Banff Mountain Festivals

Film Finalists by Category

This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival competition received 277 entries from 28 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 8, at the closing ceremonies of the festival.

Categories

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing

Sponsored by Alpine Club of Canada

Best Film on Mountain Culture

Sponsored by Petzl

Best Film on Mountain Environment

Sponsored by Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation Initiative

Best Feature-length Mountain Film

Sponsored by Sole

Best Film on Mountain Sports

Sponsored by Western State College of Colorado

Best Short Mountain Film

Sponsored by Mountain Hardwear

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing

Annapurna in Light Style

Directed by Dariusz Zaluski
(Poland)

Autour de Babel (Around Babel) [20 min.]

Directed by Fred Ripert
Production company: Locamescope (France)

Azazel

Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust
Production company: Petzl (France)

Berhault

Directed by Gilles Chappaz, Raphaël Lassablière
Produced by Philippe Savoyat
Production company: Migoo Productions (France)

Caravan of Dreams

Directed by Marek Klosowicz
Produced by Wojciech Szumowski
Production company: TVN S.A. (Poland)

Committed 2: The Walk of Life

Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Paul Diffley
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

First Ascent: Alone on the Wall

Produced by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
Production company: Sender Films (USA)

First Ascent: The Impossible Climb

Produced by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Josh Lowell
Production company: Sender Films (USA)

Grit Flick: Slab and Crack

Directed and produced by Alastair Lee
Production company: Posing Productions (UK)

Hunlen

Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Production company: Gravsports Inc. (Canada)

On Sight

Directed and produced by Alastair Lee
Production company: Posing Productions (UK)

Progression: World Cup

Directed and produced by Josh Lowell
Production company: Big UP Productions (USA)

Single-handed

Directed and produced by Paul Diffley
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Slate Monkeys

Directed and produced by Paul Diffley
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

To the Rainbow

Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Lynwen Griffiths
Production company: Bamboo Chicken Productions (UK)

Uruca (5.12c R/X)

Directed and produced by Erick Grigorovski (Brazil)

Way of the Mountain

Directed by Marek Klosowicz
Produced by Wojciech Szumowski
Production company: TVN S.A. (Poland)

Best Film on Mountain Culture

Andy Parkin — A Life in Adaptation

Directed by David Fair
Produced by Pip Piper, Dominic Green
Production companies: Blue Hippo Media/Weekday Productions (UK)

Cable to the Sky

Directed and produced by Peter Pilafian
Production company: Horizon Pictures Inc. (USA)

Dolma du bout du monde (Dolma from the Middle of Nowhere)

Directed by Véronique, Anne and Erik Lapied
Produced by Erik Lapied
Production company: Ibex Productions (France)

Finding Farley

Directed by Leanne Allison
Produced by Tracey Friesen
Production company: National Film Board of Canada (Canada)

A Little Bit Mongolian

Directed and produced by Michael Dillon (Australia)

Mustang — Journey of Transformation

Directed and produced by Will Parrinello
Production company: Mill Valley Film Group (USA)

Secrets of Shangri-La — Quest for Sacred Caves

Directed and produced by Liesl Clark
Production company: National Geographic Television (USA)

Shining Spirit

Directed and produced by Karen McDiarmid
Production company: The Tara Café Project (Canada)

Signatures

Directed by Nick Waggoner
Produced by Ben Sturgulewski
Production company: Sweetgrass Productions LLC (USA)

Best Film on Mountain Environment

Africa’s Dragon Mountains

Directed by Lynne and Philip Richardson
Produced by Walter Köhler
Production company: ORF NHU (Austria)

Extreme Ice

Directed and produced by Noel Dockstader
Production companies: National Geographic Television/NOVA-WGBH Boston (USA)

Natural World: Snow Leopard — Beyond the Myth

Directed by Jeff Wilson
Produced by Vanessa Berlowitz, Jeff Wilson
Production companies: BBC/Animal Planet (UK/USA)

Pick-up Sticks

Directed by Julia Szucs
Produced by Steve Smith
Production company: Meltwater Media (Canada)

Yellowstone People: Mike Kasic — The Fishman

Produced by Kathryn Kasic
Production companies: BBC/Animal Planet (UK/USA)

Yellowstone: Winter

Produced by Andrew Murray
Production companies: BBC/Animal Planet (USA)

Best Feature-length Mountain Film

Beyond the Summits

Directed and produced by Rémy Tezier
Production company: Tec Tec Production (France)

The Edge of Never

Directed by William A. Kerig
Produced by Peter Schweitzer (USA)

In Nansen’s Footsteps

Directed by Tore Rosshaug
Produced by Terje Dale
Production company: NRK (Norway)

Nordwand (The North Face)

Directed by Philipp Stölzl
Produced by Danny Krausz, Boris Schönfelder
Production company: Dor Film-West GmbH (Germany)

The Wildest Dream

Directed by Anthony Geffen
Produced by Anthony Geffen, Claudia Perkins
Production company: Altitude Films with Atlantic Productions (UK)

Best Film on Mountain Sports

Apocalypse Snow — Le Retour

Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Production company: Vision Films (France)

Birdman of the Karakoram

Directed and produced by Alun Hughes
Production company: Alun Hughes Productions (UK)

The Blue Line

Directed and produced by Bryan Smith
Production company: Reel Water Productions (Canada)

Deep/Shinsetsu

Directed and produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
Production company: Ebis Films (Japan)

Extra. Ordinary.

