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28th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival: November 4, 7-9, 2003

 
 

Radical Reels, Tuesday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.Radical Reels  (print program)
Tuesday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.

Faster, steeper, higher, deeper! Another great evening of the world’s best skiing, boarding, kayaking and BASE-jumping films.

7:30 p.m.
Focused: Shane McConkey

(USA, 2002, 11’)
Directors/Producers: Steve Winter, Murray Wais, Scott Gaffney
Shane McConkey takes his usual antics on snow — and off — to the next level.

7:49 p.m.
Wehyakin

(USA, 2003, 36’)
Directors/Producers: Arden Oksanen, Trask McFarland
Witness a crew of international paddlers explore the marvel of Norway’s ominous whitewater, surf-kayak Hawaii’s biggest breaks, descend a remote river with horse support in Montana, and go big or go home with the new force in playboating.

8:28 p.m.
Trouble with Timmy

(Canada, 2003, 10’) WORLD PREMIERE
Directors/Producers: Timmy O’Neill (in person) and friends
Follow in the footsteps of Urban Ape’s Timmy O’Neill after he decides to make his presence known around the town of Banff.

8:41 p.m.
Vertigames 2002

(France, 2002, 10’) WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Guillaume Broust
Play "Vertigames" — choose your player and do your best free-flight trick! You may win the right to play again.

8:51 p.m.
Deep-seeded Instability

(Canada, 2003, 4’)
Directors/Producers: Dave Mossop, Eric Crosland (in person)
The Rockies, Selkirks and Coast Mountains set the stage for a brief visual glimpse of the avalanches from the tragic and deadly winter of 2003 and their effect on backcountry skiers.

8:58 p.m.
Front Range Freaks: Dyno-soar/Biscuit

(USA, 2003, 11’)
Director/Producer: Peter Mortimer
Featured are Paul Glover, who defies gravity when he throws himself up some of Colorado’s most difficult dynamic routes, and Biscuit, a small dog with an appetite for big climbs.

9:12 p.m.
Break

9:32 p.m.
Cinclus Vision

(USA, 2003, 11’)
Director/Producer: Anthony DiCola
Shot in Lysefjord, Norway, this incredible wing-suit footage features 10 Americans and one Canadian BASE jumper making 3000-foot free falls that include cliff tracking, waterfall flybys and world-record formation jumps.

9:46 p.m.
So Far West It’s Quicker to Go East to Get There…

(UK, 2002, 7’) CANADIAN PREMIERE
Director/Producer: Leo Houlding
It’s New Year’s 2001, and the old year is slip, sliding away as Leo and friends take on various boulder challenges to get things "jumping" at Fontainebleau. Features some hair-raising falls.

9:53 p.m.
Xtreme Tramping – The Lord of the Springs

(Canada, 2003, 7 min)
Director: Todd Forsbloom (in person)
Producers: Todd Forsbloom, Jeremy Smith
This mockumentary follows an elite team of Xtrampers searching for the perfect backyard trampoline. The tricks, the tramps, the trespassing and the adrenaline highs all come to life in this hilarious comedy.

10:03 p.m.
Jumpers

(USA, 2003, 25’) CANADIAN PREMIERE
Director/Producer: Mark Rinehart
The film follows two BASE jumpers as they travel from the fjords of Norway to a BASE festival near Moab, Utah. Featuring dozens of spectacular jumps, the film gets inside the tight-knit jumping community, bound by their passion for a dangerous sport.

10:31 p.m.
Ice Axis

(USA, 2003, 5’)
Director/Producer: Rich Purnell (in person)
The single most definitive moment in a climb is that which predicts the outcome — captured here using time-suspension camera technology.

10:39 p.m.
High Life [Short II]

(USA, 2003, 20’)
Directors: Todd Jones, Steve Jones, Dirk Collins, Corey Gavitt
Producer: Jon Klaczkiewicz
Daring you to see what free-skiing and snowboarding has become, this short includes Jeremy Jones, Candide Thovex and Jeremy Nobis having a blast in locations ranging from Jackson Hole, Wyo., to Tulsequah, B.C., and Alaska.


 

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Photo credits: left: Guy Cotter climbing summit ridge of Everest, 1993. Photo by the late Ned Gillette.
Right: From the film "Front Range Freaks: Dyno-soar/Biscuit"