Tuesday, November 2, at 7:30 pm
Eric Harvie Theatre

Faster, steeper, higher, deeper! An action-packed evening of some of the world’s best skiing, boarding, kayaking and mountain-biking films. You won't want to miss this next year!

7:30 pm
Live on Stage: Trials Riding Demo
Trials riding is a unique cycling discipline in which riders must manoeuvre their steeds over a variety of obstacles using many different skills. The evening presentation featured two elite Norco Factory Team athletes:
Kris Holm on unicycle, and Ryan Leech on bicycle. They demonstrated the extremes of balance and control over an obstacle course custom-built by Sole Custom Footbeds of Calgary. The audience saw an imaginative and powerful display of the skills these riders have developed over the course of their amazing careers.

8:05 pm
Soul Purpose [21 min.]
(USA, 2004, 21’)
Directors/Producers: Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones, Corey Gavitt
Soul Purpose takes the viewer deep into the minds and abilities of the athletes. With trips to the far-off reaches of the planet including Russia, Alaska and Canada, this film captures the best of big-mountain skiing and snowboarding while still focusing on skiing’s freestyle movement.

8:29 pm
Extreme Film School 2003: Not Permitted
(UK, 2003, 4’) WORLD PREMIERE
Directors: Ben Connell, Glen Hull, Laura MacDonald
This short film was joint winner of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival 2003 Extreme Film School. It follows the challenges of urban in-line skating.

8:33 pm
Weekend Warrior
(Canada, 2003, 5’)
Director/Producer: Ace Mackay-Smith*
This humorous film depicts the hapless pursuits of a male snowboarder who tries his hardest to cruise the mountain for female companionship.

8:40 pm
Fools with Tools
(Scotland, 2004, 16’) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Directors/Producers: Paul Diffley*, David Brown*
A group of unremarkable but determined climbers from Edinburgh attempts to repeat the dry-tooling test piece Fast and Furious. Follow the fools’ indoor training, easier “warm-up” routes and finally their attempts on the actual route. Self-deprecating humour and genuine human emotion surface when the climbers push themselves to their own physical and mental limits.

8:58 pm
The Collective
(USA, 2004, 42’)
Directors: Darcy Wittenburg, Jamie Houssian
Producer: Jamie Houssian
The Collective is a group of filmmakers, photographers and mountain bikers. By drawing on the experience, expertise and creative energy of every member of the team, the Collective has created a film that portrays the newest cutting-edge images of the freeride mountain-biking progression, while exploring the thoughts and personalities of the riders leading that progression.

9:43 pm
Break

10:03 pm
Trans Andes
(Canada, 2004, 15’) CANADIAN PREMIERE
Director/Producer: Will Gadd*
Will Gadd checked out a map of the world and decided that the Andes would be a good place to fly. He called up some friends and it was off to South America ― paragliders, poor planning and lots of wind add up to a big adventure.

10:20 pm
Heavy Fork
(Canada, 2004, 3’) WORLD PREMIERE
Director/Producer: Steve Crowe*
This video diary documents an enthusiastic 12-year-old’s bruising attempts to create his own distinctive, unorthodox mountain-biking style.

10:25 pm
African Flyby
(France, 2003, 11’) CANADIAN PREMIERE
Producer: Dominique Janiszewski
In the fall of 2002, a big team of climbers / BASE jumpers leaves France for Mali. Their goal is to climb and jump from Umbori and Fatima’s Hand in Ogon country. A highlight of their journey is the contact they make with an ancestral civilization and its culture.

10:37 pm
The White Album
(USA, 2004, 20’) CANADIAN PREMIERE
Director/Producer: Trey Chace
See everything from park-and-huck 70-footers to multi-day first descents and backcountry heli-runs. Follow these amateur boaters around the globe and try not to cringe too much during the crash section. This film was made in memory of David Norrell, who passed away shortly after filming was completed.


* In person