Sunday May 27, 2012
Films, Lectures & Special Events
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2012
Friday is SOLD OUT - a few tickets may be available at the door.
Tickets are still left for Saturday.
Amazing mountain and adventure sports films!
Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21
7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
McCosh Hall, Room 10
Join the faculty, students, and local community for this campus favorite that combines awe-inspiring films and an intermission gear raffle (Princeton students run prizes to lucky winners)! The spectacular action-packed films feature rock climbing, mountaineering, kayaking, mountain biking, extreme skiing and explorations of the natural world.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international film competition featuring the world's best footage on mountain subjects. The festival began in 1976 and is held annually on the first weekend in November in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Each year, the festival receives approximately 330 films in the film festival competition. An international film festival jury chooses the best films from the finalists and awards prizes in eight categories: Grand Prize, Climbing, Mountain Sports, Mountain Environment, Mountain Culture, Short Mountain Film, and Feature-Length Mountain Film. Audience members select the winner of the People's Choice Award.
Each night will feature different films; film descriptions for each night will be updated to this Web page.
Sponsored by the Outdoor Action Program and
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports.
$10 students w/ PUID (advance tix only); $15 all others & at door (if any tix remain--event has sold out last 4 years).
Tickets available at:
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Frist Campus Center Ticket Office (Hours: Mon.-Fri. 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.)
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Purchase online at: University Ticketing
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By phone at the Frist Campus Center Ticket Office,: 609-258-9220 (press 2)
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Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, Princeton Shopping Center (N. Harrrion St., Princeton)
This years films will be coming from this listing of touring films.
Friday Films
© Mike Douglas
The Freedom Chair
Best Film on Mountain Sports, sponsored by Live out There
Canada, 2011, 15 minutes
Directed and produced by Mike Douglas
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language
Website: www.switchbackentertainment.com
Josh Dueck was an aspiring skier and coach until a ski accident in 2004 changed his life forever. Despite his comeback and success in the world of competitive sit-skiing, he wasn't content. Josh’s dream is to tackle the backcountry and the steepest and wildest mountains in the world — and with his infectious outlook, he may just catch his dream.
© Kristina Williams
Blue Obsession
USA, 2011, 8 minutes
Directed by Alan Gordon, Jordan Halland
Produced by Alan Gordon
Classification: General
Website: www.blueobsessionfilm.com
The beautiful and ever-changing icefalls of Alaskan glaciers provide a stunning setting for some unusual ice climbing adventures.
© Chris Korbulic
Kadoma
Best Film on Exploration and Adventure, sponsored by Nemo
USA, 2011, 42 minutes
Directed and produced by Ben Stookesbury
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language
Website: www.clearh2ofilms.com
“Kadoma” is the nickname for Hendri Coetzee, a legendary South African kayaker who is known for exploring some of Africa’s wildest rivers. In December 2010, American pro kayakers Chris Korbulic and Ben Stookesbury followed Coetzee into the Democratic Republic of Congo for a first descent of the dangerous Lukuga River. Seven weeks into the expedition, tragedy struck.
From the film Reel Rock: Sketchy Andy
Reel Rock: Sketchy Andy
USA, 2011, 22 minutes
Directed by Peter Mortimer
Produced by Nick Rosen
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language, nudity
Website: www.senderfilms.com
American climbing dirtbag Andy Lewis is taking the discipline of slacklining into the future as he solos the world’s longest high-lines and masters the hardest aerial tricks, while pushing his equipment to the limit. As Andy goes higher, harder, and faster with climbing, slack, and B.A.S.E., we all wonder how far he can go before it’ll be one step over the line.
From the film Seasons: Fall
Seasons: Fall
USA, 2010, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by Skip Armstrong
Classification: General
Deep canyons with steep, spring-fed creeks provide Kate Wagner with a soul-session in this paddling paradise.
From the film Hanuman Airlines
Hanuman Airlines
USA, 2011, 26 minutes
Directed by Hamilton Pevec
Produced by Kimberly Phinney, David Arrufat, Wildes Antoninoli
Classification: General
Website: www.theultimatedescent.com
Two Nepali adventurers channel the Hindu God of Wind on their mission to launch a paraglider from Mount Everest’s summit and travel to an ocean they have never seen.
