Bha iad Làn Sgeulachdan
2021 | 6min | Super 8mm on Video
> Lumière 2021 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
> FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2021 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
> Lunenburg Doc Fest 2021 | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
> Cape Breton Film Series Screening 2021 | Inverness, Nova Scotia
> Silver Wave Film Festival 2021 | Fredericton, New Brunswick
> "At First Light" | Lightproof Screening 2021 | Ottawa, Ontario
> Experiments in Cinema 2022 | Albuquerque, New Mexico
> Moviate Underground Film Festival 2022 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
> DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2022 | Vancouver, British Columbia
> An Drochaid Mabou Gaelic and Historical Society 2022 | Mabou, Nova Scotia
> Halifax Independent Filmmakers' Festival 2022 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
> Nickel Independent Film Festival 2022 | St. John's, Newfoundland
> Parrsboro Film Festival 2022 | Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
> On Performance Short Circuit 2022 | Brighton, England
> "Collective Work" | Lightproof Screening 2022 | VUCAVU
> "Breath Work" | EXPS/SLC 2023 | Salt Lake City, Utah
> "Heavy Light" | San Diego Underground Film Festival 2023 | Los Angeles, California
In Bha Iad Làn Sgeulachdan, my grandfather Willie Francis Fraser reflects on the long-form storytelling he heard in his youth on Cape Breton Island, his relationship to the Gaelic language, and his extraordinary experience of learning to dance in a series of dreams he had as a boy.
