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INTERNATIONAL FILM
COMPETITON 2018
THE PROGRAMME
SHARE THE ADVENTURE
INDEX FILM
FIND A FILM! Know what film you want to see, but not sure when it’s being shown?
Use this index to ensure you don’t miss it!
Film Page Film Page Film Page
A Christmas Carrot* 21 Encounter* 18 Surface 13
A Land Shaped By Women* 20 Escape 7 Surfer Dan 9
A Few Acres At A Time* 17 Every Few Winters* 9 Takayna 9
A Lunar Cycle 11 Evolution Of Dreams 19 Take The Hill* 8
A New View Of The Moon 12 Feel Of Vision* 9 Ten Years Out* 6
A Time To Remember* 11 Focus* 20 The Ant And The Whale* 7
Adventure Not War 10 For The Love Of Mary 16 The Communal Art
Of Footracing 12
Altay Skiing Adventure* 8 Free Solo **
The Dawn Wall **
AMA 10 Hoji* 20
The Frenchy 13
Anaiyyun: Hood To Trail* 16
Prayer For The Whale 18 The Green Kayak Challenge* 17
How To Run 100 Miles* 19
Anote’s Ark 7 The Islands And The Whales 18
Ice & Palms* 11
Ar Gefn Y Ddraig* The Longest Hole:
In Constant Motion 16
(Riding The Dragon) 16 Golfing Across Mongolia 6
WELCOME TO THE KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL Ascending Afghanistan 15
In Due Time 18
The Moment 19
INTERNATIONAL FILM
Inis Mór: On The Edge* 14
Aziza* 16 The Passage 13
Inside The Indus 11
COMPETITON 2018
Between The Lines / The Point Of A Ride 9, 19
Entre Les Lignes 8 Jim Pope* 14
The Swimmer 13
Big World 7 Just Anna* 11
The UK In 100 Seconds* 6
Why come and join us in our cinemas, what does ‘share the Blood Moon* 14** Keep Going 16
adventure’ really mean? We choose these films, and curate our The Undamaged* 17
collections not just to entertain but to create an effect, to make Blue 21 La Congenialità:
This Is The Northland* 8
The Attitude Of Gratitude 15
a connection, to build a inspired community who believe they can Boy Nomad 11
This Mountain Life 12
in turn create, act; go on their own adventure’; whether into the Brotherhood Of Skiing 10
Liv Along The Way* 15
mountains, a cold lake, love, or political action. Tonic Of The Sea 12
Martial Narrative* 12
Cerro Kishtwar:
We loved our Festival theme of imagination last year; celebrating the way Treeline 17
An Ice Cold Story ** My Mom Vala 21
Artistic Director Kendal films plant the seeds of dreams. This year we focus on ‘connection’; Underdog* 9
Claire Carter literally joining the dots, transforming dreams to reality, empathising with Chasing Monsters 11 Notes From The Wall 18
others living vastly different lives, connecting with nature and of course Viacruxis 21
Chasing The Frog* 6 Parasol Peak 10
making new friendships and sparking new ideas. Water Cycle: River –
China To Siberia: RJ Ripper* 8
Some of the stories we have found this year for Kendal have really made Bikefishing For Steelhead 17
Crossing The Loneliest Lake* 18
us take stock; in Chris Prescott’s ‘Focus’, a climber and cyclist confronts S’abandonner Au Sauvage 11
We Are Send 21
losing his independence and identity as an adventurer with his eyesight. In Choices* 10
Skier vs Drone 21
Wide Boyz: All Tooled Up* 15
‘Anote’s Ark’, a president confronts losing his country to climate change. Climbing Out Of Disaster 20
Slaydies 12
Can we adapt? Can we ‘Climb out of disaster’ as a Puerto Rican community Wild Ice: Backcountry
Dave Macleod: The 24/8* 14
attempt in Dominic Gill’s film. Response to adversity has always been at the Sound Of Silence 13 Skating Alaska 8
core of adventure stories, and as films like Free Solo and Dawn Wall take Disko* 10
Spectre ** Women Are Mountains 14
mainstream cinemas by storm, we see how important these narratives are Divided* 13
to the collective consciousness. How do we cope with fear? How can we work Statement of Youth ** Wonderful Loser:
Dreamride 3 6 A Different Sort Of World 20
together? How can we handle feeling isolated or lost? We hope you find Storm Giant - The World’s
our collections inspiring and thought provoking. ‘Share the Adventure’ is all Hardest Dry Tooling Route 14 Zabardast* 19
about connection. Sharing our stories for greater understanding, empathy
and motivation. Let’s get started! * The film’s director will be present at the Festival.
