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Mountainfilm on Tour: Films |
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NOTE: This is a tentative List of Available Films.
Selections are subject to change!
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Mountainfilm on Tour 2010/2011 Film Selection
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You might not think of Scotland as the place to link turns, but despite a warming climate, a little Scottish ski resort continues spinning the motor on its rope tow. Skiers keep descending on one small swatch of browning snow. ...more
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At the age of 38, Greg Carr had made enough money to last a lifetime and became a philanthropist. As Bob Shacochis wrote in Outside magazine, “…by 2002, Carr was inundated with projects: turning the former headquarters of the Aryan Nations into a peace park; donating $18 million to establish Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights. ...more
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Today, many climbers ascend Yosemite’s famous Half Dome in just a few hours. But how would they fare all alone with no partner, no rope and just a thousand feet of air between them and the ground? Meet Alex Honnold. He’s 23, tall, unassuming and kind of goofy. ...more
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At the beginning of this terrific short, Renan Ozturk (director of the award-winning Samsara at Mountainfilm 2009) addresses how disconnected an expedition and a film can be, which happens simply because of the time that elapses between the two. ...more
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Dr. Lynn Rogers is a biologist who began studying black bears in the North Woods of Minnesota in the late ’60s. Early on, he developed an entirely new method for research: He adopted trust, instead of traps, to enter the world of black bears. ...more
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Take a rope, stretch it taut across a yawning gorge and then walk across it while tethered by only a leash and harness. This is the formula for high lining—an intense and highly exposed sport that athlete Robin Avery and friends practice over a precipitous canyon in this short film about heights, exposure and the relationship between man and a thin blue line. ...more
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This film about the O’Neill brothers, Timmy and Sean, profiles an unusual pair of siblings. Timmy is, of course, a familiar face to Mountainfilm audiences with his brilliant climbing and comedy. Sean, however, is new to the festival and is equally unforgettable for his own achievements. ...more
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The Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East may as well be at the end of the earth. Its enormous, wild landscape is threaded with rivers, swimming with massive mouse-eating trout and swarming with bugs and bears. In other words, this place is the Holy Grail for truly obsessed, halfway insane fly fishermen. ...more
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“What would Trevor ski?” That was the question on bumper stickers around the world after ski legend Trevor Peterson died in Chamonix in 1996. Nine years later, his 15-year-old son, Kye, is brought to Chamonix to tempt fate by skiing the same couloir that killed his father. ...more
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Bobby Vaughn is one of those characters who could originate from central casting in Los Angeles. Tough and charismatic, he’s a former gang member who has gotten into some trouble in the hood. Simultaneously, he’s an entrepreneur and helped build the cap company Von Dutch into a national brand and, of course, a surfer. ...more
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Most fly fishermen say that being out on the water is therapeutic in some ways. The good people of Sun Valley Adaptive Sports would certainly agree: They use the experience to help veterans of the Iraq War who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and fly fishing seems to be a highly effective treatment. ...more
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For Mike Kasic, the Yellowstone River represents the West as it’s meant to be—wild, fast and free flowing. Mike should know: He spends a lot of time swimming the Yellowstone, looking for fish and almost becoming one himself. In particular, he looks for the native Yellowstone cutthroat trout that represents, for him, the soul of the river. ...more
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At the headwaters of the Flathead—America’s most pristine river located in one of the most diverse ecosystems in North America—a mining project is proposed that involves mountaintop removal and coal bed methane drilling. The project would destroy an irreplaceable landscape, critical habitat for both rare and endangered species. ...more
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The Global Focus films profile the annual recipients of The Goldman Prize, which honors grassroots environmental heroes from around the world. Randall Arauz, from Costa Rica, is the subject of one film as he leads the fight against shark finning. ...more
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Filmmaker Jonathan Browning, who turned the labor market inside out with his clever and funny film The Job (Mountainfilm 2007), is back with another short about one corporation’s understanding—or, rather, misunderstanding—of the term “going green.” ...more
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In an animated pop-up book world, a boy comes across a pesky duck on his way home from school. The duck just won’t leave him alone. What happens next in this page-turner of a tale is anyone’s guess. ...more
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Pro freeskier Cody Townsend grew up surfing in Santa Cruz and skiing in Lake Tahoe, and ever since he was a kid, he’s been harboring a crazy dream to combine the two sports. In Hawaii Wave Skiing, he does just that. ...more
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Alex Chadwick returns to Telluride with the Interviews, 50 Cents series. Short conversations with this year’s festival folk will be filmed, quickly edited by director Ethan Boeme and his team, and shown on the big screen. ...more
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In a pocket of the blustery, lofty region of Nepal sits the Khumbu Climbing School, where Nepali climbers, sherpas and high-altitude workers are trained in safe climbing practices and protocols. Students—many of whom have already reached the summits of Everest and K2 and worked in the Himalayas for years ...more
