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Public screening of 'Saliqmiut: people along the coast, at the edge'. This screening is part of the Aberdeen Environmental Arts and Humanities Network's spring programme of public film screenings.
Seeking to engage a wide community of practitioners, activists, and individuals in thought-provoking conversations about shared environmental and energy concerns, the Aberdeen Environmental Arts and Humanities Network (EAHN) is excited to announce the launch of its first public film screening series. Sponsored by the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Environment and Biodiversity and hosted in partnership with The Belmont Cinema and Citymoves Dance Agency, the EAHN series’ Spring programme (April-May 2026) features a season of inspiring short documentaries made by local and Scottish-based filmmakers, beginning on Earth Day.
Synopsis: The film connects two communities experiencing climate change in starkly different environments: the 2025 Los Angeles megafires and the accelerating coastal collapse threatening the Canadian Inuvialuit hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean.
Through intimate encounters across heat and ice, the film reveals how ordinary people adapt, endure, and reimagine life on the front lines of rapidly changing ecosystems. Best Climate Film, Lulea International Film Festival, 2025, High Impact Award, Climate Action Now Film Festival, Virginia 2026.
Filmmaker: Alan Marcus is Professor in Creative and Cultural Practice at the University of Aberdeen. As a filmmaker and cultural historian, he often explores themes associated withhomeland and the impact of mass tourism and urbanization on iconic post-traumatic sites. Works include films on the US/Mexican border controversy, post-war Hiroshima, and the environmental impact of over development in Hawaii following US occupation.
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The Anatomy Rooms Lecture Theatre, Shoe Lane, Marischal College