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Film Menu
7:30 PM, Monday, March 8, 2010
Photocredit: From the film 'MedeoZ'
MedeoZ
France, 2008, 6 minutes
Directed and Produced by Guillaume Broust
Website: http://kyom.blogspot.com/2008/02/og-team.html
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Multi-sport, humour, family-friendly
Filmed in the Mont Blanc range, this short features six different mountain sports:
climbing, skiing, snowboarding, speed riding, paragliding and BASE jumping.
From the film 'Take a Seat'
Take a Seat
Special Jury Mention
UK, 2009, 46 minutes
Directed by: Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill
Produced by: Lucy Wilcox
Website: www.ginger.tv ; www.takeaseat.org
Classification: General - nudity
Focus: Human story, adventure, biking
Dominic Gill’s mission is to cycle the 32,000
kilometres from the northern coast of Alaska to the southern tip of South
America, on a tandem bike, picking up random strangers on the way. A gripping
tale of two years and two continents, full of extraordinary characters
and incidents.
From the film 'Ultimate Skiing Showdown'
The Ultimate Skiing Showdown
Canada, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by David McMahon
Website: www.xczone.tv
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Nordic Skiing, Family-friendly
The final sprint showdown between the fastest skiers
on Earth in juxtaposition with a stunt performer showing some of the sickest
moves on Nordic skis. A lot of fun!
From the film 'Shining Spirit' by Karen McDiarmid
Shining Spirit
Canada, 2009, 26 minutes
Directed and produced by Karen McDiarmid
Website: www.taracafeproject.ca
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Culture, human story
Filmed in Canada, India and Tibet, "Shining
Spirit" documents
a recording project that brings together the family of Jamyang Yeshi through
music and multi-track recording technology. With the help of Western friends,
Jamyang, in exile in Canada, and his brother Tsundue, in exile in the U.S.,
join voices with the family they left behind in Tibet. For the first time
in over a decade, they sing together once again. The film is a testament
to the power of music, the resilience of the Tibetan culture, and the enduring
bond of a family separated by politics and geography.
From the film 'Deep/Shinsetsu', Daisuke Sasaki in Hokkaido, Japan, Photo by Yasuo
Wakayama
Deep/Shinsetsu
Japan, 2009, 3 minutes
Directed and Produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
Website: www.ebisfilms.jp
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Powder skiing, family-friendly
"Shinsetsu" means deep powder in Japanese. This
short film expresses a typical day in the mountains in Japan.
From the film 'First Ascent: Alone on the Wall'
First Ascent: Alone on the Wall
USA, 2009, 24 minutes
Directed and produced by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
Website: www.senderfilms.com
Classification: General – coarse language
Focus: Rock Climbing, free solo climbing
After gaining international climbing renown for his landmark
free-solo of "Moonlight Buttress" (V, 5.12+, 9 pitches) in Zion National
Park, Utah, in April 2008, 24-year-old Alex Honnold moves on to his next big
challenge: the first free-solo of the "Regular Northwest Face" route
(VI, 5.12a, 23 pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome.
Film Menu
7:30 PM, Tuesday, March 9, 2010
From the film 'Hunlen'
Hunlen
Canada, 2009, 12 minutes
Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Website: www.gravsports.com
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Ice climbing
What happens if you show up to climb one of the biggest
frozen waterfalls in Canada -- but it isn't completely frozen? Will Gadd and
EJ Plimley battle to do the first ascent of B.C.'s remote Hunlen Falls. Falling
ice, crashing water, fear, big fun!
From the film 'Kranked - Revolve' by Dylan Dunkerton
Kranked - Revolve
Canada, 2009, 11 minutes
Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Website: www.radical-films.com
Classification: General - coarse language
Focus: Mountain biking
The coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented
-- the mountain bike? "Revolve" blasts in cinematic glory from the
French Alps to the lush coast of B.C., incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride,
slopestyle and downhill.
A photographer wants to take one shot showing all the
sports, instead of taking separate photos of each sport. It takes a lot
of work!
From the film 'Signatures' by Michael Brown
Signatures: Canvas of Snow
USA, 2009, 16 minutes
Directed by: Nick Waggoner
Produced by Ben Sturgulewski
Website: www.sweetgrass-productions.com
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Skiing, snowboarding and noboarding
In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different
signatures of terrestrial home - a sense that the rhythm of fall, winter, spring
and summer influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their riding
style and the lines they choose.
This special edit features skiers, snowboarders, a photographer and a noboarder
who are each in tune with this connection to winter and the environment they
ride in.
From the film 'Rowing the Atlantic'
Rowing the Atlantic
USA, 2009, 26 minutes
Directed and produced by JB Benna
Website: www.journeyfilm.com
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Sea-kayaking, adventure, human story, family-friendly
A few years ago, Roz Savage gave up what for many would
be an ideal life (husband, great job, big house), picked up a few pairs of rowing
oars and a boat to go with them and set off across the Atlantic Ocean – alone – in
a rowboat.
From the film 'Africa Revolutions Tour' by Pat Camblin
Africa Revolutions Tour
USA, 2009, 20 minutes
Directed by Rush Sturges
Produced by Tyler Bradt
Website: www.Rev-Inn.com
Classification: Parental Guidance - coarse language
Focus: White-water kayaking, Sun Catcher’s Project (NGO in Africa)
From the crocodile-infested White Nile in Uganda, to big-water first descents
in Madagascar, the film follows this group of friends on their dangerous mission.
Accompanying the team is Rita Riewerts, the founder of the Sun Catchers Project,
a non-profit that installs solar cooking facilities
in African orphanages, hospitals and communities.
Join the team as they set out on an ambitious kayaking expedition in eastern
Africa.
Every cent this film generates will be donated to the Sun Catchers Project.
Photocredit: From the film 'Uruca (5.12c R/X)'
Uruca (5.12c R/X)
Brazil, 2009, 8 minutes
Directed and produced by Erick Grigorovski
Website: www.grigorovski.com
Classification: Parental guidance, no advisory
Focus: Rock climbing, animation
On a Sunday morning perfect for rock climbing, Hugo attempts
one of the hardest and most sought-after climbing routes at the Sugar Loaf in
Rio de Janeiro: "Uruca".
Extremely difficult and dangerous, it will demand all of his skill and concentration.
To the Rainbow
UK, 2009, 14 minutes
Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Lynwen Griffiths
Website: www.bamboochicken.tv
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Rock climbing, human story
Paul Pritchard was one of Britain’s most talented and outrageous climbers
in the late 1980s. A head injury received while climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania
left Paul with hemiplegia. Now, 13 years on, he makes an emotional return to
climbing – on The Rainbow in North Wales. Teaming up with his old climbing
partner, the legendary Johnny Dawes, he takes on a 5.10 route. Inspirational.
Photocredit: From the film 'Mont-Blanc Speed Flying'
Mont-Blanc Speed Flying
Award for Best Short Mountain Film, sponsored by Mountain Hardwear
France,
2008, 10 minutes
Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Website: www.didierlafond.com
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Speed riding, family-friendly
Six speed riders fly from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down to Chamonix
in one continuous 10-minute shot,
filmed in Cineflex.
Project Megawoosh
Special Jury Mention
Germany, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed by Minh Duong
Produced by Nikolas Hannack
Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: Humour, spoof
Bruno Kammerl, a German engineer, works to perfect the
world's tallest human water slide.
Film menu subject to change
Program length approximately three hours including films,
intermission and raffle
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