© Jimmy Chin
Towers of the Ennedi
USA, 2011, 14 minutes
Directed and produced by Renan Ozturk
Classification: General –coarse language
Website: www.camp4collective.com
The Ennedi Desert of Chad is a hot, sand-scoured, and unfriendly place. But from its vast belly rise clusters of breathtakingly lovely spires, towers, and rock formations. Veteran climber Mark Synnott, known more for his far-flung adventures than his technical accomplishments, brings young climbing stars Alex Honnold and James Pearson to the Ennedi to explore its untouched landscapes.
From the film The Man and The Mammoth
The Man and The Mammoth
Canada, 2010, 6 minutes
Directed by Callum Peterson
Produced by Nathan Gillis
Classification: General
Website: www.publicritual.ca
A caveman discovers skiing, thanks to his new friendship with a woolly mammoth.
Saturday Films
© Brett Lowelll
Reel Rock: Origins — Obe & Ashima
USA, 2011, 23 minutes
Directed and produced by Josh Lowell
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language
Website: www.senderfilms.com
There’s a nine-year-old girl from New York City taking the bouldering world by storm, and her name is Ashima Shiraishi. Guided by her coach and former bouldering star Obe Carrion, this tiny master is crushing competitions and raising the bar for her peers. A trip to the bouldering mecca of Hueco Tanks provides a glimpse of the past for Obe and the start of amazing new adventures for Ashima.
© Brett Lowelll
Reel Rock: Ice Revolution
USA, 2011, 13 minutes
Directed and produced by Josh Lowell
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language
Website: www.senderfilms.com
A revolution is taking place, led by Canadian maniac Will Gadd. After 30 years of ice climbing, Gadd has finally realized his dream of climbing radically overhanging, heinously difficult ice at British Columbia’s spectacular Helmcken Falls. Gadd and Tim Emmett dodge exploding icicle bombs and send the hardest pure ice climb in the world.
From the film Seasons: Winter
Seasons: Winter
USA, 2011, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by Skip Armstrong
Classification: General
Brian Ward discovers an unexpected and new-found love for water, in its frozen and expanded form.
©Wendy Shattil/ Bob Rozinski/ iLCP
Spoil
Best Film on Mountain Environment, sponsored by Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
USA, 2011, 44 minutes
Directed and produced by Trip Jennings
Classification: General
Website: www.epicocity.com
Photographers join the Gitga’at First Nation of British Columbia in an attempt to photograph the legendary spirit bear, with the help of a local guide who is deeply connected to the bear and its environment, a place threatened by a proposed oil pipeline.
© Tero Repo
This is My Winter
France, 2011, 28 minutes
Directed and produced by Guido Perrini
Classification: Parental Guidance – coarse language
Website: www.timelinemissions.com
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of a season with big mountain legend Xavier de le Rue. Dealing with dangers, joys, and the ups and downs of a winter spent skimming his board over steep and gnarly lines, it’s all in a day’s work for one of the world’s finest snowboarders.
From the film On Assignment: Jimmy Chin
On Assignment: Jimmy Chin
USA, 2010, 6 minutes
Directed and produced by Renan Ozturk
Classification: General
Website: www.camp4collective.com
A brief portrait of a passionate athlete who has melded climbing and photography. Jimmy Chin believes that “the most honest photos happen when both the subject and the photographer are just in the moment, and the rest of the world has just fallen away.”
© Cory Richards Photography
Cold
Grand Prize, sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op
Best Film on Climbing, sponsored by the Alpine Club of Canada
Audio Post-Production Scholarship, sponsored by The Banff Centre
USA, 2011, 19 minutes
Directed and produced by Anson Fogel
Classification: Parental guidance – coarse language
Website: www.forgemotionpictures.com
Experience Gasherbrum II in the middle of a deep, dark winter as seen from the raw, honest perspective of alpinist Cory Richard’s camera. This film deftly captures the interwoven roles of pain, fear, and doubt — and reveals a harrowing descent that amplifies their isolation and exposure.
© Adam Bailey
C.A.R.C.A.
Canada, 2011, 8 minutes
Directed and produced by Adam Bailey
Classification: General
Website: www.carca.ca
One man’s quest to revolutionize the world of animal avalanche rescue.