** Films ticketed separately - see main programme for details
Cover image © Blue
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FILM PLANNER FILM PLANNER
HOW TO... DO FILMS AT KENDAL
A film pass allows you entry into all of the film sessions that The following are available free with your same day film pass
are listed except for the following: Film Premieres, Special but require you to pick up a seperate ticket for entry at the
Screenings and the Film Awards - these are priced and Box Office - The Family Adventure Film Sessions, Collection
ticketed individually. 17 Snow, the ‘Secret Film’, and the Best of Kendal.
FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER
09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00
The Film
Collection 7 Statement Blood Collection 7 Collection 9 Collection 10 Collection 5 Awards
Spectre
THEATRE
of Youth Moon The Dawn Wall Free Solo Best of Kendal
CONNECT 19:00 – CONNECT CLIMB MOUNTAIN CREATE Ceremony
16:30 – 21:00 – 14:00 – 16:00 17:00 – 19:00 20:00 – 23:00
14:00 – 16:00 20:30 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 21:30 –
18:00 22:30
23:00
BREWERY ARTS CENTRE (BAC)
Collection 8 Collection 3
SCREEN 1
SPARK DISCOVER
09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30
Cerro
Collection 1 Collection 2 Collection 9 Collection 3 Collection 12 Collection 11 Collection 1 Collection 15 Collection 12 Collection 2 Collection 6 Collection 17 Collection 5
SCREEN 2
Kishtwar ‘Secret Film’ Best of Kendal The Dawn Wall
JOURNEY IMAGINE CLIMB DISCOVER PROTECT An Ice Cold RUN JOURNEY SUFFER PROTECT IMAGINE FLOW SNOW CREATE
Story 21:15 – 23:00 16:30 – 19:30 20:00 – 22:00
09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00
21:30 – 23:00
Collection
Collection Collection 9 Collection 1 Collection 7
Collection 5 Collection 4 Collection 6 Collection 10 Collection 11 Collection 2 Collection 18 Collection 8 Collection 3 Collection 6 14 Best of Kendal Best of Kendal
13
STUDIO
CREATE FIGHT FLOW MOUNTAIN RUN IMAGINE LOSE SPARK DISCOVER FLOW SURVIVE CLIMB JOURNEY CONNECT
EXPLORE 16:30 – 19:30 20:00 – 23:00
09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 21:30 – 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00
21:30 – 23:00
23:00
TOWN HALL
Collection 6 Best of Kendal Best of Kendal
KENDAL
Film Summit
FLOW
13:00 – 16:30 16:30 – 19:30 20:00 – 23:00
10:00 – 12:00
Collection
SHAKESPEARE
Collection Collection 10 Collection 3 Collection 4
Collection 4 Collection 5 Collection 10 Collection 2 Collection 7 Collection 3 Collection 6 Collection 4 Collection 8 Collection 9 Best of Kendal Best of Kendal
14 16
CENTRE
FIGHT CREATE MOUNTAIN IMAGINE CONNECT DISCOVER FLOW FIGHT SPARK CLIMB MOUNTAIN DISCOVER FIGHT
SURVIVE BIKE 16:30 – 19:30 20:00 – 23:00
09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00
21:30 – 23:00 21:30 – 23:0
Parent + Accessible
MOVIE TRUCK
Baby Friendly Film Collection 1 Collection 8 Collection 9 Collection 5 Collection 4 Collection 7 Collection 10 Collection 1 Collection 8 Collection 2 Collection 15
Best of Kendal
Films Session JOURNEY SPARK CLIMB CREATE FIGHT CONNECT MOUNTAIN JOURNEY SPARK IMAGINE SUFFER
09:30 – 11:30 – 16:30 – 19:30
14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00 16:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 21:00 09:00 – 11:00 11:30 – 13:30 14:00 – 16:00
11:00 12:30
LEISURE CENTRE
Family Family
Free Solo Adventure
KENDAL
Adventure
16:45 – 10:30 –
09:30 –
18:30 12:00
11:00
KEY Film Sessions Premieres, Special Screenings, Awards Ceremony Best of Kendal Films Industry Event
FREE WITH A FILM PASS TICKETED EVENTS FREE WITH SUNDAY FILM PASS OR TICKETS £12 INVITE ONLY
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FILM COLLECTIONS FILM COLLECTIONS
COLLECTION 1 COLLECTION 2
JOURNEY IMAGINE
Chase a golf ball across the wilderness, Ride a bike out on to ice, define yourself
chase a frog through Cumbria, close a a new future, play big with your kids,
chapter through adventure, choose to imagine if your world was under water...
journey where you shouldn’t.
