M’athair an t-iasgair (My father, the fisherman)

M’athair an t-iasgair

Stiùiriche: Zoe Paterson NicAonghais Alba 2024, 24mion. Cànan: Beurla & Gàidhlig le fo-thiotalan Beurla FFEIG: U

’S e film aithriseach goirid a th’ ann am M’athair an t-iasgair le Zoe Paterson NicAonghais. ’S e dealbh de fhear dhe na fìr mu dheireach fhathast ag iasgach ghiomach à Beàrnaraigh Mòr bho shealladh na h-ìgne aige. Leudachadh air a’ phròiseact Anns an Fhuil, ’se iomradh air a’ choimhearsnachd iasgach ann am Beàrnaraigh Mòr a th’ ann am film, a’ toirt am follais film tasglainn agus agallamhan bho na h-iasgairean fhad ’s a tha e a’ coimhead air na h-atharrachaidhean dhan ghnìomhachas iasgach thar nam bliadhna agus am buair a bh’ aig seo air na coimhearsnachdan beaga. Tha M’athair an t-iasgair a’ taisbeanadh an ceangal ris a’ mhuir eadar athar agus nighean. Ged nach tèid eòlas iasgach a’ dol tro na ginealaichean mar a bha, cha tèid an ceangal ris an àrainneachd, a chaidh a thòiseachadh le na iasgairean sa choimhearsnachd, a chall buileach.

 

M’athair an t-iasgair (My father, the fisherman)

2024, 24mins. Dir: Zoe Paterson Macinnes, Language English and Gaelic with English subtitles. HIFF:U
M’athair an t-iasgair is a short documentary by Zoe Paterson Macinnes. The film is a portrait of one of the last men still lobster fishing out of Bernera from his daughter’s perspective. An extension of the Anns an Fhuil (In the Blood) project, the film is a commentary on the fishing community in Great Bernera, featuring archive film and interviews from the fishermen as it looks at the changes to the fishing industry over the years and the impact this has had on small communities. M’athair an t-iasgair displays the connection to the sea between father and daughter; although fishing is not passed down the generations like it used to be, the connection to the environment, which began with the community fishermen, is far from lost.