Village At The End Of The World (PG)

Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Lars the teenager, Karl the Hunter, Ilanngauq, Annie the elder
UK/Denmark/Greenland, 2012, 1 hour 18 minutes, subtitles

Village life is hugely cooperative and magical things happen in Niaqornat, a remote hamlet in the far north of Greenland, home to 59 people and 100 dogs. Frank, intimate conversations with Lars, the hip-hop Man Utd loving teen in search of love on Facebook; Karl, the huntsman who hopes to reopen the fish factory as a coop, Ilanngauq, the outsider and Annie, the elder who remembers the ways of the Shaman, are interspersed with fabulous images of the seasonal changes of the ice and snow. This gives an optimistic glimpse of how the villagers are adapting to the impact of climate change and the forces of globalization on their ‘disappearing life’.

Mae bywyd pentrefol yn glos iawn ac mae pethau hudolus yn diwydd yn Niaqornat, y pentref bach anghysbell yng ngogledd yr Ynys Las, sy’n gartref i 59 o bobl a 100 o gŵn. Sgyrsiau agored, diffuant gyda Lars, y bachgen yn ei arddegau sy’n caru hip-hop a Man Utd, ac sy’n edrych am gariad ar facebook; Karl, yr heliwr sy’n gobeithio ail-agor y ffatri bysgod fel menter gyd-weithredol; Ilanngauq, yr allanwr ac Annie, yr hynafwraig syn cofio traddodiadau’r Shaman. Cyfunir y rhain oll gyda delweddau ysblennydd o newidiadau tymhorol yn yr iâ a’r eira. Mae’r ffilm yn cynnig cipolwg optimistig ar sut y mae’r pentrefwyr yn addasu i effeithiau newid yn yr hinsawdd a grym tueddiadau byd-eang ar eu ‘bywyd sy’n diflannu’.

Screenings
Aberystwyth Arts Centre	2013-03-20	20:15:00	Buy Tickets
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea	2013-03-20	18:00:00	Buy Tickets
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold	2013-03-20	20:00:00	Buy Tickets
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff	2013-03-16	18:00:00	Buy Tickets