Blue Whales: Return of the Giants / Mucan-Mara Ghorm– Na Brùidean A’Tilleadh
Dir Hugh Pearson, 2023, United States, 44min, Language: English. HIFF classification: PG
Blue Whales - the return of the giants takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from its near extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California—the film transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived. Tha Na Mucan-Mara Ghorm – Na brùidean a’ tilleadh a toirt luchd-amhairc air turas do shaoghal an gnè beathach seo, gnè a chaidh faisg air a dhol à bith. A’ leantainn dà thuras mara saidheans-a chiad fhear taobh na Eileanan Seychelles a’ lorg gruidh mòr den na mucan-mara ghorma nach deach fhaicinn bho chionn ùine. An darna turas a’ comharrachadh ginealaichean agus teaghlaichean de na mucan-mara ghorma an Bàgh Chalifornia. Bheir e tuigse air aon de na beathaich as motha a bha ann a-riamh. Eadar a mheud, am biadh a tha iad a’ taghadh, mar a tha iad a’ cumail an fhairge fallain agus an dòigh conaltraidh thar astar mòr, bidh cuimhne agaibh air an sealladh seo dem beatha- agus na gàbhaidhean sam bith na daoine a tha gan filmeadh.
Winner of Best Science Film Award and Audience Award at the 2024 Beijing International Film Festival.
Headland / Rubha
Dir: Mariana Duarte, Scottish Doc Institute, 2024 13min
A nature reserve on the English Channel is a place of wonder and solace, shaped and haunted by violence. A sensitive look at life on a pebble beach reclaimed from the ocean, HEADLAND interweaves the age-old tradition of sea rescues with contemporary migrant crossings, as witnessed by the last of the Dungeness fishermen. The film is a camera-on-land perspective on migratory movements, as opposed to the water, where people seeking safety face life-altering journeys. ‘S e àite làn iontais agus sòlais a th’ ann an tèarmain nàdair air Caolas na Frainge. Tha e air a chruthachad agus a’ tathachadh le ainneartas. Tha HEADLAND a’ fighe an seann traidisean de teasargainnean mara cuide ri croisean imrich an latha an-diugh. ‘S e beatha air mol air a thoirt air ais on chuan, mar a chunnaic am fear mu dheireadh de na h-iasgairean à Dungeness, a tha an sealladh mothachail seo. ‘S e prospaig càmara-air-tìr air gluasadan imrich a tha am film, an aghaidh uisge, anns a bheil daoine a’ sireadh sàbhailteachd a’ dèiligeadh ri tursan a dh’atharraicheas am beatha.
