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The films look fantastic, grab a few friends and come along!

Banff Mountain Film Festival NZ Tour, Wednesday 23rd September.

Tickets On Sale Now!

NZAC Members / Student | $19
General Admission | $22

Screening starts at 6 pm with doors open from 5.30pm
The Embassy Theatre, Wellington

Films 

HORS PISTE

(2018, France, 6 minutes)
Filmmaker: Ecole des Nouvelles Images: Léo BRUNEL, Loris CAVALIER, Camille JALABERT, Oscar MALET
Film Synopsis: The two best mountain rescue workers of the region are ready for their new mission.

THE LONG RIVER HOME

(2019, USA, 20 minutes)
Filmmaker: Timmy O’Neill, Big Cedar Media – Seth Dahl
Film Synopsis: US veterans who were injured in war come together for another mission as they guide blind Navy veteran, Lonnie Bedwell, on a 14 day river trip in the Grand Canyon.

 

CIRCLE OF THE SUN

(2019, Germany, 5 minutes)
Filmmaker: Lena Stoffel, Inigo Grasset
Film Synopsis: Steep mountains, the ocean, the sun and the aurora borealis. One
rotation of the sun high in the Arctic on skis equals one day of magic.

 

SAFE HAVEN

(2018, USA, 8 minutes)
Filmmaker: Wondercamp; Tim Kressin, Davis Goslin
Film Synopsis: Founded on the belief that everyone is welcome, Memphis Roxopened a climbing gym to challenge stereotypes and be at the center of the city’s revitalization.

 

HUNZA: SKI AND CULTURE IN PAKISTAN (TOUR EDIT)

(2018, France, 33 minutes)
Filmmaker: Alexis Blaise and Sam Favret, Invade Media
Film Synopsis: Get on board with Sam Favret, Leo Slemett and Julien Herry as they set off on a vibrant freeriding and cultural adventure in the remote Hunza Valley, way off the beaten track.

 

THE MOTIVATOR

(2019, USA, 5 minutes)
Filmmaker: Rockhouse Motion – Aaron Hitchins
Film Synopsis: Filmmaker Aaron Hitchins turns his camera on the person who has motivated him to lead a life connected to the outdoors: his mother, Maureen.

MYRTLE SIMPSON: A LIFE ON ICE (TOUR EDIT)

(2019, US, 25 minutes)
Filmmaker: Leigh Anne Sides & Andrew Cahill
Film Synopsis: Myrtle Simpson – trailblazer, pioneer, adventurer, mountain climber, polar explorer, writer, and mother. From Spitzbergen to Greenland, from the North Pole to the Highlands of Scotland, from New Zealand to Peru, Myrtle blazed her own trail. She experienced places most people only dream about, all while writing 13 books, collecting specimens for museum botanical collections and raising four children.

 

GONE TOMORROW: KENTUCKY ICE CLIMBING

(2019, USA, 20 minutes)
Filmmaker: Mike Wilkinson
Film Synopsis: A bourbon-fueled ride deep into the bushy hollers of Appalachia with a crew of harmless misfits as they race to search out and climb new ice routes before they’re gone.

 

DANNY DAYCARE

(2019, UK, 4 minutes)
Filmmaker: Cut Media, Stu Thomson
Film Synopsis: In his latest film Danny MacAskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how… by taking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland!

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