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Banff Mountain Film Festival
October 27 – November 4

Film Finalists by Category

This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival competition received 296 entries from 32 countries. Thanks to all our film entrants for submitting your work. All finalists will now be viewed by our international film jury, and awards will be presented in front of a live audience on Sunday evening, November 4, at the closing ceremonies of the festival.

Categories

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing

Sponsored by Alpine Club of Canada

Best Film on Mountain Culture

Sponsored by Petzl

Best Film on Mountain Environment

Sponsored by Patagonia

Best Feature-length Mountain Film

Sponsored by Lowepro

Best Film on Mountain Sports

Sponsored by Big Rock Brewery

Best Short Mountain Film

Sponsored by GORE-TEX

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing

Aerialist

Directed by Brad Lynch, Jim Hurst
Produced by Brad Lynch
Production company: Many Monkeys Productions (USA)

Climber

Directed by Carlos Villarreal-Kwasek
Produced by Vancouver Film School
Production company: Vancouver Film School (Canada)

Committed

Directed by Paul Diffley and Dave Brown
Produced by Dave Brown
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Committed: Keen Youth

Directed by Paul Diffley and Dave Brown
Produced by Dave Brown
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Committed: To Grit

Directed by Paul Diffley and Dave Brown
Produced by Dave Brown
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Death on Nanga Parbat (Tod am Nanga Parbat — Die Messner-Tragödie)

Directed by Ludwig Ott
Produced by Jo Angerer
Production company: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Germany)

Un Désert Vertical (Vertical Desert)

Directed and produced by Daniel du Lac
Production company: Altisphère (France)

Facing Obsession

Directed by Jochen Schmoll
Production company: Drehxtrem Film- und Fernsehproduktion (Germany)

Great Day for Climbing

Directed and produced by Stephen Burgess
Production company: Willis Wall Multimedia (USA)

Higher Ground: Black Canyon

Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Chris Alstrin
Production company: Higher Ground Productions (USA)

Higher Ground: Mountain Photographer

Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Chris Alstrin
Production company: Higher Ground Productions (USA)

Ice Mines

Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Production company: Gravsports (Canada)

King Lines

Directed and produced by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer
Production company: Sender Films (USA)

Set in Stone

Directed and produced by Alastair Lee
Production company: Posing Productions (UK)

Yamabushi

Directed by Will Gadd
Production company: Gravsports (Canada)

Best Film on Mountain Culture

Draw Me a Line

Directed by Sébastien Devrient
Produced by Géraldine Fasnacht
Production company: Mountain Line Foundation (Switzerland)

Duet

Directed by Keith Partridge
Production company: P4 Productions (UK)

The Endless Knot

Directed by Michael Brown
Produced by David D’Angelo
Production company: Serac Adventure Films (USA)

Iran — A Mountain Journey (Part 2)

Directed and produced by John Murray
Production company: Crossing the Line Films (Ireland)

Last Chance Journeys: Across the Himalaya

Directed and produced by John Murray
Production company: Crossing the Line Films (Ireland)

The Western Lands — Hoy

Directed and produced by Grant Gee (UK)

Best Film on Mountain Environment

The Alps

Directed by Stephen Judson
Produced by Greg MacGillivray and Mark Krenzien
Production company: MacGillivray Freeman Films (USA)

Badgered

Directed by Sharon Colman
Produced by Jamie Wolpert
Production company: National Film and Television School (UK)

Borneo’s Pygmy Elephants

Directed by Joe Kennedy
Produced by Michael Patrick Wong
Production companies: Michael Patrick Wong/Off the Fence (The Netherlands)

Resorting to Madness — Taking Back Our Mountain Communities

Directed by Hunter Sykes and Darren Campbell
Produced by Darren Campbell
Production company: Coldstream Creative (USA)

Searching for the Coast Wolves

Directed by Richard Matthews
Produced by Heinz von Matthey
Production companies: Matthey Film Productions/Infinity Filmed Entertainment Group Ltd. (Germany)

Best Feature-length Mountain Film

Arctic Tale

Directed by Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson
Produced by Adam Leipzig and Keenan Smart
Production company: National Geographic Films (USA)

The Beckoning Silence

Directed and produced by Louise Osmond
Production company: Darlow Smithson Productions (UK)

Becoming a Woman in Zanskar

Directed by Jean-Michel Corillion
Produced by Manuel Catteau
Production company: ZED (France)

Into the Wild

Directed by Sean Penn
Produced by Art Linson, Sean Penn, and William Pohlad
Production companies: Square One C.I.H./Linson Film (USA)

Loop

Directed and produced by Sjur Paulsen
Production company: Sub Productions (Norway)

Steep

Directed by Mark Obenhaus
Produced by Jordan Kronick and Gabrielle Tenenbaum
Production company: High Ground Productions (USA)

