Hebrides International Film Festival 2017

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Brothers Of The Wind Brothers Of The Wind
Brothers Of The Wind and How To Let Go Of The World (And Love All The Things Climate Can't Change)
Angry Inuk (Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Writer: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril)
An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk; Stars: Al Gore)
Al Gore continues his crusade to stop climate change.
Brothers Of The Wind (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)
The story of Lukas, a lonely child who lives with his father, and baby eagle Abel.
Can You Dig This? (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Delila Vallot)
An exploration of the urban gardening revolution currently taking place in South Central Los Angeles, one of the largest food deserts in the country.
The Catch (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2016; Director: Simon Mark Brown)
A comedic eco-drama centred on an important fishing contest in a small town, some mates, and a cheat.
Wind River Wind River
Wind River and KEDi
Chasing Coral (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jeff Orlowski)
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.
Fishpeople (Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Keith Molloy)
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.
Freightened (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Denis Delestrac)
An audacious investigation the mechanics and perils of cargo shipping.
How To Let Go Of The World (And Love All The Things Climate Can't Change) (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)
Climate change documentary.
KEDi (Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2016; Director: Ceyda Torun; Stars: Bülent Üstün, Mine Sogut, Elif Nursad Atalay, Sari, Bengü, Aslan Parçasi, Psikopat, Deniz, Gamsiz, Duman)
A documentary following seven different cats through the streets of Istanbul.
Sami Blood Sami Blood
Sami Blood and Moana
Moana (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)
A young woman goes on an adventure with a demi-god.
Oskars America (Country: Norway; Year: 2017; Director: Torfinn Inverson)
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.
The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) (Country: France, Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Michael Dudok de Wit; Writer: Michael Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran; Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy)
The life of a castaway on a desert island.
Sami Blood (Sameblod) (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)
A Sámi girl experiences racism in the 1930s.
Tawai: A Voice From The Forest (Country: India; Year: 2016; Director: Mark Ellam, Bruce Parry)
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.
The Red Turtle The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle and Angry Inuk
White Waves (Country: Germany; Year: 2016; Director: Inka Reichert)
A documentary about surfers fighting against unseen pollution in the sea.
Wind River (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)
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
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