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Banff Mountain Film
Festival - Morgantown, WV
State
Theater
Thursday April 9, 2009
The Red Helmet
USA, 2008, 6 minutes
Directed by Tyler Young
Produced by Dave Barlia
Focus: multiple action sports
Overcome with fear, a young boy runs into the forest. He finds a
magic red helmet and goes on the adventure of a lifetime. Slowly
building his courage, he is transformed and returns to confront his
boyhood fears.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“...provides a really great montage of different sports
in a short period of time, with a fantastic soundtrack.”
Papiroflexia
USA, 2007, 3 minutes
Directed and produced by Joaquin Baldwin
Focus: environment, animation
An origami tale of a skillful paper folder who could shape the world
with his hands.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“- great short animation
Journey to the Center
Best Film on Mountain Sports
USA, 2007, 55 minutes
Directed by Jens Hoffmann
Produced by Iiro Seppanen, Jeb Corliss
Focus: exploration, BASE jumping, culture
Journey with three world-renowned BASE jumpers as they travel 10,000
miles to confront the mist and mystery of an old cave, an ancient
culture and their own demons at the center of their dangerous mission:
Tian Keng, the Heavenly Pit.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“The film has everything…beautiful imagery and scenery, human
connections, diversity in the characters, great storyline and build up of excitement
and tension in the jumper’s journey and preparations for their mission.”
“...my palms are still sweating!”
If You’re Not Falling
Best Short Mountain Film
UK, 2008, 8 minutes
Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Paul Diffley
Focus: rock climbing
Canadian rock legend Sonnie Trotter heads to Scotland to do battle on
another “hardest rock climb in the world.” As each day passes,
he collects more and more air time: 50-foot falls from the steep rock buttress
that plunges down beneath a historic castle. “Well, if you’re
not falling, you’re not trying,” observes Trotter.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
- good character and storyline
- excellent audience reactions
Shikashika
USA, 2008, 10 minutes
Directed and produced by Stephen Hyde
Focus: Culture
A Peruvian family journeys into the Andes to cut enormous blocks of ice,
bringing them down to the valley to make colorful shave ice treat called
shikashika.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“-A great cultural … it showcases a lifestyle that
is very different to our way of life."
The Last Frontier — Papua New Guinea
USA, 2008, 18 minutes
Directed and produced by Trip Jennings
Focus: kayaking, exploration, culture, environment
The Epicocity crew travel to Papua New Guinea to document the island
of New Britain’s pristine water, habitat and intact indigenous culture
through an exploratory caving and kayaking expedition.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
"Beautiful, - great mix of sport and culture"
"good suspense, good message"
The Unbearable Lightness of Skiing
Canada, 2008, 14 minutes
Directed and produced by Greg Hill
Focus: backcountry skiing, ski mountaineering
A season of backcountry skiing with a keen and passionate
narrator.
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“Beautiful scenery, great narrative by the filmmaker and ski ascents
and descents that are dreamy. A film with a local feel but broad appeal.”
“This is a great ski film, particularly for audiences
that are adverse to the sponsored, hip-hop, type of film. Great footage,
mellow soundtrack, a few laughs.”
Crux
People’s Choice Award for Radical Reels
Canada, 2007, 12 minutes
Directed by Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Ryan Leech
Focus: trials biking
Combining sheer difficulty with creative style, three athletes execute
mind-bending feats of bike mastery and redefine technical riding standards
Reviews from the Banff Mountain Film Festival:
“...a fantastic short sport film that keeps the crowd mesmerized and
brings on the oohs, aahs and even applause..."
Film menu subject to change
Program length approximately
three hours including films, intermission and raffle
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