Welcome to the first Hebrides International Film Festival
This first Hebrides International Film Festival took place between 22nd- 27th September 2014 as part of the new Hebtember initiative in The Western Isles.
The Festival presented an outstanding line-up of International and Scottish award winning environmental feature films, documentaries, and shorts with films such as Kiss the Water, More than Honey, Sand Wars, Promised Land, and Chasing Ice plus a children’s selection including the beautiful fairytale film Cinderella Moon and a collection of International shorts and animations.
The Festival had an environmental theme and aimed to inspire, entertain and inform audiences on international actions and issues around environmental change. The programmed films presented outstanding cinematography and location shooting, and they took us to some of the most beautiful and remote environments in the world with the intention of increasing our understanding of what is happening in our environment on a global scale today.
This unique and inspiring environmental Festival was programmed by Paul Taylor, film programmer at Eden Court Theatre and Muriel Ann Macleod, Creative Director at Rural Nations with additional input from Andy Mackinnon at Uist Film and the rural venue promoters.
THE HIFF Photo Competition Winners and Entries
Winning Picture 'Gone Fishing' by Emma Fraser
Second Place Picture by Peter Fergusson
Third Place Picture by Mike Sullivan
