Our 2010 show will bring you the world’s finest films that explore the nature of the human spirit in the face of adversity and adventure.
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Kranked – Revolve
People's Choice Award on Radical Reels Night
Canada, 2009, 11 minutes
Directed and produced by Bjørn Enga
Website: www.radical-films.com
Focus: Mountain biking
The coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented -- the mountain bike? "Revolve" blasts in cinematic glory from the French Alps to the lush coast of B.C., incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle and downhill. Top
Deep/Shinsetsu
Japan, 2009, 3 minutes
Directed and Produced by Masaki Sekiguchi
Website: www.ebisfilms.jp
Focus: Powder skiing, family-friendly
"Shinsetsu" means deep powder in Japanese.
This short film expresses a typical day in the mountains in Japan. Top
Solo
Award for Best Film on Mountain Sports
Sponsored by Western State College of Colorado
Australia, 2008, 58 minutes
Directed by: David Michod, Jennifer Peedom
Produced by: Jennifer Peedom
Website: http://essential-media.com
Focus: Sea-kayaking, adventure, human story
On January 11, 2007, Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600 kilometres of one of the wildest and loneliest stretches of ocean on Earth.
Thirty days later, New Zealand maritime authorities received his distress call. Top
Azazel
France, 2007, 22 minutes
Directed and produced by Guillaume Broust
Website: www.petzl.com
Focus: Mountaineering, family-friendly
Four friends set out to establish a new route on the Trango Pulpit Tower, a mythic 6000-metre-high rock wall in Pakistan. Days and days of pleasure, quantities of testosterone expended, frozen fingers and naps on the wall. Top
Mont-Blanc Speed Flying
Award for Best Short Mountain Film
Sponsored by Mountain Hardwear
France, 2008, 10 minutes
Directed and produced by Didier Lafond
Website: www.didierlafond.com
Focus: Speed riding, family-friendly
Six speed riders fly from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down to Chamonix in one continuous 10-minute shot, filmed in Cineflex. Top
First Ascent: The Impossible Climb
USA, 2009, 24 minutes
Directed and Produced by Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen and Josh Lowell
Website: www.senderfilms.com
Focus: rock climbing
Star sport climber Chris Sharma takes on his greatest challenge yet: the unclimbed, 90-metre limestone cave on Mt. Clark, California. He dangles from one finger, jumps between minuscule handholds and takes 30-metre free falls as he endeavours to make the first ascent of what will be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Top
Project Megawoosh
Special Jury Mention
Germany, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed by Minh Duong
Produced by Nikolas Hannack
Website: www.okifilms.com
Focus: Humour, spoof, family friendly
Bruno Kammerl, a German engineer, works to perfect the world's tallest human water slide. Top
Revolution One
USA, 2009, 10 minutes
Directed and Produced by Dan Heaton
Website: www.sykoproductions.com
Focus: Unicycling
"Revolution One" takes a look into the history, people and places that have defined the rapidly emerging sport of off-road unicycling. Follow world champion unicyclists Kris Holm and Dan Heaton as they display riding that has blown the minds of viewers worldwide. Top
Hunlen
Canada, 2009, 12 minutes
Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Website: www.gravsports.com
Focus: Ice climbing
What happens if you show up to climb one of the biggest frozen waterfalls in Canada -- but it isn't completely frozen? Will Gadd and EJ Plimley battle to do the first ascent of B.C.'s remote Hunlen Falls. Falling ice, crashing water, fear, big fun! Top
Take a Seat
Special Jury Mention
UK, 2009, 46 minutes
Directed by: Ed Stobart, Dominic Gill
Produced by: Lucy Wilcox
Website: www.ginger.tv
Focus: Human story, adventure, biking, humour
Dominic Gill’s mission is to cycle the 32,000 kilometres from the northern coast of Alaska to the southern tip of South America, on a tandem bike, picking up random strangers on the way. A gripping tale of two years and two continents, full of extraordinary characters and incidents. Top
Signatures: Canvas of Snow
USA, 2009, 16 minutes
Directed by Nick Waggoner
Produced by Ben Sturgulewski
Website: www.sweetgrass-productions.com
Focus: Skiing, snowboarding and noboarding, family-friendly
In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different signatures of terrestrial home - a sense that the rhythm of fall, winter, spring and summer influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their riding style and the lines they choose.
This special edit features skiers, snowboarders, a photographer and a noboarder who are each in tune with this connection to winter and the environment they ride in. Top
Africa Revolutions Tour
USA, 2009, 20 minutes
Directed by Rush Sturges
Produced by Tyler Bradt
Website: www.Rev-Inn.com
Focus: White-water kayaking, Sun Catcher’s Project (NGO in Africa)
From the crocodile-infested White Nile in Uganda to big-water first descents in Madagascar, a group of friends seek adventure on African rivers. Accompanying the team is Rita Riewerts, the founder of the Sun Catchers Project, a non-profit that installs solar cooking facilities in orphanages, hospitals and communities. Top
First Ascent: Alone on the Wall
USA, 2009, 24 minutes
Directed and produced by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
Website: www.senderfilms
Focus: Rock Climbing, free solo climbing
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" route (VI, 5.12a, 23 pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome. Top
The Ultimate Skiing Showdown
Canada, 2009, 4 minutes
Directed and produced by David McMahon
Website:www.xczone.tv
Focus: Nordic skiing, family friendly
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! Top
