Youth Adventure Film Package 2. Music hall. 4.00pm
Duration: 92 minutes
A bunch of films for teenagers and grown ups who wish they were still kids. The films in this programme have been selected mainly with teenagers in mind. However, we are confident that they will also be enjoyed by some younger kids and adrenaline loving adults too!
KRANKED - Revolve (11) - Mountain Biking - 11 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Bjorn Enga
The coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented? The mountain bike? Revolve blasts from the French Alps to the lush coast of B.C., incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle, and downhill. The final chapter is one of the best-choreographed extreme sport film of all time. This is a 22 minute edit of the film.
Freezing Level - Skiing - 29 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Euan Southcott
"Freezing Level" follows director Euan Southcott, an ex-sponsored British snowboarder, as he explores how global warming is affecting the winter sports scene that he grew up with. We visit both threatened and thriving locations, in the UK and abroad, and meet those best placed to discuss changes in weather patterns: resort owners, industry leaders, professional snowboarders, ski patrollers and local people. Along the way we are entertained by gorgous views, a spirit of exploration and the tricks and slams of snowboarders showing just how much we will lose if predictions of global warming prove to be accurate.
MedeO - Extreme Sports - 6 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Guillame Broust
Tony Lamiche is a climber and photographer. He set himself a goal to capture, in a single frame, the six extreme sports: BASE jumping, paragliding, rock climbing, ice climbing, skiing and snowboarding! This short film documents the project through to its impressive and successful completion.
To The Rainbow - Climbing - 14 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Dave Brown
Paul Pritchard was one of Britain's most talented and outrageous climbers in the late eighties. A head injury sustained while climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania left Paul with hemiplegia. Now, 13 years on, he makes an emotional return to climbing, on The Rainbow, in North Wales. Teaming up with his old climbing partner, Johnny Dawes, they tackle a slabby E2. Inspirational.
Project Megawoosh - Extreme Sports - 5 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Minh Duong
Bruno Kammell, a German engineer, works to perfect the world’s highest and longest human water slide.
First Ascent - Alone On The Wall - Climbing - 24 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Pete Mortimer & Nick Rosen
Alex Honnold recently won the American Alpine Club's Bates award for outstanding accomplishments by a young climber. This short film focuses on what are arguably two of the most audacious climbs in the history of the sport - his free solos of Moonlight Buttress in Zion and the Regular Route on Half Dome in Yosemite. Palm-sweating footage is mixed with thoughtful clips of his friends and family as a portrait of the man-of-the-moment is put together in this series commissioned by Sender Films for National Geographic. It's all about impressing girls!
Awards
Best Climbing & Grand Prize Winner, KendalMountain Festival 2009
Best Climbing & Grand Prize Winner, KendalMountain Festival 2009
Palouse Fall - Kayaking - 3 Minutes
Year Created: 2009
Director: Rush Struges
Tyler Bradt paddles a 186 foot waterfall to smash the previous world record. Mind boggling.