Banff Mountain Festivals
Take a Seat

Special Jury Mention

Take a Seat

UK, 2009, 47 minutes

Directed by Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill

Produced by Lucy Wilcox

Production company: Ginger Productions

Dominic Gill’s mission is to cycle the 32,000 kilometres from the north coast of Alaska to the southern tip of South America, on a tandem push bike, picking up strangers on the way. His journey will take him through some of the toughest landscapes on Earth, with unpredictability and danger always lurking. The film is a gripping worm’s-eye view of two years and two continents, full of extraordinary characters and incidents. Has Gill got what it takes to go all the way?

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“We were drawn in by the charisma of the main character in this film,” jury member Lindsay Griffin says. “It proves that you can have a superb adventure without having to be particularly macho.”