Le Chéile (Together)
Synopsis: The world's first film in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) and Gaeilge (Irish). A Scottish Rangers supporter and an Irish Celtic supporter find common ground on a bus ride home over their ability to speak similar languages.
Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):
A’ chiad fhilm san t-saoghal a tha gu bhith ann an Gàidhlig (Gàidhlig na h-Alba) agus Gaeilge (Gàidhlig na h-Èireann). Tha neach-taic Rangers agus neach-taic Ceilteach a’ lorg talamh cumanta nan comas a bhith a’ bruidhinn cànanan coltach ris.
Gaeilge (Irish):
An chéad scannán ar domhan le bheith i nGaeilge (Gàidhlig na hAlban) agus Gaeilge (Gaeilge Gaeilge). Aimsíonn tacadóir Rangers agus tacadóir Ceilteach talamh coitianta ina gcumas teangacha comhchosúla a labhairt.
Director Statement
I am a writer of short stories and films that often touch upon Scottish and Irish heritage and language. My debut short-film, Le Chéile, explores the dynamic between a Scottish Rangers supporter (Gaelic speaker) and an Irish Celtic supporter (Irish speaker) when they are forced to interact, pivoting around the idea that language can bring people together.
Le Chéile is the world's first short-film in Irish and Gaelic and interrogates the often unexplored connection between both languages. Created by an all-female crew, it is a directorial debut focusing on the differences and similarities between Gaelic and Irish and how languages can bring people together. Exploring themes of friendship, sectarianism, and language, my short film, and more broadly my work, aims to put minority languages in conversation with modern day issues, consequently bringing them into popular media consumption.
Director Biography - Róise Nic an Bheatha
Róise Nic an Bheatha is a writer and director who grew up in the North of Ireland speaking Irish (Gaelige) from a young age. In 2011, she moved to Scotland where she began to learn Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig). In 2019, she graduated top of her class, having studied Scottish Literature at both the University of Glasgow and Vancouver's Simon Fraser University. Her work has previously been published in Artificial Womb Magazine, The Poetry Foundation, Association for Scottish Literary Studies, and Vancouver’s The Peak. You can view her most recent work at theramblingcelt.com.
Róise's work often touches on the connection between Ireland and Scotland and their interconnected languages, heritage, culture, and diaspora. Her writing and films raise questions surrounding the importance of language and how different languages give us different perspectives on the world.