IORRAM

BOAT SONG

By Alastair COLE

TONGUE TIED FILMS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2021

Across the islands of the Outer Hebrides, voices from the past tell stories of the sea.

Festivals
& Awards

glasgow 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • SCOTTISH GAELIC
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alastair COLE
    • Producer(s)
    • Adam DAWTREY (Bofa Productions), Alastair COLE (Tongue Tied Films)
    • Synopsis
    • The first ever cinema documentary entirely in Scottish Gaelic, Iorram is an immersive portrait of the fishing community in the Outer Hebrides, as the islands and their language face an uncertain future. This unique film is composed from rare archive sound recordings, woven together with contemporary images filmed over three years by director Alastair Cole. Voices, stories and songs from the mid-20th century interact with observational footage of daily life in the islands today, to create a poetic dialogue between past and present, and between sound and vision, set to an original folk score composed and performed by award-winning musician Aidan O'Rourke.