Banff Mountain Film Festival på Fjellfilm i Joutenheimen

Fjellfilmfestivalen arrangeras av Stiftelsen Fjellkultur, som är skapat av Den Norske Turistforening (DNT) och förlaget FriFlyt AS som står bakom tidningarna FriFlyt, Ute och Klatring.

Festivalen arrangerades första gången 2003, det var den nu avlidne Ole Drægni på Turtagrø hotell som tog initiativet till festivalen. Målet med stiftelsen er å främja friluftsliv och fjällkultur på ett positivt sätt och det har man verkligen lyckats med. Biljetterna till Fjellfilmfestivalen brukar sälja slut på några få veckor och taket är satt till 1000 deltagare där de allra flesta bor i tältlägret.

Fjellfilmfestivalen är en blandning av vandringsturer, klätterturer och kurser på dagarna, föredag, film, band och party på kvällarna. Banff Mountain Film Festival gör ett turnéstop på Fjellfilmfestivalen och kommer att visa film på den mäktiga utescenen på Fredag kväll och i Hulen på Lördag, se programmet nedan.

Fredag 10 september kl 20.30, Ute

Signatures: Canvas of Snow

USA, 2009, 16 minutes
Directed  by: Nick Waggoner
Produced by" Ben Sturgulewski
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.

Azazel

France, 2007, 22 minutes
Directed and produced by:  Guillaume Broust
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Mountaineering, family friendly


From the film: Azazel. Courtesy of Banff  Mountain Festivals.

Four friends set out to establish a new  route on the Trango Pulpit Tower, a mythic 6000-metre-high rock wall in  Pakistan.
Days and days of pleasure, quantities of testosterone  expended, frozen fingers and naps on the wall.

Africa Revolutions Tour

USA, 2009, 20 minutes
Directed by Rush Sturges
Produced by Tyler Bradt
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.

The Fellowship of the Bearing

Canada, 2008, 12 minutes
Directed  and produced by Daniel Pape
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus:  Downhill skateboardings

A film depicting the sport and culture of downhill  skateboarding in Southern B.C.

Lördag 11 september kl. 16.40 Hulen.

Take a Seat

Special Jury Mention

“We  were drawn in by the charisma of the main character in this film,” jury  member Lindsay Griffin says. “It proves that you can have a superb  adventure without having to be particularly macho.”

UK, 2009,  46 minutes
Directed by: Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill
Produced by: Lucy  Wilcox
Classification: General - nudity
Focus: Human story,  adventure, biking


From  the film: Take a Seat. Courtesy of Banff Mountain Festivals.

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.
 

Mont-Blanc Speed Flying

Award for Best Short Mountain Film

Jury  member Don Bowie describes this film as a “wonderfully filmed  adrenaline ballet.”

France, 2008, 10 minutes
Directed  and produced by Didier Lafond
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus:  Speed riding, family-friendly


From the film: Mont Blanc Speed Flying. Courtesy of  Banff Mountain Festivals.

Six speed riders fly from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down  to Chamonix in one continuous 10-minute shot, filmed in Cineflex.

First Ascent: Alone on the Wall

USA, 2009, 24 minutes
Directed and produced by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
Classification: General – coarse language
Focus: Rock Climbing, free solo climbing

From the film: Alone on the wall. Courtesy of  Banff Mountain Festivals.

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.