Best of ShAFF - Package 1
Main Hall. 12.30. 2 hours
Crux
Mountain Biking / Extreme Sports - 12 mins
Director: Alexander Lavigne & Ryan Leech
A film to gawp at in sheer amazement. Ryan Leech, Dylan Korba and Thomas Ohler combine unadulterated difficulty with an elegant and creative style to create ground-breaking standards in trials biking.
Awards - Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Best Film on Mountain Biking; Banff International Mountain Film Festival: Peoples Choice Award, Radical Reels
Hand Cut
Skiing / Snowboarding - 27 mins
Director: Nick Waggoner
Haunting and beautifully shot ski footage blended with some classic narrative from old-timers about the mines that underlie the areas. A ski film with soul!
Awards - Best "Adventure Sports Film" at the Taos Mountain Film Festival, Special Mention at Kendal 2008
Solo
Kayaking - 55 mins
On January 11 2007 Andrew McAuley set out to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand, 1,000 miles across the Southern Ocean, amidst 40-foot-high waves. This is his story. It entirely re-defines the term hard-core. This emotional film is highly recommended by a number of seasoned adventure film critics.
Play Gravity
Paragliding / Air Sports - 5 mins
Director: Ueli Kestenholz & Samuel Gyger
'We don't fight gravity, we play with it'. That's the tagline that accompanies the film. Some of the world's most talented people speed riding, kite flying and snowboarding as you've never seen before. These guys embrace gravity in what is best described as extreme dance. A visually stunning film. A 5 minute edit of the longer version.
Awards - WINNER & AUDIENCE ADWARD, 2008 Mountain Film Festival St.Anton, Austria; WINNER SPECIAL ADWARD, 2008 St.Hillaires Flight Night, France; WINNER - EXCELLENT SPORT ACHIEVEMENT, 2008 International Mountain Film Festival Proprad, Slovakia; JURY'S SPECIAL MENTION, 2008 Mountain Film Festival Teplice, Czeck Republic
Grit Kids
Climbing / Profile - 20 mins
Director: Dave Brown & Paul Diffley
The teenage brother and sister team, Pete and Katy Whittaker burst onto the climbing scene with a series of spectacular ascents on grit. In a frenzy of climbing they each stack up numerous major ascents; then one evening after school, with the whole family assembled to watch, Pete makes the terrifying first ascent of 'Dynamics Of Change' a truly iconic line at Burbage South.
Pete and Katy are ex Hope Valley College students and will be at the HVAFF to introduce their film.
Awards - Best Climbing Film - Banff 2008; People's Choice - Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival