Air ceumnachadh o chionn ghoirid, tha Ester, tidsear- sgoile 23-bliadhna, air gluasad gu baile Alta ann an ceann a tuath Nirribhidh gus tòiseachadh air a cùrsa-dreuchd. Coltach ri iomadh Sámi – muinntir dùthchasach Lochlann – tha Ester a’ gabhail nàimhdeas a cuid dualchais agus a’ falach a cinnidheachd gus a bhith a’ co-mheasgachadh, ri fìor mì-mhisneachd a màthar. Ach ged a tha i an-fhoiseil mun amalachas seo, tha a co-ogha Mihkkal a’ gabhail ri a freumhan gu fosgailte, agus is esan a bheir Ester gu campa fhaicinn ri taobh na h-aibhne far a bheil buidheann a’ togail casaid an aghaidh plana an riaghaltais airson ionad dealan-uisge a thogail. Le bhith a’ tuigsinn gu mall gu bheil a’ chòmhstri mu dheidhinn fada a bharrachd air draghan àrainneachdail - tha a dearbh-aithne agus a cultar fo dhùbhlan - tha Ester air a gluasad gu gnìomh, ga cur fhèin agus a luchd- gràidh ann an cunnart mòr... Let the River Flow Director: Ole Giæver, 124mins Norway 2023, Norwegian with English Subtitles. HIFF:15 Based on true events that inspired a generation of young Norwegians, writer/director Ole Giæver’s elegant, multi award-winning historical drama follows a young woman who is unintentionally drawn into a protest against a dam that may flood Indigenous Sámi land. Summer 1979. Recently graduated, 23-year-old schoolteacher Ester has moved to the northern Norwegian town of Alta to begin her career. Like many Sámi – the native people of Scandinavia – Ester is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity in order to blend in, to the great consternation of her mother. Yet where she wears this integration uneasily, her cousin Mihkkal openly embraces his roots, and it’s he who takes Ester to see a camp by the river where a group is demonstrating against the government’s plan tobuild a hydroelectricity plant. Slowly understanding that the conflict is about far more than environmental concerns - her very identity and culture is under challenge – Ester is stirred to act, placing herself and her loved ones at considerable risk...

Friday, October 4th 2024 - 13:00

Kensuke's Kingdom

Rioghachd Kensuke United Kingdom / Luxembourg/ France Language : English, Genre: Animation, Adventure BBFC:PG Thàinig Mìcheil air tìr an-deidh an t-soithreach air an robh e a dhol fodha, feum fàs cleachdte air a bhith na aonar. Rè ùine tha e a’ faireachdain gu bheil cuideigin faisg dha, fhuair e a-mach gu bheil bòidhchead agus dearg-chunnart ri làimh. Dealbh beò bho nobhail ainmeil. Kensuke’s Kingdom Director: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry 2023 1hr 25min•United Kingdom / Luxembourg/ France Language : English, Genre: Animation, Adventure BBFC:PG Young Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty. A gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel.

Friday, October 4th 2024 - 16:30

The Missile

Inneal-Millteach (Ohjus) Stiùiriche: Miia Terva, Comadaidh/ Dràma, Fionnlainn & Estòinia 2024, Uair is 50mion., Cànan: Suòmais le fo- thiotalan Beurla. FFEIG:15 Sgeulachd chumhachdach mu thè a bha air dhroch-dhìol fhaighinn, a’ togail clann leatha fhèin, ag obair aig pàipear-naidheachd am baile beag . Thèid a tarraing a-steach don tubaist le inneal-millteach, a’ cur beatha a’ bhaile beag bun os cionn. The Missile (Ohjus) Dir: Miia Tervo Comedy Drama Finland and Estonia 2024 1hr 50min Language Finnish with English Subtitles, HIFF15 The empowering story of an abused single mother working at a small-town newspaper who gets drawn into the investigation surrounding the missile crash, which upends life in a small northern village.

Friday, October 4th 2024 - 18:30

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