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The
programs on March 4 and 5 are entirely different (see below).
Film Menu
Tuesday,
March 4, 2008
Entropy
Norway, 2006, 15 minutes
Directed and produced by Morten Gjerstad
Focus: Snowkiting
Entropy documents the most progressive season in snowkiting
so far. Join a couple of the world’s best riders as they search for the ultimate
snow and wind conditions. Along the way, they reinvent snowkiting by taking
a new-school approach and pushing the limit of ’wake style’ manoeuvres.
Ice Mines
Canada, 2007, 30 minutes
Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Focus: Ice climbing
Rating: Parental Guidance - Coarse language
What’s an ice climber to do in the age of global warming? Go underground.
Deep underground. Five years ago Will Gadd heard rumours of ice hidden
in the blackness of abandoned mines in Sweden. Gadd and his friend Andreas
Spak explore the mines, finding challenge, danger, and amazing ice formations.
Wings on Your Feet (Le ali ai piedi)
Switzerland, 2006, 25 minutes
Directed and produced by Fulvio Mariani
Focus: Telemark Skiing
John Falkiner and Paolo Tassi — two charming characters, untiring
powder hunters, and free telemark interpreters — tell us about their
dreams and why they have chosen skiing as their true lifestyle. Whooshing
through Fulvio Mariani’s camera shots, they guide us on journeys
of discovery and friendship in magnificent landscapes around the world.
Trial & Error
People’s Choice Award for Radical Reels
Canada, 2006, 8 minutes
Directed by Bjørn Enga
Produced by Radical Films
Focus: Mountain Biking, environment
Mountain biker Ryan Leech sets out to ride an incredibly
difficult trail in the coastal mountains of British Columbia. With the
valley slated for clearcut logging, Trial & Error combines Ryan’s
extraordinary riding with his thoughts about the very special location.
20 Seconds of Joy
Best Film on Mountain Sports and People’s
Choice Award
Germany, 2007, 60 minutes
Directed by Jens Hoffmann
Produced by Clenonice Comino
Focus: BASE jumping, Human Narrative
Rating: Parental Guidance - Coarse language
“I don’t want to die, I want to live. I’m pretty good
at running away, and this is my escape!” This is how Karina Hollekim
describes her dedication to BASE jumping. Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffman
first met the now 30-year-old Norwegian in 2002. He immediately started
to film, accompanying her through many stages of her BASE-jumping career,
until it comes to a sudden stop, changing all aspects of her life.
Wednesday,
March 5, 2008
Balance
Canada, 2006, 11 minutes ; Directed and produced by Paul Cotton
Website: www.paulcottonfilms.com
Focus: Skiing
Balance profiles the rapidly growing world of new-school
skiing, looking at all aspects of the sport: big mountain lines, terrain
parks and half-pipes, and jibbing. This film captures the athletes’ desires
to push the edge of their abilities while facing the obvious safety risks
associated with high calibre skiing. With high-energy footage cut to an
upbeat soundtrack, the audience is challenged to judge whether these athletes
are crazy or just extremely talented, or maybe both.
Inner Balance
Canada, 2007, 5 minutes ; Directed and produced by Brian MacKenzie
Website: www.balanceproductions.ca
Focus: Unicycling
Inner Balance features some of the top riders in their
respective riding styles from Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Australia.
Riders take unicycling to the next level with amazing drops and trials
riding in a massive indoor bike park. You won’t believe what’s
possible on a unicycle.
The Endless Knot
USA, 2007, 52 minutes
Directed by Michael Brown; Produced by David D’Angelo
Website: www.seracfilms.com
Focus: Culture, Climbing, Human narrative
In 1999, best friends Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker were
overcome by an avalanche while climbing in the Tibetan Himalaya. Alex died
and Conrad survived and suffered terribly from survivor’s guilt. In comforting one another
after the tragedy, Conrad and Alex’s widow Jennifer unexpectedly
found love. Now they must see if their love can survive and if Alex’s
three boys can accept Conrad as a new father. To honour Alex’s name,
Conrad and Jennifer try to find meaning beyond tragedy by supporting a
mountaineering safety school for Sherpas.
Ain’t Got No Friends on a Powder Day
Switzerland, 2007, 5 minutes
Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Website: www.huckandchuck.com
Focus: Skiing
Loris is a “classic” freerider. Jean-Yves, however, has a more
or less “accidental” style. This film draws a parallel between
two styles and two approaches to the same mountain, which are otherwise
worlds apart.
The Western Lands — Hoy
Best Short Mountain Film
UK, 2007, 9 minutes
Directed and produced by Grant Gee
Focus: Climbing, Human Interest
Rating: General
Writer Jim Perrin’s attempted climb of the Old Man of Hoy on his
60th birthday. A poetic documentary of love, loss and landscape under
the dying of the light.
In-Flux
France, 2005, 17 minutes
Directed and produced by David Arnaud
Website: www.thinkliquid.net
Focus: Kayaking
In-Flux is about the true meaning of paddling: the perpetual need to go
and travel the globe with your kayak in search of the magic something you
can find only on the river. Shot in Italy, Canada, Norway, and the Reunion
islands, the film combines adrenaline-driven action and remarkable natural
wonders.
Badgered
Best Film on Mountain Environment
UK, 2005, 7 minutes
Directed by Sharon Colman
Produced by Jamie Wolpert
Website: www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk
Focus: Environment/Animation
The tale of a badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.
King Lines: Es Pontas (13 minute excerpt)
USA, 2007, 13 minutes
Directed and produced by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer
Website: www.senderfilms.com, www.bigupproductions.com
Focus: Climbing
Rating: General
A segment from King Lines, filmed on location in Mallorca, Spain. This
spectacular segment captures Chris Sharma’s challenging ascent of
the Es Pontas arch. Deep water soloing at its best.
Film menu subject to change
Program length approximately three hours including films,
intermission and raffle
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