Banff Mountain film festival på Fjällfest

Fjällfest är festivalen för uteälskare, friluftsnördar och skidåkare, Fjällfest 2010. Datumet som ska in i kalendern är den 15-18 april. Precis som förra året fylls fjällfesten med turer, kurser, äventyr, föreläsningar, bildvisningar och underhållning.

Torsdag och Lördag kväll kommer vi att visa filmer från Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Azazel

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

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.

Deep/Shinsetsu

Japan, 2009, 3 minutes
Directed and Produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
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.

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

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.

NWD10: Dust and Bones

Canada, 2009, 15 minutes

Directed by Derek Westerlund, Scott Bradfield, Jacob Heilbron, Dan Gerhard
Produced by Derek Westerlund
Classification: General - no advisory
Focus: Mountain biking

"NWD10: Dust and Bones" is the final chapter in the epic saga known as "New World Disorder". Shot in high definition with RED cameras, it features the ultimate throw-down segment by Darren Berrecloth and unbelievable backflip combinations from Greg Watts, not to forget the Hell Barge. Pile in the rest of the top freeriders, dirt jumpers and slopestylers, and this world-class film will have you reeling.

Extra.Ordinary

Canada, 2009, 11 minutes

Directed and produced by Matty Westcott and Joel Whalen
Classification: Parental Guidance - coarse language
Focus: Skiing, snowboarding

A film about regular skiers and snowboarders who fly under the radar living in small-town Fernie, B.C. The footage is of skiers/snowboarders riding deep powder and jibbing urban handrails, as well as hitting backcountry booters and skiing backcountry terrain.

Mystic Spirit

France, 2009, 5 minutes

Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Claude Adam
Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Multi-Sport, family-friendly

An old legend says the Oberland Bernese forest is haunted by the spirit of a man constantly seeking adrenaline. Offended by his powers, the Gods decide to punish him by taking his soul. Possessed by this rambling spirit, the characters acquire strange supernatural powers. A film packed with special effects, topped off with humour!

The Cable Car

Switzerland, 2008, 7 minutes

Directed by Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun
Produced by Claudius Gentinetta
Classification: General
Focus: animation, story

While travelling by cable car to a place somewhere in the mountains, an old man treats himself to some snuff. With every sneeze, the cable car cabin falls apart more and more. The man, however, is far from accepting his fate.