Our Shared Futures Film Night: Utama

Friday 28 November 2025

Fittie Community Hall, New Pier Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5DR

Doors 6.30pm, Film Starts 7pm

Utama (no cert 12A recommended) 

An elderly Quechua couple live a tranquil life in the arid Bolivian highlands. While Virginio takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, Sisa keeps house and walks for miles with other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, they must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life or admit defeat and move in with family members in the city.

Their dilemma is precipitated by the arrival of their grandson Clever, who comes to visit with news. The three of them must face, each in their own way, the effects of a changing environment, the importance of tradition, and the meaning of life itself. This visually jaw-dropping film won the Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema Dramatic) at the Sundance Film Festival.

This screening is part of the Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Community Film Festival 2025 – a free, community-powered festival that brings together stories of climate, displacement, resilience, and hope. 

This festival is curated and produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Earth Refuge, CMJ (Climate & Migrant Justice Organising Group), and City of Sanctuary UK.

The festival coincides with COP30 in Brazil. 

This screening is free to attend. No booking required.