Film Festival Program
Wednesday July 13th
Oh Canada Climbing Night – Margo Talbot and Jasmin Caton
On line sales for this event have concluded, tickets may still be available at the door.
Eagle Eye Theatre, Howe Sound Secondary School
Doors 6:30 pm
Show 7:00 pm
$15 in advance or $17 at the door
Squamish in a Day…Eh!!!
2010 USA / Duration: 5 minDirector: Cedar Wright
On of the highlights of the 2010 Squamish Mountain Festival was a presentation by Cedar Wright, he arrived a day early to do some climbing and shooting in an attempt to present an original climbing film that he shot and cut in a day. Here it is, this movie features Jason Kruk, Will Stanhope, Tommy Caldwell, and Hazel Findlay crushing Squamish's world-class stone!!!
Towers of the Ennedi
2010 USA / Duration: 13 minDirector: Renan Ozturk
Follow climbers Mark Synnott, Alex Honnold and James Pearson as they travel across the roadless, windswept deserts of northeastern Chad. Basing their expedition on nothing more than a few photographs and rumors of a promised land with countless unclimbed sandstone towers, Mark's insatiable thirst for adventure and first ascents leads the small crew deep into the spectacular landscape of the Ennedi desert. In their search for unclimbed sandstone towers, the team finds much more than climbing in this film about risk and the arc of a climber's career.
Margo Talbot
All That Glitters: A Climbers Journey through Addiction and Depression
Live presentation / Duration: 40 min
INTERMISSION
Jasmin Caton
Babes, Big Walls and Bad ShroomsLive presentation / Duration: 40 min
On Assignment
2011 USA / Duration: 6 minDirector: Renan Ozturk
A behind the scenes adventure with photographer Jimmy Chin as he attempts to do justice to the cutting edge of climbing today in Yosemite for a National Geographic feature article.
Yosemite Falls High Line
2011 USA / Duration: 4 minDirectors: Renan Ozturk and Jimmy Chin
An intimate short-film looking into Dean Potter’s character and latest quest to walk a stunning high-line over Yosemite Falls.
Boogie ‘til You Poop
2010 USA / Duration: 4 minDirector: Cedar Wright
While shooting his Squamish in a Day video, Jason Kruk got his knee stuck in a 5.11 offwidth called "Boogie 'til You Puke." Luckily Andrew Burr was there shooting stills while Cedar Wright shot video and switched his 5d to video mode to capture what is perhaps the most horrific and hilarious climbing experience he ever witnessed first hand. By this end of this short movie, you should understand why the climb is now officially renamed "Boogie 'til You Poop!"
Swiss Machine
2010 USA / Duration: 19 minDirector: Peter Mortimer
Ueli Steck may be the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. In this film he tells the stories of his record-breaking ascents in the Alps, accompanied by stunning aerial footage of him racing up 8,000 foot alpine faces. Ueli joins Alex Honnold in Yosemite to attempt speed records there. His ultimate goal: take his one-man alpine speed game to the largest, highest walls in the world.
Friday July 15th
Rock and Ice Night – Nina Caprez and Cory Richards
On-line sales for this event have concluded, tickets may still be available at Valhalla Pure, the Squamish Adventure Center or at the door.Eagle Eye Theatre, Howe Sound Secondary School
Doors 6:30 pm
Show 7:00 pm
$15 in advance or $17 at the door
The Longest Way
Germany, 2009, 5 minDirector: Christoph Rehage
This is a time-lapse photography film, made up of roughly 1400 photographs, depicting a one-year walk from Beijing to Ürümqi in 2007/2008 and its resulting growth of hair.
Tuzgle
2010 France / Duration: 21 min
Director: Julien Nadiras and Vladimir Cellier
November 2008, the Swiss climber Nina Caprez with 9 French guys travels to explore a new climbing spot in Argentina: an Altiplano littered with boulders and crags nested at 4200 meters of elevation under the Tuzgle volcano. As days fly by, they realize that the true value of their discoveries is way beyond their expectations…one of the best bouldering destinations in South America has been discovered.
