Wednesday, November 4 — 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre — $18 advance, $20 day of

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Sponsored in part by Fernie Alpine Resort.

Get revved up for the coming ski season with six steep-and-deep films sure to get your adrenaline going!

7:30 p.m.

Hack Your Shackles

Canada, 2009, 7 minutes
Directed by Dave Mossop
Produced by Cholo Burns
Appearing in person: Spencer Francey

In this second installment of the noboard movement, the bindingless revolution continues.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Sports
Best Short Mountain Film

Signatures

USA, 2009, 51 minutes
Directed by Nick Waggoner
Produced by Ben Sturgulewski
Appearing in person: Nick Waggoner

In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different signatures of our terrestrial home — a sense that the rhythm of the seasons influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their riding style, and the lines they choose. As a photographer in the film explains: “The change in season brings a change of subject. I have to be ahead of this change in nathre… in order to capture what really goes on. I can say the same about the snow as well.”

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Culture

8:40 p.m.

Break

9:00 p.m.

The Ultimate Skiing Showdown

Canada, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by David McMahon

The final sprint showdown between the fastest skiers on Earth in juxtaposition with a stunt performer showing some of the sickest moves on Nordic skis. A lot of fun!

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Sports
Best Short Mountain Film

Cable to the Sky

USA, 2008, 35 minutes
Directed and produced by Peter Pilafian
World Premiere
Appearing in person: Peter Pilafian

For over 40 years, the Big Red Box at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, carried skiers, hikers, and sightseers up Rendezvous Mountain. But stress fractures in the aging cables caused it to be torn down. Two years later, this state-of-the-art replacement will operate in 120-kph winds with the precision of a giant Swiss watch. Extreme weather conditions challenge a close-knit team of men battling to finish before winter closes in.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Culture

Deep/Shinsetsu

Japan, 2008, 3 minutes
Directed and produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
Appearing in person: Masaki Sekiguchi

Shinsetsu means deep powder in Japanese. This short film expresses a typical day in our home mountains of Japan.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Sports
Best Short Mountain Film

Re:Session

USA, 2009, 65 minutes
Directed and produced by Todd Jones, Steve Jones, Corey Gavitt

Re:Session documents the true wealth of the mountain experience. Follow the crew as they score in one of Alagna, Italy’s, deepest seasons on record. Check out forbidden powder in Poland, massive wedges in Colorado, new gap jumps in Utah, and seven weeks of epic riding conditions in Alaska. Re:Session brings the most talented athletes in the sport together into one must-see film. Contains some coarse language.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Sports

Program subject to change