AN artist who made a moving animated film about the Iolaire disaster has been nominated in the Gaelic Awards.
Catrìona Black’s haunting images recreate the 1919 tragedy in which more than 200 people drowned after the naval yacht HMY Iolaire hit rocks near Stornoway and sank.
The hand-drawn film, Tha thu air Aigeann m’Inntinn (You are at the bottom of my mind), is nominated for the International Award in the seventh Gaelic Awards.
Catrìona, 46, a Gaelic- speaking artist and writer from Edinburgh who now lives in the Netherlands, said: “I’m delighted to be to be nominated. It means so much tometo be recognised by the Gaelic community.
“I made the film with a huge sense of responsibility to the communities still dealing, generations later, with the emotional impact of the disaster.
“I wanted it to reflect their experience and to be a part of the healing process. It’s been completely humbling to be a part of it.”
Catrìona spent a year making the film, which features archive recordings of survivors and witnesses interwoven with a haunting musical score.
The awards take place on November 19 in Glasgow. Find out more at www.scottishgaelicawards.co.uk .
