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Best of the 35th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival
Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 07:30pm
Best of the 35th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Tuesday, February 22 / 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, 15 minutes
Life Cycles (Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour edit)
Canada, 2010, 14 minutes / Directed and Produced by Ryan Gibb and Derek Frankowski
Filmed in Ultra HD, Life Cycles provides some of the most visually stunning images the mountain sports world has ever seen. It’s a beautiful celebration of the bicycle, and is sure to amaze anyone who has ever ridden one. www.lifecyclesfilm.com
The Asgard Project
Best Film on Climbing, sponsored by the Canadian Alpine Club
United Kingdom, 2009, 60 minutes / Directed and produced by Alastair Lee
follows Leo Houlding’s ambitious project to make a first free ascent of the North Tower of the incredible Mount Asgard on Baffin Island deep in the Arctic. Houlding teams up with fellow big wall climber Stanley Leary, and the duo hopes to make a wingsuit descent from the summit. Arriving late in the season, the trip soon begins to go wrong. After a spectacular arrival skydiving over Mount Asgard, conditions turn against the team, so that just reaching the base of the climb becomes a massive challenge. http://www.posingproductions.com
intermission
Chimæra
Canada, 2010, 7 minutes / Directed by Dave Mossop / Produced by Malcom Sangster
“Chimæra” refers to a mythological fusion of forms or a foolish fantasy. Shot with a unique camera system capable of shooting over 1000 frames per second, Chimæra slows our perception of reality and offers an unprecedented look at a skier’s life. It is an experience that blurs the borders between the real and the imaginary. www.rockymountainsherpas.com
WildWater
USA, 2010, 25 minutes / Directed and produced by Anson Fogel
is a journey into the mind and soul of white-water and an exploration of places only river-runners can go — places of discovery, solitude, and risk. It’s a visually stunning feast for the senses, and an expedition into new ideas. Includes former UCSB Professor Rod Nash. http://www.forgemotionpictures.com
Still Motion
Canada, 2008, 5 minutes / Directed and produced by Jonathan Schmidt
Compiled from the highlights of a whole year of wildlife research, still images from motion-triggered wildlife cameras create an intricately sequenced movie-like production of Alberta’s amazing wildlife. Playful fawns, stalking cougars, and curious elk take centre stage in Still Motion. The film asks an important question: Just who is looking at whom? www.morninglightgraphics.com
Fly or Die
Special Jury Mention
USA, 2009, 24 minutes / Produced by Nick Rosen and Peter Mortimer
A bold new climbing innovation — Free BASE — is the creation of cutting-edge climber Dean Potter. In Fly or Die Potter combines free solo climbing and BASE jumping, on a quest to master disciplines that will lead to a daring evolution of the sport. www.senderfilms.com
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is presented by National Geographic, The North Face and Parks Canada and is sponsored by Deuter, OR, Stones into Schools/Three Cups of Tea, PrimaLoft, Tom’s of Maine and ProBar with support from MSR, Fernie Alpine Resort, PETZL, World Expeditions and Mountain Hardwear.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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