Nina Caprez
Live presentation / Duration: 40 min
INTERMISSION
Cory Richards
Live presentation / Duration: 40 minCOLD
2011 USA / Duration: 19 minsDIRECTOR: Anson Fogel
On February 2, 2011, Cory Richards became the first American to summit an 8,000 meter peak in winter. It almost killed him and his partners. Cory filmed the climb as it happened, and filmmaker Anson Fogel has transformed that footage into a raw, unflinching view of humanity at its limits, in the process creating a completely new kind of mountaineering film.
Saturday July 16th
Saturday Matinee - Free Event
Squamish Adventure Centre
1:00 pm
Films:
Don’t Die
2010 UK / Duration: 14 minDirectors: Joe French and John Sutherland
This is a gripping short film tells the story of Dave McLeod’s climb on one of the hardest winter routes in the world, “Don’t Die of Ignorance” XI, 11 on Comb Buttress, Ben Nevis, Scotland.
What Happened on Pam Island
2010 Poland / Duration: 63 minsDirector: Elisa Kubarska
A couple of Polish alpinists, Elisa Kubarske and David Kaszlikowski, take a lonely jurney to the fjords of southern Greenland to reach the world’s highest cliff. The vertical wall is reachable only by boat. Despite the fact that the team consists of only two climbers, it is decided to travel on dangerous sea kayaks. There is a storm, the water around them is freezing – it dips to 0 degrees centigrade – and capsizing in this area would mean hypothermia and death within minutes. Deserted Pam Island becomes their home base…
Saturday July 16th
Big Wall Night – Ed Cooper and Tim Emmett
On line tickets sales for this event have concluded, tickets may still be available at Valhalla Pure, the Squamish Adventure Center or at the door.
Eagle Eye Theatre, Howe Sound Secondary School
Doors 6:30 pm
Show 7:00 pm
$15 in advance or $17 at the door
In the Shadow of the Chief (segment)
2004 Canada / Duration: 15 minDirector: Ivan Hughes
In May 1961 Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper decided to try the impossible--a first ascent up the 'unclimbable' Stawamus Chief. Within two weeks, 12,000 cars full of onlookers crowded the base of the Chief while the climbers braved relentless heat, mosquitoes and a barrage of reporters. In the Shadow of the Chief takes a unique look at a part of climbing history and the spirit of the community that rallied behind them.
Ed Cooper
The 50th Anniversary of the Grand Wall AscentLive presentation / Duration: 40 min
INTERMISSION
Tim Emmett
Live presentation / Duration: 40 min
Fly or Die
2010 USA / Duration: 23 minDirector: Peter Mortimer
As a young boy, he dreamt he could fly. Since then, Dean Potter has been pushing the boundaries of climbing and getting closer to or really back to that dream. Potter has developed “free BASE,” a combination of free solo climbing and BASE jumping, on his quest to master the disciplines that will lead to a daring evolution of sport.
Sunday July 17th
Sunday Matinee - Free Event
Squamish Adventure Centre
1:00 pm
Films:
Crackoholic
2010 Sweden / Duration: 30 minDirector: Jonas Paulsson and Mikael Wederberg
On the west coast of Sweden lies one of Europe’s best-kept climbing secrets. Crackoholic tells the story of this climber’s paradise which offers some of the best granite you could wish for. The story ranges from the 1970s bandana-wearing climbers to the athletes that are pushing the boundaries of trad climbing today.
Towers of the Ennedi
2010 USA / Duration: 13 minDirector: Renan Ozturk
Follow climbers Mark Synnott, Alex Honnold and James Pearson as they travel across the roadless, windswept deserts of northeastern Chad. Basing their expedition on nothing more than a few photographs and rumors of a promised land with countless unclimbed sandstone towers, Mark's insatiable thirst for adventure and first ascents leads the small crew deep into the spectacular landscape of the Ennedi desert. In their search for unclimbed sandstone towers, the team finds much more than climbing in this film about risk and the arc of a climber's career.
The Prophet
2010 UK / Duration: 42 minDirector: Alastair Lee
Following the UK's top big wall climber Leo Houlding as he revisits his 10 year project, an exceptionally steep, loose and difficult route on the east face of Yosemite's El Cap. Leo describes the route as 'the wildest climb I've ever been on'. This has to be seen to be believed, crazy climbing.