Best Film on Mountain Sports

20 Seconds of Joy

Directed by Jens Hoffmann
Produced by Clenonice Comino
Production company: F24 Film GmbH (Germany)

24 Solo (festival edit)

Directed by Jason Berry
Produced by Ken Bell
Production company: Gripped Films (USA)

Ain’t Got No Friends on a Powder Day

Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Production company: FLK Productions (Switzerland)

Balance

Directed and produced by Paul Cotton
Production company: Paul Cotton Films (Canada)

Entropy (Festival edit)

Directed and produced by Morten Gjerstad
Production company: Snowkitefilm (Norway)

Ephemere

Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Production company: FLK Productions (Switzerland)

It’s Fantastic

Directed and produced by Matt Sheridan
Production company: Team Thirteen (USA)

Light in Liquid — A Kayak Collage of Movement and Sound

Directed and produced by Adrian Matthew Glasenapp
Production company: Creative Under Velocity (USA)

Lost and Found

Directed and produced by Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones, and Corey Gavitt
Production company: Teton Gravity Research (USA)

Nine Winters Old

Directed by Bill Heath
Produced by Rich Corbett
Production company: Rich Corbett Productions (USA)

One More Time

Directed and produced by Guy Clarkson
Production company: Raven HD Productions (Canada)

Pacific Horizons: Exploring the Northwest Coast by Kayak

Directed by Bryan Smith and Lise-Anne Beyries
Produced by Bryan Smith
Production company: Reel Water Productions (Canada)

PNW

Directed and produced by Jeff Thomas
Production companies: Theory-3 Media/Poorboyz Productions (Canada)

Rock Wings

Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Patrice Janet
Production company: Ride The Planets (France)

Sevenvision

Directed by Don Hampton and Aaron Chase
Produced by Don Hampton
Production company: DH Productions (USA)

Speed Riding — Attack à Popow Land

Directed by Antoine Boisselier
Produced by Séverine Gauci
Production companies: Antoine Boisselier/Seven Doc (France)

Trial & Air

Directed and produced by Darrell Miller
Production company: Storm Show Studios (USA)

Trial & Error

Directed by Bjørn Enga
Produced by Radical Films (Canada)

Vicious Circle (Festival edit)

Directed and produced by Jonathan Desrosiers
Production company: Bullet Proof Video (Canada)

Wings on Your Feet (Le ali ai piedi)

Directed and produced by Fulvio Mariani
Production companies: Iceberg-Film/TSI - Televisione Svizzera (Switzerland)

Yellow Boat, White Water

Directed and produced by Andrew Hardingham (Canada)

Best Short Mountain Film

Ain’t Got No Friends on a Powder Day

Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Production company: FLK Productions (Switzerland)

Badgered

Directed by Sharon Colman
Produced by Jamie Wolpert
Production company: National Film and Television School (UK)

Balance

Directed and produced by Paul Cotton
Production company: Paul Cotton Films (Canada)

Climber

Directed by Carlos Villarreal-Kwasek
Produced by Vancouver Film School
Production company: Vancouver Film School (Canada)

Committed: Keen Youth

Directed by Paul Diffley and Dave Brown
Produced by Dave Brown
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Committed: To Grit

Directed by Paul Diffley and Dave Brown
Produced by Dave Brown
Production company: Hot Aches Productions (UK)

Duet

Directed by Keith Partridge
Production company: P4 Productions (UK)

Entropy (Festival edit)

Directed and produced by Morten Gjerstad
Production company: Snowkitefilm (Norway)

Ephemere

Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Production company: FLK Productions (Switzerland)

Great Day for Climbing

Directed and produced by Stephen Burgess
Production company: Willis Wall Multimedia (USA)

Higher Ground: Black Canyon

Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Chris Alstrin
Production company: Higher Ground Productions (USA)

Higher Ground: Mountain Photographer

Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Chris Alstrin
Production company: Higher Ground Productions (USA)

Light in Liquid — A Kayak Collage of Movement and Sound

Directed and produced by Adrian Matthew Glasenapp
Production company: Creative Under Velocity (USA)

One More Time

Directed and produced by Guy Clarkson
Production company: Raven HD Productions (Canada)

Rock Wings

Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Patrice Janet
Production company: Ride The Planets (France)

Trial & Air

Directed and produced by Darrell Miller
Production company: Storm Show Studios (USA)

Trial & Error

Directed by Bjørn Enga
Produced by Radical Films (Canada)

The Western Lands — Hoy

Directed and produced by Grant Gee (UK)

Yamabushi

Directed by Will Gadd
Production company: Gravsports (Canada)

Yellow Boat, White Water

Directed and produced by Andrew Hardingham (Canada)

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