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Director Clive Neeson, armed with footage from 45 years of extreme sports pioneers in the wilds of New Zealand, has made a film about the unique time when such outdoor sports as bungee jumping were created. We’re showing just one of these amazing stories from the film: It involves Telluride local Jeff Campell, skiing, glaciers and Levi’s jeans. ...more
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This clever short film by Renan Ozturk (the climber and director of Mountainfilm’s 2009 Charlie Fowler winner Samsara) is a video journal of a day from his life in Boulder, Colorado. ...more
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New York City is known as the multicultural epicenter of the world, a place where colors and languages mix and mingle. This short film playfully animates the unnoticed cityscapes of New York with quirky voices of multifarious characters. ...more
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A travel diary may include all sorts of mementos, such as sketches, bus tickets, exotic currency and watercolor portraits. In this animated short, the journey diary’s scope is broadened with music and moving pictures. The pages of this vibrant diary tell the story of a European visitor’s trip to a Malagasy ceremony called Famadihana (“the turning of the dead”). ...more
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The famous North Face of the Eiger is revered among climbers, not only for the quality of its rock but also for its intimidating dimensions and technical challenges. This lethal exposure has tested the limits of climbing for the past century. ...more
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Step right up and see the hair-raising adventures of a flying circus mouse! Witness the story of how an orphan foundling learns lessons in life and flight from his adoptive songbird parents. Come one, come all to this high-flying tale of beating the odds! ...more
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Nico Calabria was born with only one leg, but his disability does not define him. As he says, “Even though I have one leg, I can still do what anyone else can.” In this short documentary, he takes on the highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, with his father, Carl, and shares his success with those less fortunate than him. ...more
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Only 24 people have reached the summit of Mt. Edgar in China’s Sichuan Province, but none approached via the east side of the 22,368-foot mountain. Top-flight alpinists Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, followed by cameraman Wade Johnson for the Sender Films First Ascent series, were attempting a new route. ...more
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This is the extraordinary story of a relationship between two unlikely creatures: a regal African fig tree and a nearly microscopic wasp. The Queen of Trees shared a Best of Festival award at Mountainfilm in 2006, and we bring it back because few films demonstrate the intricate and essential relationships of a specific ecosystem as well or as beautifully. ...more
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Nick Waggoner, a talented young filmmaker, captures the essence of deep powder skiing in Hokkaido, Japan. ...more
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Dawson, in Canada’s Yukon Territory, was once a thriving mining outpost with three competing steamship companies, prospecting miners in search of wealth, and dancehall girls collecting their share of the earnings. ...more
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Jonno Durant and Stefan Hunt (the duo behind Surfing 50 States, which won the Student Award last year at Mountainfilm) are back with another surfing film. This year’s effort is decidedly different than their madcap 2009 romp across the U.S. Somewhere Near Tapachula is about Mission Mexico ...more
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With his thick glasses, duct-taped gloves, worn-out boot toes and ursine bearing, Jon Piasecki may not immediately impress you as someone who can change the world. But watch as he waltzes hefty slabs of flagstone through the woods and connects them meticulously into a pathway that melds seamlessly with its surroundings ...more
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Photographer Chris Rainier is familiar to Mountainfilm audiences who have appreciated his exploration of the human condition across the globe. Part anthropologist, much of his work targets disappearing worlds. He has documented the last speakers of dying languages ...more
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Irwin Kula is an eighth-generation rabbi who teaches that every religion that thinks it has it all right, is surely all wrong. In this moving monologue along the beaches, wharves, hot dog stands and roller coasters of Coney Island, Irwin spins a web of wisdom in a time when nothing is simply what it is. ...more
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The goal of this climbing expedition to Namibia was not only to find a way up an explored face, but also to delve deeper into the culture of southern Africa. Climbers Majka Burhardt, Peter Doucette and Kate Rutherford attempt a trip that is as much about experiencing a way of life as it is about feeling the adrenaline rush of adventure. ...more
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In many sports, athletes are pushing to achieve bigger jumps and harder tricks. The emphasis is on glory, but the underlying danger is the risk of major accidents. Wipe Out tells the stories of three young men whose lives are changed forever when they suffer brain injuries in severe accidents while snowboarding, skateboarding and dirt biking. ...more
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Living fully off the grid (and partially outside the law) is a rewarding way of life for two characters in this homegrown film. Telluride director Alicia Nogueira profiles Angela Mallard and David Brankley, locals who are fully engaged in this community, yet they choose to live in the woods, where they feel more aligned with the natural world. ...more
*All Films, Schedules, Events, and Presenter Participation are subject to change.
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Skier's photo Credit © Masaki Sekiguchi |
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