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Best of the 35th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 07:30pm
Best of the 35th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Wednesday, February 23 / Arlington Theatre / 7:30 p.m.
Each night - $14 general admission and $11 UCSB students & youth 18 and under / call 805-893-3535
Program Length – 2 hours, 20 minutes
The Longest Way
Best Short Mountain Film, sponsored by Mountain Hardwear
Germany, 2009, 5 minutes / Directed and produced by Christoph Rehage
A highly entertaining time-lapse of a one-year-walk from Beijing to Urumqi. Time and distance travelled are charmingly demonstrated by the growth of a beard in this five-minute short. www.thelongestway.com
Into Darkness
USA, 2010, 15 minutes / Directed and Produced by John Waller
Into Darkness is a short adventure essay about the experience of exploring the secret underworld of caves. Journey along with a group of cavers who push through impossibly small passages to access some of the final frontiers on Earth. The images and sounds of spectacular and remote wilderness caves will reveal a fantastic world unlike anything we experience on the surface. www.uncagethesoul.com
A Life Ascending
Best Film on Mountain Culture, sponsored by Petzl
People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Timex Expedition
USA, 2010, 57 minutes / Directed and produced by Stephen Grynberg
Living with his wife and two young daughters on a remote glacier in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Ruedi Beglinger has built a reputation as one of the top mountaineering guides in the world. A Life Ascending follows his family’s unique life in the mountains and their journey in the years following a massive avalanche that killed seven people. The film ultimately explores the power of nature as both an unforgiving host and profound teacher. www.alifeascending.com
intermission
Rush Hour Dream
Germany, 2009, 5 minutes / Directed and Produced by Kerim Jaspersen and Christian Menn
An office worker in Düsseldorf, Germany, has a Rush Hour Dream in the tramway on his way to work and wakes up on a beautiful mountainside to discover that he is carrying a paraglider in his laptop.
Last Paradise (Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour edit)
New Zealand, 2010, 26 minutes / Directed and Produced by Clive Neeson
In the remote wilderness of New Zealand, when necessity was the mother of invention, a maverick bunch of kids concocted a dream that they would one day share with the world. In Last Paradise, through 45 years of stunning original footage we relive the journey of legendary extreme sports pioneers on the roads less travelled. www.lastparadisefilm.com
Feel the Hill (Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour edit)
Canada, 2009, 12 minutes / Directed and Produced by Jérémy Comte
The sport of long boarding attracts all kinds of people. Feel the Hill demonstrates some of the multiple disciplines of long boarding and the sense of freedom that comes with the sport.
The Swiss Machine
USA, 2010, 20 minutes / Produced by Nick Rosen and Peter Mortimer
Ueli Steck may be the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. In The Swiss Machine, Steck tells of his record-breaking ascents in the Alps, accompanied by stunning aerial footage that captures him racing up 2500-metre alpine faces. When he joins Alex Honnold in Yosemite, Steck sets his ultimate goal: to take his one-man alpine speed game to the largest, highest walls in the world. www.senderfilms.com
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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