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BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
2004 Finalists
This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival competition received a
record number of 331 entries from 46 countries. Thanks to all
our film entrants for submitting your work. All finalists will
now be viewed by our international film jury, and awards will be
presented in front of a live audience on Sunday evening,
November 7, at the closing ceremonies of the festival.
ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA AWARD FOR BEST
FILM ON CLIMBING, SPONSORED BY THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA —
FINALISTS
Balance of Risk,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Brian Hall, Keith Partridge, Jamie Andrew
(England)
The Center of the Universe,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Max Reichel; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Timeline
Production (Germany)
Ciao Martina,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dariusz Zaluski (Poland)
The Conquest of K2,
DIRECTOR: Alessandro Varchetta; PRODUCERS: Marco Visalberghi,
Francesco Virga; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Doclab Productions/Museo
Nazionale della Montagna “Duca degli Abruzzi”/CAI – Club Alpino
Italiano (Italy)
Daughters of Everest,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Sapana Sakya, Ramyata Limbu; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: The Rake Productions (USA)
Fools with Tools,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Paul Diffley, David Brown; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: Hot Aches Productions (Scotland)
The Hit List, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Wills Young
Odwrót (Retreat), DIRECTOR: Jerzy
Surdel; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Studio Malych Form Filmowych
(Poland)
Ouray Ice,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Robert Raker; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Raker
Productions (USA)
Psicobloc,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Josh Lowell; PRODUCTION COMPANY: big UP
productions (USA)
Realization,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Josh Lowell; PRODUCTION COMPANY: big UP
productions (USA)
Thumbnail,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jesús Bosque (Spain)
Women of K2, DIRECTOR: Jeff
Rhoads; PRODUCER: Jennifer Jordan; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Van
Ness Films/Foxstar Productions (USA)
BEST FILM ON MOUNTAIN CULTURE,
SPONSORED BY PETZL — FINALISTS
Bozhestvo (The God),
DIRECTOR: Konstantin Bronzit; PRODUCERS: Sergey Selvanoy,
Alexander Boyarsky; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Melnitsa Animation
Studio (Russia)
Les cavaliers du vent,
DIRECTOR: Louis-Marie Blanchard; PRODUCER: Jean-François
Aumaître; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Aligal Production (France)
Dolpo – Children of the Mountains,
DIRECTORS: Sylvie Davidson, Pierre Combroux; PRODUCER: Eric
Bacos; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: TCT/Ananda (France)
The Life, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Jun-Ki Kim; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Anocchio Animation Studio (South
Korea)
National Geographic Explorer:
Miracle Doctors, PRODUCER: Lawrence Cumbo; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: National Geographic (USA)
The Reindeer People,
DIRECTOR: Hamid Sardar; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Axis Mundi/ZED
(France)
A Russian Wave,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Becky Bristow; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Wild Soul
Creations (Canada)
Sahara – The Journey West: Part II,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: John Murray; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Crossing the
Line Films (Ireland)
Tom Crean: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero,
DIRECTORS: Donncha Ó Briain, John Murray; PRODUCER: John Murray;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Crossing the Line Films (Ireland)
BEST FILM ON MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT,
SPONSORED BY GORE — FINALISTS
Alone across Australia,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ian Darling, Jon Muir; PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Shark Island Productions (Australia)
At the Ends of the Earth,
DIRECTOR: Konstantin Bronzit; PRODUCERS: Patrick Eveno, Jacques-Rémy
Girerd; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Folimage (France)
Counting Sheep,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Frank Green; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Green TV
(USA)
Hike Hike Hike,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Anouk Iyer; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Opposable
Thumbs Productions (USA)
National Geographic Explorer:
Avalanche – Surviving Tragedy, PRODUCER: David
Hamlin; PRODUCTION COMPANY: National Geographic (USA)
Plitvice – Land of the Falling Lakes,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Michael Schlamberger; PRODUCTION COMPANY:
ScienceVision (Austria)
(winter)time,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dan Sokolowski; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Sok
Cinema (Canada)
The Yunnan Great Rivers Expedition,
DIRECTOR: Jim Norton; PRODUCER: Les Guthman; PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Outside Television (USA)
BEST FEATURE-LENGTH MOUNTAIN FILM,
SPONSORED BY MSR — FINALISTS
Africa Trek, DIRECTORS:
Florence Tran, Sonia and Alexandre Poussin; PRODUCER: Diane Riethof;
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Gédéon Programmes/Voyage/France 3
(France)
Being Caribou, DIRECTORS:
Leanne Allison, Diana Wilson; PRODUCER: Tracey Friesen;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: National Film Board of Canada (Canada)
Caravan, DIRECTOR: Gerardo
Olivares; PRODUCER: Javier Linares; PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Explora Films/El Desco Productions (Spain)
Crazy Canucks, DIRECTOR:
Randy Bradshaw; PRODUCERS: Randy Bradshaw, Doug MacLeod;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Downhill Productions (Canada)
Libby, Montana,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Drury Gunn Carr, Doug Hawes-Davis;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: High Plains Films (USA)
Monumental – David Brower’s Fight to
Protect Wild America, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Kelly Duane;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Loteria Films (USA)
Samsara, DIRECTOR: Pan Nalin;
PRODUCERS: Karl Baumgartner, Christoph Friedel; PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: Pandora Film Produktion/Paradis Films/Fandango
(Germany)
The Snow Walker, DIRECTOR:
Charles Martin Smith; PRODUCERS: Robert Merilees, William Vince;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Infinity Media (Canada)
The Story of the Weeping Camel,
DIRECTORS: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni; PRODUCER: Tobias N.
