Hebrides International Film Festival — A–Z of films

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

This documentary feels confined by constraints that should have been stripped away in the filming process.

This simple story of the relationship between a boy and an eagle speaks to cinema at its most magical.

This film is worth seeing simply for its National Geographic style snapshot of rural Mongolia.

A sensitive and well-produced account of a complex situation.

Torun, who spent much of her childhood in the city, lets us get supremely close to seven exquisitely different felines.

The truth is, as much as Disney wants to inspire its young viewers, it also knows what sells.

What the film lacks in allegorical subtlety it makes up for in depth of emotion.

Though it finds humour, and may even be poking fun on occasion, it never feels disrespectful.

Some of the art is truly breathtaking, especially the star-filled skies, and the movement of the various animals we meet is beautifully observed.

This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

The plot pigs out on possibilities but the characters are great and if you can keep up with the speed of events you won't be disappointed.

The film is well-served by its genre action sequences but it's the traces of grief that linger longest, like footsteps in the snow.