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.
The Little Brown Bird/ an t-Eun Donn Beag
Dir: KT Bryden, 33 min
Once down to 80 in the wild, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is at risk of extinction. Biologist Fabiola ‘Fabby’ Baeza-Tarin and an unexpected team work together to protect the sparrows, their shrinking habitat, and the headwaters of the Everglades. Aon uair, chaidh na àireamhan sporaig Grasshopper am Florida air a dhol sìos gu 80 san fhàsach. Tha e ann an cunnart a dhol à bith. Bidh am bith-eòlaiche Fabiola ‘Fabby’ Baeza-Tarin agus sgioba nach robh dùil aice ag obair còmhla gus na sporagan a dhìon, an àrainneachd a bhios a’ teannachadh, agus cinn-uisge nan Everglades.
