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’S e sgeulachd co-aimsireil a th’ ann am Marram a tha a’ leantainn teaghlach air eilean Innse Gall is iad a’ feuchainn ri mac gràdhach a thuigsinn agus ath-bheòthachadh. Cha do bhruidhinn Kevin fad mìosan. Tha a mhàthair Maragaidh a’ dol a-mach às a rathad gus rudeigin fhaighinn a dh’fhaodadh cuideachadh a thoirt dha. Air an t-slighe, tha rudeigin a’ dùsgadh innte fhèin a chaidh air chall. Air ais air an eilean, feumaidh i a h-uile càil a rèiteachadh uair eile fhad ’s a chumas i cùisean rèidh le a mac eile, Seumas. Aig a’ cheart àm, tha am muran a dh’fheumas iad airson tughadh a’ mhullaich os an cinn air fàs gann bho cnàmhadh talmhainn a’ chladaich. Le cleasaichean leithid Dolina NicIllinnein, Daibhidh Walker agus Ewan James Armstrong, ’s e film goirid ùr a th’ ann am Marram a chaidh a dh’fhilmeadh ann am Bearnaraigh, Uibhist a Tuath agus ann an Dùn Èideann. Chaidh an ceòl a chlàradh le dithis cheòladair eileagtronaigeach, WHYTE.

A contemporary story following a family on a Hebridean island as they try to understand and revive a beloved son. Kevin has not spoken in months. His mother Maragaidh embarks on a journey to collect something which may help him. Somewhere along the way, she also retrieves something forgotten in herself. On her return, she must reconcile all this with the frustrations of her other son, Seamus. Meanwhile, the marram grass they need to thatch the roof over their heads recedes from a gradually eroding coastline.

A new short film by Elspeth Turner and Robbie Jones, shot in Berneray, North Uist and in Edinburgh. It stars Dolina Maclennan, Daibhidh Walker and Ewan James Armstrong, and features a transcendent score by Gaelic electronica duo, WHYTE.

In Gaelic with English subtitles