Films

Africa Revolutions Tour

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.
SHOWING SATURDAY NIGHT

Birdman of the Krakoram

What’s it really like to fly at 7,000 m, crossing frozen mountains, soaring massive rockwalls and forging new cross country routes on a paraglider in the Himalayas? To find out, adventure filmmaker Alun Hughes joins high altitude paragliding star John Silvester on a tandem paraglider and goes ‘col busting’ in the Karakoram.

SHOWING FRIDAY NIGHT

REV - A Buried Treasure

Vance Shaw, former Teton Gravity Research (TGR) principal cinematographer, has filmed, directed and produced this unique documentary style film about “a town that skis”. A heartfelt and raw story about people who ski, live and visit the place of their dreams, now in transition from a historic quiet mountain town to a world-class ski area. Locals, visitors, and athletes tell of a snow seekers’ gem made by passionate visionairies, lifestyle addicts, and vast terrain. High emotion, high content, high impact.

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More information at www.revmovie.com

Nature Propelled

Following the historic petroleum-free journey captured in his previous film Oil + Water (Best of Festival, 2008 Fernie Mountain Film Festival) Seth Warren embarks on a new adventure with his nature powered fire truck named Baby, this time tracking the life cycle of water through the seasons. Featuring stunning and often daring footage, Nature Propelled demonstrates the connection between the elements, renewable energy, adventure sports, and practical ways that individuals can use these elements to power their lifestyles. Through its theme of adventure, education, and conservation, Nature Propelled aims to motiviate and inspire the next generation of environmental activists and stewards.

Nature Propelled premiered at the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival January 16 2010 in Nevada City, California. This will be the Canadian Premiere of the Film, right here in Fernie!

SHOWING SATURDAY NIGHT

Elements Promo from Nicholas Franczyk on Vimeo.

Shining Spirit - the musical journey of Jamyang Yeshi

In 1998 Jamyang Yeshi, a talented singer and musician from the Amdo region of Tibet, fled his Chinese-occupied country and settled in Dharamsala, India. Over eight years in India he performed widely, and released several CDs, until his life took a different course in 2005. Jamyang was invited to Canada to perform at The Banff Centre’s “Cultures at Risk” Summit and was granted refugee status in Canada. This brought him closer to his brother, Tsundue, who had also escaped Tibet and made his home in the United States. However, both men’s freedom in exile kept them continents apart from the rest of their close-knit family in Tibet.

Shining Spirit tells this story..

More information - http://www.taracafeproject.ca/shiningspirit.htm

SHOWING FRIDAY NIGHT

Flathead Wild

A new film — Flathead Wild — follows the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) as they descend on the Flathead River Valley, along with local conservation groups, to make breathtaking and iconic images of the threatened ecosystem. These images then act as tools for the Flathead coalition to help tip the scales in favor of protection and conservation.

SHOWING SATURDAY NIGHT

Ultimate Skiing Showdown

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!

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Presence: 40 days in Greenland

Footage of a helicopter dropping a skier atop a precariously steep mountain is a staple in the ski movie industry. But you won’t see such shots in Presence: 40 Days in Greenland. That’s because this expedition of professional skiers from Japan powers itself on the legs, arms and determination of its members. The crew kayaks through the glassy waters of Greenland’s remote and lovely fjord country, seeking lines down the towering mountains that rise from the waters. When they find what they’re looking for, they haul themselves up steep, rugged crags and drop from the tops in quicksilver descents. What these skiers find is that the time, planning and effort that goes into every brutal step to the top just makes each line skied more precious.

SHOWING FRIDAY NIGHT

Lucky 13

Like trying to catch a rattled rooster, Lucky 13 chases to keep up with a group of adrenalin-fused kayakers in search of a wild variety of whitewater features within their beloved West Kootenay playground. Compiling rare footage and outtakes from the last 2 seasons of spring boating, Lucky 13 throws the dice at a dynamic selection of dubiously lucky whitewater paddling lines artistically melded to the musical rumblings of Montreal musical group "Beast."

SHOWING FRIDAY NIGHT

DRIFT

A stunning visual journey, DRIFT takes you on a cinematic adventure across the flats of Belize and the Bahamas, down the tailwaters of the Green, Frying Pan and the Big Horn, spey casting on the Deschutes, and exploring the exotic rivers of Kashmir, India.

A portion of this film will be shown

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Garbage Angels

Garbage Angels, odd life forms tell their tale of our society where everything seems to be disposable.

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