Kitimat Search and Rescue is hosting the Banff Mountain Film Festival at the Mount Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday October 9th at 7:00 pm. The Festival is an international Film Festival featuring footage on ‘Mountain’ subjects. This year is the festivals 35th anniversary and is the second year the Kitimat Search and Rescue will have hosted it.
"We picked nine excellent films for a well balanced show and think everyone will be pleased. There will be something for everyone," said Kelly Marsh from Kitimat Search and Rescue.
Funding this year goes towards equipment. The Search and Rescue plan on upgrading communications with their radios through the purchase of a repeater.
Last year, the festival sold out. Tickets are available from Search and Rescue Members, Bookmasters and there may still be some at the door.
This year’s films are:
Signatures: Canvas of Snow
USA, 2009, 16 minutes
Directed by: Nick Waggoner
Produced by" Ben Sturgulewski
Website:
www.sweetgrass-productions.com 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.
Take a Seat
Special Jury Mention
UK, 2009, 46 minutes
Directed by: Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill
Produced by: Lucy Wilcox
Website:
www.ginger.tv ;
www.takeaseat.org Classification: General - nudity
Focus: Human story, adventure, biking
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.
Project Megawoosh
Special Jury Mention
Germany, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed by Minh Duong
Produced by Nikolas Hannack
Website:
www.okifilms.com Classification: General, no advisory
Focus: Humour, spoof
Bruno Kammerl, a German engineer, works to perfect the world's tallest human water slide.
Revolution One
USA, 2009, 10 minutes
Directed and Produced by Dan Heaton
Website:
www.sykoproductions.com Classification: Parental Guidance - coarse language
Focus: Unicycling
"Revolution One" takes a look into the history, people and places that have defined the rapidly emerging sport of off-road unicycling.
Follow world champion unicyclists Kris Holm and Dan Heaton as they display riding that has blown the minds of viewers worldwide.
Kranked - Revolve
Canada, 2009, 11 minutes
Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Website:
www.radical-films.com Classification: General - coarse language
Focus: Mountain biking
The coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented -- the mountain bike? "Revolve" blasts in cinematic glory from the French Alps to the lush coast of B.C., incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle and downhill.
MedeoZ
France, 2008, 6 minutes
Directed and Produced by Guillaume Broust
Website:
http://kyom.blogspot.com/2008/02/og-team.html Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Multi-sport, humour, family-friendly
Filmed in the Mont Blanc range, this short features six different mountain sports: climbing, skiing, snowboarding, speed riding, paragliding and BASE jumping.
A photographer wants to take one shot showing all the sports, instead of taking separate photos of each sport. It takes a lot of work!
Mont-Blanc Speed Flying
Award for Best Short Mountain Film, sponsored by Mountain Hardwear
France, 2008, 10 minutes
Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Website:
www.didierlafond.com Classification: General – no advisory
Focus: Speed riding, family-friendly
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
Website:
www.senderfilms 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.
Africa Revolutions Tour
USA, 2009, 20 minutes
Directed by Rush Sturges
Produced by Tyler Bradt
Website:
www.Rev-Inn.com 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