Siebert; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
München/Bayerischer Rundfunk (Germany)
BEST FILM ON MOUNTAIN SPORTS, SPONSORED
BY BIG ROCK BREWERY — FINALISTS
African Flyby, PRODUCER:
Dominique Janiszewski; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ride the Planets
Productions (France)
Chasing the White Demon: No Big Names 3,
DIRECTOR: Ben Stookesberry; PRODUCER: Eric Seymour; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: Clear H2O Films (USA)
The Collective, DIRECTORS:
Darcy Wittenburg, Jamie Houssian; PRODUCER: Jamie Houssian;
PRODUCTION COMPANY: The Collective (USA)
Extreme Film School 2003: Not Permitted,
DIRECTORS: Ben Connell, Glen Hull, Laura MacDonald; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: Kendal Mountain Film Festival (England)
The Falcon That Flew with Man,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Leo Dickinson; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Leo
Dickinson Productions (England)
Flipped, DIRECTOR: Nicolas
Falquet; PRODUCER: Guido Perrini; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Huck
Productions (Switzerland)
Heavy Fork,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Steve Crowe; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Supersogood
Productions (Canada)
Highliner,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Heinz Zak (Austria)
Last Stunt,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tom Edvindsen; PRODUCTION COMPANIES: NRK/TV2
Danmark (Norway/Denmark)
Loser, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Nicolas Falquet; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Huck Productions
(Switzerland)
The Man Who Jumped beneath the Earth,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Dylan Griffith, Llion Iwan; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: BBC Wales (Wales)
Red Alert,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dominique Perret; PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Vertical Zoo (Switzerland)
Sinners, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Bill Heath; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bill Heath and Friends
Productions (Canada)
Soul Purpose [21 min.],
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones,
Corey Gavitt; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Teton Gravity Research (USA)
Trans Andes,
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Will Gadd; PRODUCTION COMPANY: GravSports
(Canada)
Untracked: Tulsequah,
PRODUCERS: Corey Gavitt, Dirk Collins, Todd Jones, Steve Jones,
Frank Slaughter, Shon Tomlin; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Teton Gravity
Research (USA)
Weekend Warrior,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ace Mackay-Smith (Canada)
The White Album,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Trey Chace; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ology
Productions (USA)
BEST SHORT MOUNTAIN FILM, SPONSORED BY
MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP — FINALISTS
African Flyby, PRODUCER:
Dominique Janiszewski; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ride the Planets
Productions (France)
At the Ends of the Earth,
DIRECTOR: Konstantin Bronzit; PRODUCERS: Patrick Eveno, Jacques-Rémy
Girerd; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Folimage (France)
Balance of Risk,
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Brian Hall, Keith Partridge, Jamie Andrew
(England)
Bozhestvo (The God),
DIRECTOR: Konstantin Bronzit; PRODUCERS: Sergey Selvanoy,
Alexander Boyarsky; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Melnitsa Animation
Studio (Russia)
Extreme Film School 2003: Not Permitted,
DIRECTORS: Ben Connell, Glen Hull, Laura MacDonald; PRODUCTION
COMPANY: Kendal Mountain Film Festival (England)
Flipped, DIRECTOR: Nicolas
Falquet; PRODUCER: Guido Perrini; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Huck
Productions (Switzerland)
Heavy Fork,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Steve Crowe; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Supersogood
Productions (Canada)
Highliner,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Heinz Zak (Austria)
Hike Hike Hike,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Anouk Iyer; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Opposable
Thumbs Productions (USA)
The Life, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Jun-Ki Kim; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Anocchio Animation Studio (South
Korea)
Loser, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:
Nicolas Falquet; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Huck Productions
(Switzerland)
Ouray Ice,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Robert Raker; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Raker
Productions (USA)
Psicobloc,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Josh Lowell; PRODUCTION COMPANY: big UP
productions (USA)
Red Alert,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dominique Perret; PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Vertical Zoo (Switzerland)
Trans Andes,
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Will Gadd; PRODUCTION COMPANY: GravSports
(Canada)
Weekend Warrior,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ace Mackay-Smith (Canada)
(winter)time,
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dan Sokolowski; PRODUCTION COMPANY: Sok
Cinema (Canada)
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