North Sea, Nature Untamed
Dir: Mark Verkerk, 2024, Netherlands, 1hr 10 min, Language: Dutch with English subtitles. HIFF Classification:
North Sea, Nature Untamed highlights the immense biodiversity of the North Sea, urging viewers to value and protect it. By illustrating the complex ecosystems and potential of marine life, the film advocates for conservation, offering a hopeful vision for sustainable practices. Tha Nàdar Fiadhain A’ Chuan a Tuath a’ togail an iomadach gnè-bith a tha sa Chuan a Tuath. A chur iompaidh air luchd-amhairc, luach a chur ann agus a dhìon. Le bhith a’ dèanamh dealbh air na eco-siostaman ioma-fhillte agus na cothroman a dh’ fhaodadh a bhith ann, tha am film air taobh glèidhteachas, agus togarrach mun àm ri tighinn.
Winner of Grand Prix Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam
The Last of the Hand Weavers
Dir: Simon Barr, Dir: Simon Barr, 2025, Ireland, 18 min
Eddie Doherty is a modest and humble man who, at the age of 84, still carries on the tradition of hand weaving the Donegal Tweed fabrics at his small shop in Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland. He tells his story of starting hand weaving in the 1950's, how the once booming trade declined due to modern industrialisation and now only a few hand weavers remain. ‘S duine sèimh is iriseal a th’ ann an Eddie Doherty. Aig aois 84, tha e fhathast a’ cumail air an tradisean a’ figheadh an clò mòr Dùn na nGall sa bhùth bheag an Andara, Co. Dùn na nGall, Èireann. Tha e ag innse a sgeulachd nuair a thòisich e breabadaireachd-làimhe sna 1950an, ciamar an gnìomhas aig aon àm beòthail air crìonadh ri linn gnìomhachas ùr agus a-nis, chan eil ach glè bheag de bheabadairean fhathast ann.
