Black Canyon, Winner, Telluride Mountainfilm 2007, Best Climbing
Film
Peter Mortimer
Coloradofs Black Canyon is as beautiful as it is intimidating.
Two-thousand-foot drops, loose rock, and poison ivy thwart the path to some
of the most gorgeous and difficult alpine crack lines that tempt free ascents.
Join up with the two best men for the job, Jared Ogden and Topher Donahue,
as they conquer the choice lines, debate the drunken Aussies and support
a harrowing near-death rescue on rock.
(USA, 2006, 10 min)
Gasherbrum II- The Fastest Summit
Directed: Niko Jager
Sky Running is a very modern way of alpinism, outstanding in
both flexibility and toughness: Ascending fast and descending
even faster. Benedik Bohm and Sebastian Haag are up to something
completely new in the range of mountaineering: A sky run to
the summit of Gasherbrum 11 (8053m) and going the whole way
down to Base Camp right through the death zone in one day.
The film does not only feature an outstanding sportive achievement,
but also the whole strain of that tour including its preparations
at Base Camp and mountain side.
(Germany 2007, 28 min)
Granny D Goes to Washington, Winner Indomitable Spirit Award,
Mountainfilm 2007
Alidra Solday
Doris Haddock, an 89-year-old widow, could take it easy during
her twilight years. Instead, she decides to walk across the
entire country from California to Washington, D.C. to bring
awareness to political campaign finance reform.
(USA, 2006, 27 min)
Papa Tortusa
Rob Wilson
Fernando Manzano was just 16 years old when he found his
calling. For the past 31 years, he has dedicated himself
to bringing the leatherback sea turtle back from the edge
of extinction. In the small town of Tecolutla, Mexico, he
has battled relentlessly against weather, natural predators
and poachers\with no outside financial support.
(USA, 2006, 20 min)
Running Down the Man
Ben Knight & Travis Rummel
They said it couldn't be done. One man's
quest to prove Baja's Rooster fish could be tamed with a fly rod. Starring
champion fly fisher Frank Smethurst, this documentary tells the story of
a man who has spent almost a decade trying to pioneer a way to catch this
magnificent fish by chasing it down on foot with only one chance at a perfect
cast.
(USA, 2007, 17 min, catch and release)
The Job
Jonathan Browning
A satirical peek at a political hot-button issue.
(USA, 2007, 4 min)
Trail and Error: Progression
Bjorn Enga
Ryan Leech is given a challenge: to create the most progressive and challenging
mountain bike line possible through an old-growth forest and then ride
it. A short expose of a top biking talent who pushes his skills in a new
environment, one that is slated to be destroyed.
(Canada, 2006, 10 min)
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Program length, including intermission and
raffle, approximately 3 hours
Note: Films
subject to change |
