Saturday, November 7, and Sunday, November 8
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Various Venues — $45 / day

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Saturday, November 7 — Eric Harvie Theatre and Rolston Recital Hall
Sunday, November 8 — Margaret Greenham Theatre and Max Bell Auditorium

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Max Bell Auditorium times are in italics

9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

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

France, 2008, 66 minutes
Directed by Véronique, Anne, and Erik Lapied
Produced by Erik Lapied
North American Premiere

At the heart of the highest mountains in the world, the true story of Dolma and Stanzin draws viewers into the life of a small community in Zanskar.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Culture

10:15 a.m.

10:13 a.m.

Hack Your Shackles

Canada, 2009, 7 minutes
Directed by Dave Mossop
Produced by Cholo Burns
Appearing in person: Spencer Francey

In this second installment of the noboard movement, the bindingless revolution continues.

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

10:24 a.m.

10:21 a.m.

Break

10:44 a.m.

10:36 a.m.

Natural World: Snow Leopard — Beyond the Myth

UK, 2007, 49 minutes
Directed by Jeff Wilson
Produced by Vanessa Berlowitz, Jeff Wilson

In 2004, a team from the BBC’s Planet Earth series captured the first ever film of a wild snow leopard in the mountains of Pakistan. For Nisar Malik, who led the expedition, those images sparked a passion that compelled him to return. With cameraman Mark Smith, he spent two years documenting the snow leopard’s daily life, finally lifting the veil on the most elusive of all cats.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Environment

11:36 a.m.

11:26 a.m.

First Ascent: Alone on the Wall

USA, 2009, 24 minutes
Produced by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
Appearing in person: Peter Mortimer

After gaining international climbing renown for his landmark free-solo of Moonlight Buttress (V, 5 .12+, 9 pitches) in Zion National Park, Utah, in April 2008, 24-year-old Alex Honnold moves on to his next big challenge: the first free-solo of the Regular Northwest Face (VI, 5 .12a, 23 pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome.

Finalist in: Best Film on Climbing

2:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Extreme Ice

USA, 2008, 50 minutes
Directed and produced by Noel Dockstader

Photographer James Balog’s fascination for ice is taking him to the furthest, most extreme regions of the earth. This film reveals that something very strange is happening in the ice. All across the cryosphere, Balog is witnessing changes beyond anything known in the history of the planet. In the blink of geologic time, glaciers, ice caps and the polar ice sheets have begun melting, breaking apart and accelerating towards the oceans faster than scientists imagined possible only a few years ago. Why is the ice suddenly beginning to melt? And what does it mean for the future of the planet?

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Environment

2:53 p.m.

3:06 p.m.

To the Rainbow

UK, 2009, 15 minutes
Directed by Dave Brown
Produced by Lynwen Griffiths
Appearing in person: Dave Brown and Lynwen Griffiths

Paul Pritchard was one of Britain’s most talented and outrageous climbers in the late 1980s. A head injury received while climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania left Paul with hemiplegia. Now, 13 years on, he makes an emotional return to climbing – on The Rainbow in North Wales. Teaming up with his old climbing partner, the legendary Johnny Dawes, he takes on a 5.10 route. Inspirational.

Finalist in: Best Film on Climbing
Best Short Mountain Film

3:11 p.m.

3:22 p.m.

Mustang — Journey of Transformation

USA, 2009, 28 minutes
Directed and produced by Will Parrinello
Canadian Premiere
Appearing in person: Will Parrinello

Lost in time, the Himalayan kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. However, long isolated by geography and politics, the people struggle to survive, and the centre of their culture — the 15th-century monasteries and the art within — is dangerously close to collapse. Narrated by Richard Gere and featuring the Dalai Lama, the film tells the compelling story of the efforts to rescue this ancient place from the brink of extinction and to help spark a cultural renaissance.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Culture

3:42 p.m.

3:51 p.m.

The Ultimate Skiing Showdown

Canada, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by David McMahon

The final sprint showdown between the fastest skiers on Earth in juxtaposition with a stunt performer showing some of the sickest moves on Nordic skis. A lot of fun!

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

3:47 p.m.

3:56 p.m.

Break

4:07 p.m.

4:11 p.m.

Azazel

France, 2007, 22 minutes
Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust

Four friends set out to open a route up the Trango Pulpit, a mythic 6000-metre tower in Pakistan. Days and days of pleasure, quantities of testosterone expended, frozen fingers, and naps on the wall.

Finalist in: Best Film on Climbing

4:32 p.m.

4:34 p.m.

Birdman of the Karakoram

UK, 2009, 64 minutes
Directed and produced by Alun Hughes
Appearing in person: Alun Hughes

Experience the world of extreme-altitude paragliding, which few humans will ever experience, when high-altitude paragliding pioneer John Silvester takes Alun Hughes on the tandem flight to end all tandem flights. Committed deep into a remote and hypoxic world of snow, ice, and previously unexplored terrain, they find that flying to survive becomes the name of the game. The film demolishes any ideas you may have had of paragliding being about serenely floating around the sky.

Finalist in: Best Film on Mountain Sports

Program subject to change