Banff Mountain Festivals

Opening Weekend Films

Saturday, October 31 — 3:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre — $9

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MedeoZ

France, 2008, 6 minutes
Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust

Filmed in the Mont Blanc range, this short features six different mountain sports. A photographer wants to take one shot showing all of them, instead of taking separate photos of each sport. It takes a lot of work!

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

MedeoZ

White Noise

Switzerland, 2009, 11 minutes
Directed and produced by Dominique Perret
North American Premiere

White Noise features Swiss skier Dominique Perret, voted best freerider of the 20th century, skiing in the Chugach Mountains and elsewhere in Alaska. The goal of this atmospheric film set to music is to share with viewers the fears and respect felt by a skier when he finds himself at the top of these extraordinary slopes.

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

White Noise

The Edge of Never

USA, 2009, 101 minutes
Directed by William A. Kerig
Produced by Peter Schweitzer
Appearing in person: William A. Kerig

This documentary follows skier Kye Peterson, son of Trevor Peterson, as he makes a trip to Chamonix, tracing the ski tracks of his late father. Mentored by the elders of the big-mountain tribe, he learns what it takes to survive and thrive in the big mountains.

Finalist in: Best Feature-length Mountain Film

The Edge of Never

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