Timespan’s Community Cinema screens films fortnightly on Saturday mornings, showcasing archival and international films that highlight the stark realities of the climate crisis.

The accessible film screenings bring people together to reflect on climate concerns in a supportive and welcoming atmosphere that promotes social equality. Through these screenings, individuals will feel empowered to take action and contribute towards addressing the climate crisis.

The Voices that Shaped Us: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Join us in the relaxing Library Lounge after each film screening for an hour of engaging conversation. Participants are encouraged to share stories and memories in a friendly and supportive environment. Refreshments are available by donation or pay what you can.

2026 Screenings:

4th April – Premiere ‘CURSE o’the MYRE’ to Sutherland audiences, plus a Q&A with the Director, Robert Aitken, & Co-Producer, Michael G. Clark. The film will also be shown along with ‘The Dreaming Bog’ and ‘TEND’.

CURSE o’the MYRE: For centuries, a Spirit Guard is eternally bound to her crumbling Castle in the Scottish Highlands, and the misty Myres abound, endlessly reliving the tragedy of a clan’s brigade march to war and the death of her beloved William. Her loss spurred a grief that defied time, absorbed and unleashed into the great peatbogs of Caithness, her haunts are said to enrage at both the harm we cause each other and the earth

The Dreaming Bog: An ecopoetic film on Climate Change told through the history and mythology of the Peatbogs of Northern Scotland and the Mires of Finland – an exploration of the punishment and preservation by humankind on these vulnerable landscapes

TEND: District Nurses were a common sight in the villages, roads, and straths in the far North of Scotland in years gone by. Ishbel Macrae lived for many years in Torrish and was known as the District nurse from Helmsdale. TEND is an intimate portrait of one person’s life caring for the sick and poor, and how her legacy inspires a community to nurture each other today

18th April – The Time of Forests
A documentary exploring the unprecedented industrialization that French forests are undergoing. Heavy mechanization, monocultures, fertilizers, and pesticides: forest management is rapidly adopting the intensive agricultural model. The documentaryoffers a journey into the heart of industrial forestry and its alternatives. Living forest or wooded desert, the choices we make today will shape the landscape of tomorrow.

16th May – Caora Mor: The Big Sheep by Margaret Tait, 1966 and Crofters, 1945

30th May – Blue Heart, Britton Caillouette 2018
Combining stunning cinematography with a fantastic breadth of individual portraits, this sumptuous documentary chronicles communities fighting to save the last wild rivers of Europe.

13th June – Màiri Mhòr: Her Life and Songs, 1994
A drama-documentary, written by John McGrath, recounting the life story of songwriter Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Mary MacPherson). After being wrongly imprisoned in 1820 for stealing, she took to composing some of the most evocative and enduring music in Gaelic.

27th June – Land Grabbing, Kurt Langbein, 2015
An urgent call to action, tendered by beckoning examples of resistance and change from within poor countries themselves.

11th July – Selection of shorts including:
Scenes from a Shetland Croft Life, Jenny Brown, 1932.
Da Makkin O’ A Keshie, Jenny Brown, 1932.
Eriskay – A Poem of Remote Lives, Dr. Werner Kissling, 1935.
The Most Important Plant in the World, Caroline Vitzthum, 2024.

25th July – Local Hero Bill Forsyth, 1883
This much-loved feature from Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth is a charming and humorous portrait of an island community resisting takeover by the oil and gas industry.

8th August– Selection of shorts including:
Life in the Scottish Highlands – Population and Social Problems, SEFA, 1968.
A Pride of the Islands, Oscar Marzaroli, 1973.
Tour Through the Northern Highlands, Archibald W. Ferguson, 1968.

12th September –Grit, Cynthia Wade, Sasha Friedlander, 2018
Grit is, at its heart, a rousing tribute to youth activism, set off by natural gas drilling, and to the role of education in empowering young women.
The view of this screening is recommended to people aged 12+