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Hebrides International Film Festival · 2017

Hebrides International Film Festival 2017

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17 films · 9 reviews

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Angry Inuk

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

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Writer: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril)

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Brothers Of The Wind

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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)

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)

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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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KEDi

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

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A documentary following seven different cats through the streets of Istanbul.

(Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2016; Director: Ceyda Torun; Stars: Bülent Üstün, Mine Sogut, Elif Nursad Atalay, Sari, Bengü, Aslan Parçasi, Psikopat, Deniz, Gamsiz, Duman)

Full review See: Ceyda Torun in conversation on Istanbul as cat city, interspecies communication in KEDi, and women in Turkey , Ceyda Torun in conversation on KEDi

Moana

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

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams; Writer: Jared Bush, from a story by Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell; Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk, Oscar Kightley, Troy Polamalu, Puanani Cravalho, Louise Bush)

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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)

The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge)

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

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The life of a castaway on a desert island.

(Country: France, Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Michael Dudok de Wit; Writer: Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran; Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy)

Full review See: Michaël Dudok de Wit in conversation on The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) and Studio Ghibli

Sami Blood (Sameblod)

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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.

Sarah Artt · 5 out of 5
A Sámi girl experiences racism in the 1930s.

(Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2016; Director: Amanda Kernell; Writer: Amanda Kernell; Stars: Hanna Alström, Anders Berg, Katarina Blind, Beata Cavallin, Malin Crépin, Julius Fleischanderl, Ylva Gustafsson, Tom Kappfjell, Anna Sofie Bull Kuhmunen, Andreas Kundler, Marika Lindström, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Tove Skeidsvoll, Anne Biret Somby)

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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

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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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