CHARGE
(2019, Canada, 5 minutes)
Filmmaker: Mike Douglas, Mike Gamble, Anthony Bonello (Switchback Entertainment)
Film Synopsis: Four top freeskiers and a World Champion drone pilot are dropped at Chatter Creek, BC for one week. Their instructions: charge as hard as you can every day.
The Ladakh Project
(2019, Austria, 13 minutes)
Filmmaker: David Arnaud and Corinna Halloran (Red Bull)
Film Synopsis: Seven days, three rivers, one woman. This is the story of Nouria Newman’s solo kayak adventure in the Indian Himalaya.
THE IMAGINARY LINE
(2019, USA, 11 minutes)
Filmmaker: Kylor Melton
Film Synopsis: In an act of political solidarity, a team from Mexico and the U.S.A assemble with the sole purpose of establishing a slackline that crosses the border between them. In a world that is constantly tearing us apart, they come together to cross an imaginary line and tell a different story
SPECTRE EXPEDITION – MISSION ANTARCTICA
(2019, UK, 36 minutes)
Filmmaker: Alastair Lee, Sender Films, Leo Houlding
Film Synopsis: 1000 miles, 200+ kgs, 65 days, 3 mates, 1 mountain. Unsupported, using snow-kites to travel great distances, with massive loads at speeds up to 60 kmph this is the epic tale of Leo Houlding, Jean Burgun & Mark Sedon’s daring dream to reach the summit of the most remote mountain on Earth; The Spectre, Antarctica.
SIBLINGS
(2019, Canada, 3 minutes)
Filmmakers: Mike Hopkins, Scott Carlson
Film Synopsis: A short coming of age film that celebrates childhood and the relationship between siblings.
SURFER DAN
(2018, USA, 8 minutes)
Filmmaker: Tim Kemple, Camp4 Collective
Film Synopsis: In a time when it can feel like you need to fly to the opposite side of the globe to find adventure and challenge, Surfer Dan proves that with dedication, grit and a little creativity you might already have all you need outside you own backdoor.
A NORDIC SKATER
(2018, Lithuania, 5 minutes)
Filmmaker: Paulius Neverbickas
Film Synopsis: The story of a man who uses every sense he has to travel on thin ice while Nordic skating in the Oslo region of Norway. He tells the story of how the little known sport of Nordic skating came to play a big part in his life.
REEL ROCK 14: The High Road
(2019, USA, 18 minutes)
Filmmaker: Peter Mortimer, Zachary Barr, Nick Rosen (Sender Films)
Film Synopsis: Highball bouldering ace Nina Williams flexes her guns and tests her
nerves well into the no-fall zone.
THE RUNNING PASTOR
(2019, USA, 9 minutes)
Filmmaker: Camp4 Collective, Tim Kemple
Film Synopsis: Sverri is a local Pastor and avid runner who uses his time on the trails to work through not only his own personal conflicts, but the conflicts of others he often is burdened with.
THE FRENCHY
(2018, USA, 13 minutes)
Filmmaker: Michelle Smith
Warning: Coarse language
Film Synopsis: Jacques is an 82-year-old, badass athlete, but the real story is how he inspires us with his contagious love of life, epic tales of survival and his ability to counter aging through laughter.
*The films screened as part of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour – New Zealand are deemed exempt, by the New Zealand Alpine Club, from labelling requirements based on Section 8 (1)(g)(h)(o) of the NZ Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993.
