Banff Mountain Film Festival på Fjällfest
Visning 1
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.
Cayesh – The Calling
USA, 2006, 17 minutes
Directed and produced by Steve House
Focus: Climbing / Mountaineering
A one-day ascent of a new route on the west face of Cayesh, in Peru, filmed entirely by the two climbers. ”They wish to present a real taste of modern lightweight alpinism as practised by two of today’s best alpinists.”
Lost and Found
USA, 2007, 23 minutes
Directed and produced by Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones, and Corey Gavitt
Website: www.tetongravity.com
Focus: Skiing/Snowbording
This is the story of the extraordinary season of 2007 as seen through the eyes of world-class skiers and snowboarders. Shot entirely on 16mm and high-def, it is a testament to the terrain and conditions that only exist in the western hemisphere. The winter of 2007 was feast or famine; Lost and Found documents the feast.
The Western Lands – Hoy
Best Short Mountain Film UK, 2007, 9 minutes
Directed and produced by Grant Gee
Focus: Climbing, Human Interest
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.
Visning 2
Aerialist
USA, 2007, 27 minutes
Directed by Brad Lynch, Jim Hurst
Produced by Brad Lynch
Website: www.aerialistmovie.com
Focus: Climbing, BASE jumping
Dean Potter is obsessed with being attached to the world by as little as possible. He began his journey as a free-soloist on rock, but his refusal to be confined has pushed him to the outer edge of the climbing world and into the realms of high-lining, BASE jumping, and ”bird-manning”. Possessed by the idea that anything is possible, Dean maniacally pursues the most natural yet bizarre dream of man: to fly.
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.
Higher Ground: Mountain Photographer
USA, 2007, 8 minutes
Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne Produced by Chris Alstrin
Website: www.hg-productions.com
Focus: Climbing, Human Interest
Andrew Querner, a professional photographer from Canmore, Alberta, explains what drives his quest for the perfect climbing photograph. Difficulty and challenge are climbing’s chief attractions, but the objective hazards climbing presents tap deep sources of fear as well. Andrew Querner’s photography feeds on that, and explores the relationship between climbers and the mountain environment.
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.