Directed and produced by Matty Westcott, Joel Whalen
Production company: Dubs Brothers Films (Canada)

Hack Your Shackles

Directed by Dave Mossop
Produced by Cholo Burns
Production company: Rocky Mountain Sherpas (Canada)

Kranked — Revolve [festival cut]

Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Production company: Radical Films (Canada)

Look to the Ground

Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Production company: Radical Films (Canada)

MedeoZ

Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust
Production company: Medeo Productions (France)

Mont-Blanc Speed Flying

Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Production company: Vision Films (France)

Mystic Spirit

Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Claude Adam
Production company: Ride The Planets (France)

NWD 10 — Dust and Bones

Directed by Derek Westerlund
Produced by Derek Westerlund, Scott Bradfield, Jacob Heilbron, and Dan Gerhard
Production company: Freeride Entertainment (Canada)

On a Bike

Directed and produced by Bryan Simpson
Production company: New Belgium Brewing Company (USA)

Project Megawoosh

Directed by Minh Duong
Produced by Nikolas Hannack
Production company: Ohi Films (Germany)

Re:Session

Directed and produced by Todd Jones, Steve Jones, Corey Gavitt
Production company: Teton Gravity Research (USA)

Reflections on Ice and Snow

Directed and produced by Glen Crawford
Production company: Glen Crawford Production Services (Canada)

Revolution One [abridged]

Directed and produced by Dan Heaton
Production company: Syko Productions (USA)

Rowing the Atlantic

Directed and produced by JB Benna
Production company: Journeyfilm LLC (USA)

The Season [festival cut]

Directed by Bryan Smith
Produced by Fitz Cahall
Production company: Reel Water Productions (Canada)

Solo

Directed by David Michôd, Jennifer Peedom
Produced by Jennifer Peedom
Production company: Essential Media and Entertainment (Australia)

Take a Seat

Directed by Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill
Produced by Lucy Wilcox
Production company: Ginger Productions (UK)

Ten — A Cameraman’s Tale

Directed and produced by Guido Perrini
Production company: Perrini Productions (Switzerland)

The Ultimate Skiing Showdown

Directed and produced by David McMahon
Production company: XCZone (Canada)

White Noise

Directed by Dominique Perret
Produced by Vertical Zoo Films
Production company: Revolutionary Innovaions (Switzerland)

World Record Waterfall Descent

Produced by Rush Sturges
Production company: Revolutionary Innovations (USA)

Best Short Mountain Film

The Blue Line

Directed and produced by Bryan Smith
Production company: Reel Water Productions (Canada)

Deep/Shinsetsu

Directed and produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
Production company: Ebis Films (Japan)

Grit Flick: Slab and Crack

Directed and produced by Alastair Lee
Production company: Posing Productions (UK)

Hack Your Shackles

Directed by Dave Mossop
Produced by Cholo Burns
Production company: Rocky Mountain Sherpas (Canada)

Hunlen

Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Production company: Gravsports Inc. (Canada)

Look to the Ground

Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Production company: Radical Films (Canada)

MedeoZ

Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust
Production company: Medeo Productions (France)

Mont-Blanc Speed Flying

Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Production company: Vision Films (France)

Mystic Spirit

Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Claude Adam
Production company: Ride The Planets (France)

On a Bike

Directed and produced by Bryan Simpson
Production company: New Belgium Brewing Company (USA)

Pick-up Sticks

Directed by Julia Szucs
Produced by Steve Smith
Production company: Meltwater Media (Canada)

Progression: World Cup

Directed and produced by Josh Lowell
Production company: Big UP Productions (USA)

Project Megawoosh

Directed by Minh Duong
Produced by Nikolas Hannack
Production company: Ohi Films (Germany)

Reflections on Ice and Snow

Directed and produced by Glen Crawford
Production company: Glen Crawford Production Services (Canada)

Revolution One [abridged]

Directed and produced by Dan Heaton
Production company: Syko Productions (USA)

Slate Monkeys

Directed and produced by Paul Diffley
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

To the Rainbow

Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Lynwen Griffiths
Production company: Bamboo Chicken Productions (UK)

The Ultimate Skiing Showdown

Directed and produced by David McMahon
Production company: XCZone (Canada)

Uruca (5.12c R/X)

Directed and produced by Erick Grigorovski (Brazil)

White Noise

Directed by Dominique Perret
Produced by Vertical Zoo Films
Production company: Revolutionary Innovaions (Switzerland)

World Record Waterfall Descent

Produced by Rush Sturges
Production company: Revolutionary Innovations (USA)

Yellowstone People: Mike Kasic — The Fishman

Produced by Kathryn Kasic
Production companies: BBC/Animal Planet (UK/USA)