Yesterday I went to the first night of the BANFF mountain film festival and it was amazing. You see seven outdoor movies, that trade all the different sections of the outdoorbusiness and are technical different done. But check it out by yourself.
To wake up your curiosity I posted the trailers:
Blue Obsession by Alan Gordon and Jordan Halland has got great pictures and is about iceclimbing at a glacier in Alaska. There are no routes, because the glacier is always moving and creates new walls. The play between the frozen and the melted water is impressively pictured. Alan Gordon seems to be sometimes a bit crazy, when you see him freeclimbing up the ice as if he´s walking through his living room.
Towers of Ennedi by Renan Ozturk with Mark Synnott, Alex Honnold and James Pearson
is the contrast to the cold Alaska. Their climbing up needles in the desert of Chad. No one ever did that and no one was ever on top of those needles and no one had the 360°-view, they had. It´s a place in the middle of nowwhere, 3 days travel to the airport at least. The movie showed the landscape and its standing, while time is running. (Also check out James Pearson´s Blog)
23 Feet by Allie Bombach makes you think about your lifestyle a lot. Allie and two friends decide to sell all their stuff, live in a 7-metres caravan, just do, what they want and go, where life guides you. On their way they meet some dropouts, that tell their story and their of life. They´re all different, but have the love of nature and the simple life in common.
For me this was the movie, that made me think the most. Our world is too material and I like the idea of living just with, what you need. You don´t need to be alone in wilderness to do that!
All.I.can. by Sherpas Cinema
is a movie, that lives of the technical features. You can see, that Sherpas Cinema are professionals. I like the style of modern ski movies. It hasn´t got an serious background and is amusing. I like it!
Chasing water by Pete McBride
is an impressive movie about the Colorado River and its shrinking. Pete McBride makes great pictures of the landscape, humans made.
treeverse by John Waller with Brian French and Will Koomijan
is about two treeclimbers, that want to climb 1 kilometre within 5 days or less without touching the ground. and they did it, even if the weather wasn´t with them. John Waller made that documentation, that shows the technical challenges and the soul of the trees, they love.
Origins: Obe and Ashima by Josh Lowell with Ashima Shiraishi, Obe Carrion
shows the drill of the future boulder talent Ashima, who is nine years old. It shows the psychological pressure, a climber is exposed, and also the inner relaxation, the girl has. I don´t know, whether I should admire or commiserate her. Maybe that´s the intention of Josh Lowell.