Banff Mountain Festivals
If You’re Not Falling

Best Short Mountain Film
Sponsored by Mountain Hardwear ($2000)

If You’re Not Falling

UK, 2008, 8 minutes

Directed by Dave Brown

Produced by Paul Diffley

Production company: Hot Aches Productions

Canadian rock legend Sonnie Trotter heads to Scotland to do battle on another “hardest rock climb in the world.” As each day passes, he collects more and more air time: 50-foot falls from the steep rock buttress that plunges down beneath a historic castle. “Well, if you’re not falling, you’re not trying,” observes Trotter.

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Pared away to the essential elements of the climb, the film manages to tell a whole story of desire, failure, and ultimate triumph in eight minutes.