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Hebrides International Film Festival · 2017

Hebrides International Film Festival 2017

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18 films · 7 reviews

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24 Snow (24 Snega)

Documentary about a horse breeder in the Arctic part of the Yakutia.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2016; Director: Mikhail Barynin)

Brothers Of The Wind

Review preview for Brothers Of The Wind

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

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of Lukas, a lonely child who lives with his father, and baby eagle Abel.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2015; Director: Gerado Olivares, Otmar Penkar; Writer: Joanne Reay, Otmar Penker, Gerald Salmina; Stars: Jean Reno, Manuel Camacho, Tobias Moretti, Eva Kuen, Jean Reno, Manuel Camacho, Tobias Moretti, Eva Kuen)

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Can You Dig This?

An exploration of the urban gardening revolution currently taking place in South Central Los Angeles, one of the largest food deserts in the country.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Delila Vallot)

The Catch

A comedic eco-drama centred on an important fishing contest in a small town, some mates, and a cheat.

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2016; Director: Simon Mark Brown)

Chasing Coral

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jeff Orlowski)

The Deserta Fox

The incredible story of the only inhabitant in the southest continental portuguese island since 1981. He is a fisherman, an inventor and has an amazing sense of humour.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2015; Director: Pedro Neves)

Fishpeople

Featuring surfers and spearfishers, a former coal miner and a group of at-risk kids in San Francisco, this is a film about the transformative effects of time spent in the ocean.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Keith Molloy)

Freightened

An audacious investigation the mechanics and perils of cargo shipping.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Denis Delestrac)

How To Let Go Of The World (And Love All The Things Climate Can't Change)

Review preview for How To Let Go Of The World (And Love All The Things Climate Can't Change)

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

Seph Shewell-Brockway · 3 out of 5
Climate change documentary.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Josh Fox; Writer: Josh Fox; Stars: Lester Brown, Ella Chou, Tim DeChristopher, Wu Di, Aria Doe, Josh Fox, Eriberto Gualinga, Franco Tulio Viteri Gualinga, Nina Gualinga, Ming Huang, Ausberto Mahua Jaba, Bri Jackson, Van Jones, Huayna Kapac, Elizabeth Kolbert)

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The Olive Tree (El olivo)

Review preview for The Olive Tree

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

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman sets out to recover her grandfather's tree from the company who bought it.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Icíar Bollaín; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala, Miguel Angel Aladren, Carme Pla, Ana Isabel Mena, María Romero, Paula Usero, Janina Agnes Schröder, Cris Blanco, Paco Manzanedo, Inés Ruiz, Aina Requena, Pia Stutzenstein)

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Oskars America

When 10-year-old Oskar's mom leave him with his grandpa to go to America, he devises a plan to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat with his new friend Levi and his short-sighted horse.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2017; Director: Torfinn Inverson)

Pecking Order

Review preview for Pecking Order

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

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary investigates the world of New Zealand chicken breeders.`

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2017; Director: Slavko Martinov; Stars: Doug Bain, Sarah Bunton, Bob Dawber, Brian Glassey, Brett Hawker, Mark Lilley, Rhys Lilley, Clint O'Brien, Ian Selby, Marina Steinke)

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Riverhead

A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Justin Oakey)

Tawai: A Voice From The Forest

Explorer Bruce Parry travels the world, living with indigenous peoples, delving deeper than ever on a journey into the heart of our collective human conscience.

(Country: India; Year: 2016; Director: Mark Ellam, Bruce Parry)

White Waves

A documentary about surfers fighting against unseen pollution in the sea.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2016; Director: Inka Reichert)

Wind River

Review preview for Wind River

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.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

(Country: US, UK, Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Taylor Sheridan; Writer: Taylor Sheridan; Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Jon Bernthal, Gil Birmingham, Julia Jones, Teo Briones, Martin Sensmeier, Ian Bohen, Kelsey Asbille, Matthew Del Negro, Eric Lange, Hugh Dillon, James Jordan, Mason D. Davis, Tara Karsian)

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