Boat Song

Local title
Paadilaul
Original title
Iorram
Director
Alastair Cole
Year
2021

The first-ever cinema documentary in Scottish Gaelic, "Iorram" (Boat Song) is an immersive portrait of the fishing community in the Outer Hebrides, as it faces an uncertain future.

Director Alastair Cole layers breath-taking footage of island life today with archive sound recordings of voices, stories and songs from the mid-20th century, woven together with a original folk score by Aidan O’Rourke to create a poetic dialogue between past and present, about a culture and language fighting to survive in the modern globalized world.

Director
Alastair Cole
Producer
Adam Dawtrey, Alastair Cole
Director of Photography
Alastair Cole
Editing
Colin Monie
Production
BofA Productions, Tongue Tied Films
Music
Aidan O’Rourke
Distribution
Filmoption International
Runtime
Language
Director
Alastair Cole

Alastair Cole

Colours of the Alphabet (2016, doc), Iorram (Boat Song, 2021, doc)

European green capital 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL FILM PROGRAMME

Screenings

Screening111303 / Paadilaul
Q&A guestsAlastair Cole - Director
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Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening141602 / Paadilaul
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