Short Films

Shore: How We See the Sea

Shore: How we See the Sea 7-9pm, Thursday 20 September 2018, Taigh Chearsbhagh, FREE RESERVE TICKETS - FREE BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL A film screening and live performance event as part of a Scotland-wide tour. This special event is a screening of two new films by Scottish-based artists Margaret Salmon and Ed Webb-Ingall, specially commissioned by arts and science organisation Invisible Dust for the touring project Shore: How We See the Sea. CLADACH by Margaret Salmon is an observational portrait of the shoreline of the Wester Ross, and I WALK THERE EVERY DAY BUT NEVER SAW IT THAT WAY sees filmmaker Ed Webb-Ingall asking questions like ‘Who owns the sea?’ across and between different communities and individuals on the island of Arran. The screening will be followed by live performances with refreshments in the Café and an opportunity to share thoughts and reactions as part of a Scotland-wide conversation about “how we see the sea” and our role in preserving our endangered aquatic worlds. Find out more about Shore: How We See the Sea: shorescotland.com Shore: How We See the Sea is curated by Invisible Dust and funded by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Arts Council England, and by the Wellcome Trust    

19:00 - 21:00 Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre Lochmaddy, Isle of North Uist , HS6 5AA

Cianalas

Screening before feature The Rider. Cianalas Dir. Zoe Macinnes, UK, 2018, 8mins Documentary English Cianalas- (Scottish Gaelic) A deep seated sense of belonging to the place where your roots lie. Normally attributed to the Outer Hebrides. There is no sadness or melancholy in cianalas, only the realisation of what is truly important in life. A short film displaying the Western Isles as they are rarely shown, just as they are.

Stoneybridge Hall Isle of South Uist , HS8 5SD

Bernera Community Centre Breacleate, Great Bernera, HS2 9JG

An Lanntair Kenneth Street, Stornoway HS1 2DS

The Legend of Crab Phare

  Screening before feature Cloudboy. The Legend of the Crabe Phare Japan 2016 Animation short 6 min, Dirs: Gaetan Borde, Benjamin Lebourgeois,Claire Vandermeersch, Alexandre Veaux, Mengjing Yang. The infernal crustacean of myth, a giant crab whose back appears to be dry land, has spent years building up a collection of shipwrecks on the sea floor. One ship in particular has always been the crab's favourite treasure. But now the crab has grown old, and struggles to capture more ships to add to their collection.

Carinish Village Hall Isle of North Uist, HS6 5EJ

Stoneybridge Hall Isle of South Uist , HS8 5SD

Bays of Harris Community Centre Bays of Harris, HS3 3EH

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