Thursday September 28
Tickets $10 In Advance $12 The Day of the Show
USA, 2005, 9 minutes
Directed by Peter Mortimer
Produced by Peter Mortimer, Timmy O’Neill
Website: www.senderfilms.com
Focus: Climbing
Rating: Parental Guidance /
USA, 2004, 18 minutes
Directed by Trip Jennings
Website: www.epicocity.com
Kayaking Rating: General
Photo: Jeff Gardener, courtesy of The Banff Centre
Bigger than Rodeo
The Films
Fear this! Kayak film Bigger than Rodeo drops over some of the burliest waterfalls ever seen and has some of the biggest aerial freestyle tricks ever shot, executes jaw-dropping
tricks on the edge of swirling holes, and makes a record-breaking plummet of 32 metres (105 feet), at
Alexandra Falls. Follow the team in its search for the sickest whitewater imaginable.
Bulletins from a Colder Planet: Cream Show
Canada, 2005, 13 minutes
Directed by Dave Mossop, Eric Crosland
Website: www.rockymountainsherpas.com
Focus: Skiing, Snowboarding
Rating: General
The passion of backcountry skiers and snowboarders resonates in this stunning footage of big lines and massive cliff drops, untouched powder and coated peaks. But as bold athletes push their physical and mental limits, humanity is pushing nature and weather patterns into uncharted territory.
Photo: Rocky Mountain Sherpas,
courtesy of The Banff Centre
USA, 2005, 12 minutes
Directed and produced by Trey Chace
Website: www.ologyproductions.com
Focus: Kayaking
Rating: Parental Guidance / no graphic language
Creatures of Habit (Custom Edit)
Down everything from your backyard creek to the most remote gorges, follow these creek boaters on adventures that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Don’t miss the world-record waterfall descent and the wild crashes! Shot in 16 mm and 24-P, this film blurs the limits of kayaking.
Julien is sick of all the mountain hype. He wants to reinvent the extreme, so he starts with everyday things. This Swedish film presents an entertaining perspective on a pioneer who is making his everydat extreme.
The Banff Mountain Film Festivals'
Radical Reels
Hurtle down steep untouched powder! Feel the cold spray of stomach-dropping kayak free fall first descents!
Fly high with the worlds wildest BASE jumpers! Mountain Biking...climbing...snowboarding and more!!!
Radical Reels
Now in its third year on the road, the Radical Reels Tour continues to deliver a selection of high energy adrenaline films from around the world,
For 2006, Radical Reels will screen the best in action sports filmmaking, including:
Photo: David Kvart, courtesy of the Banff Centre
winner of the Best Short Mountain Film Award at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Everyday Extreme
some coarse language
Sweden, 2004, 4.5 minutes
Directed and produced by David Kvart
Website: www.kvart.com
Focus: Humour
Peter Mortimer’s Return2Sender: Mexico BASE takes you to the edge and then hurls you off, leaving your mouth dry and your hands shaking. This film brings you the sheer exhilaration and beyond belief perspectives with surreal footage of world-class B.A.S.E. jumpers pitching off El Gigante’s 2,500-foot (760-metre) prow, and into the notorious “Cave of the Swallows”. Filmed from every angle imaginable — helmet cam, body cam, helicopter and nearby cliffs.
Photo: Sender Productions: Peter Mortimer, courtesy of the Banff Centre
Return2Sender: Mexico B.A.S.E.
Return2Sender: Rebels with Paws is a Jack Russell’s coming of age starring the renowned Biscuit and her puppy Felix. Mom and son,expertly tackle the gnarly climbing routes, “Paws and Effect” and “Give a Dog a Bone” canine-style. These two pups show off their distinctive techniques as they eagerly solve tough boulder challenges in Eldorado.
USA, 2005, 3 minutes
Directed by Peter Mortimer
Produced by Peter Mortimer,
Timmy O’Neill
Website: www.whiteshine.com
Focus: Doggie Climbing
Rating: General
Return2Sender: Rebels with Paws
Photos: Sender Productions: Peter Mortimer, courtesy of the Banff Centre
Set to original music, UFO showcases a wide variety of unusual flying objects.Pure fun and enjoyment are paramount in UFO, as the film showcases the high-flying exploits and amusing antics of a multitude of skydivers and BASE jumpers trying to identify strange lights ahead —
UFO
Audio Post-Production Award
Photo: Ology Productions, courtesy of The Banff Centre
Photo: UFO, courtesy of The Banff Centre
The third 16mm film from Pléhouse Films. Track storms with the D-Crew to the mountains of North America, Europe and Japan. Images are originally edited to a new style of montage in the freeskiing world, proving once again that Pléhouse is on the cutting edge.
Whiteshine
Photo: Felix Rioux, courtesy of The Banff Centre
Canada, 2004, 18 minutes
Directed and produced by Derek Westerlund
Website: www.freeride-entertainment.com
Focus: Mountain Biking
Photos: John Gibson, courtesy of The Banff Centre
New World Disorder V: Disorderly Conduct (Custom Edit)
Special Jury Award
The epic freeride mountain-bike saga continues with this all-killer, no-filler mountain collection of the sport’s best riders going big in spectacular locations around the world. Shot on 16 mm and HD.
Return2Sender: Rebel Without a Rope (Custom Edit)
This film contains graphic language, discreet nudity
(nude soloing)
Man + rock – rope = Michael Reardon soloing in southern California.
warning...warning...warning...warning...
Photos: oh...ah...no photos...must be the nudity thing...
some coarse language
USA, 2005, 6 minutes
Directed and produced by Stephen Burgess
Focus: B.A.S.E. jumping / sky-diving
Rating: General
Canada, 2005, 10.5 minutes
Directed and produced by Charles Boileau
Website: www.plehousefilms.com
Focus: Sport
Rating: General
USA, 2005, 6 minutes
Directed by Peter Mortimer -
Produced by Peter Mortimer, Timmy O’Neill
Website: www.senderfilms.com
Focus: Sport
Rating: General
Some Coarse Language (written)
Radical Reels
Tix $10 with student I.D.