SHOWTIMES
SHOWTIMES Friday 11.30 BAC - Screen 2
Friday 09.00 BAC - Screen 2 Friday 16.30 Shakespeare Centre
The Longest Hole
Friday 14.00 Movie Truck Saturday 09.00 BAC - Studio
Saturday 11.30 BAC - Screen 2 Saturday 19.00 BAC - Screen 2
Anote’s Ark
Saturday 19.00 Movie Truck Sunday 11.30 Movie Truck
Sunday 11.30 BAC - Studio
THE UK IN 100 SECONDS UK PREMIERE THE LONGEST HOLE: ESCAPE WORLD PREMIERE BIG WORLD
DANIEL RAVEN-ELLISON TEN YEARS OUT GOLFING ACROSS ANJALI NAYAR THE ANT AND THE WHALE DAVID MORTON & FITZ CAHALL
What does the United Kingdom really MEREDITH MCKEE MONGOLIA Montreal-based DJ, JaBig, buys a bike DOM BUSH As parents, how do we teach our kids
look like? To get a better sense of When the ultimate tragedy happens ANDREW KING on a whim and decides to attempt Having committed his time to that there is a world beyond social
proportion, let’s go on a 100 second to Summers Moore and her family, she ‘The Longest Hole’ features golfer to beat the record for the longest climbing, Ian Almond looks back on media, tests and football practice?
walk across our nation. Each second turns to art and the outdoors to turn Adam Rolston and caddie Ron Rutland continuous bike ride in a single country. the sacrifices and achievements of a In April, David and his seven-year-old
of the walk reveals one percent of our grief into hope. Summers creates an as they attempt to set a new world What’s more, he’ll ride a single speed, life spent in the mountains, and what son Thorne embarked on a week-long
lands and how they look from above. amazing community along her journey record for the single longest hole of fixed-gear bicycle and finish in the happens when that privilege is taken stand-up-paddleboard journey down
2’ / UK of grieving. golf ever played: 1249 miles from a winter, approaching the Arctic Ocean away. the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in Western
GENRE: ENVIRONMENT 14’ / USA makeshift tee box high in the Altai by way of Canada’s northernmost 8’ / UK Nepal. “There’s a basic paradox to
GENRE: CULTURE mountains, across Mongolia for 80 continental hamlet, Tuktoyaktuk in the GENRE: CLIMB parenting,” says David. “You have to
DREAMRIDE 3 days, to finally putt out on the 18th Northwest Territories. keep your kids safe, but you have to
MIKE HOPKINS CHASING THE FROG green of the only championship golf 8’ / CANADA teach them to take risks and follow
IAN PALMER course in the country. As they continue GENRE: BIKE curiosity. Life is undeniably richer with
The third and final chapter in the
award-winning series that has The Frog Graham is a swimming and their relentless unsupported golfing a little bit of daring.”
transported audiences to the wildest fell running challenge in the Lake journey across Mongolia, they enjoy 13’ / USA
District, covering 40 miles and 16,000 countless experiences with the curious GENRE: ADVENTURE / PADDLE
reaches of one’s imagination. Driven
by a Dr.Suess inspired narrative this feet of ascent plus 4 lake swims. This locals as they take one of the most
mountain bike film is sure to take you is Dan Duxbury’s tale of how he beat traditional and formal of games into ANOTE’S ARK
places like no other. the previous record by 2 hours. one of the most unpopulated and wild MATTHIEU RYTZ
6’ / CANADA 9’ / UK places on the planet. Kiribati faces the unstoppable rise of
GENRE: BIKE GENRE: SWIM / RUN 82’ / SOUTH AFRICA the sea, which will engulf the nation
GENRE: ADVENTURE before long. The people of Kiribati
will soon be the world’s first ‘climate
change refugees’. Can these people
AN INTERVIEW WITH... ANDREW KING survive as their country disappears?
DIRECTOR – THE LONGEST HOLE 77’ / CANADA
GENRE: ENVIRONMENT
Where are you visiting Kendal from? protagonists and not over dramatising
I will be travelling from Cape Town scenes for effect. Being true to the
South Africa for the Festival. characters.
What three words describe the What are you most looking forward
feelings your film aims to leave an to at Kendal?
audience with? I’m looking forward to meeting all
Love, Friendship, Explore. the adventurers and filmmakers who
What was the hardest thing about work tirelessly to inspire people around
making your film? the world to broaden their views and
Big World
Fairly representing the various perceptions.
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FILM COLLECTIONS FILM COLLECTIONS
COLLECTION 3 COLLECTION 4
DISCOVER FIGHT
Find lines between couloirs, find a landscape Fight to find time outside the day job,
in a history box, discover yourself in another, fight to save your outside, fight to find yourself,
Wild Ice: Backountry Skating Alaska
experiment with expression on just a fight for elements, not against them.
single ice sheet.
SHOWTIMES
SHOWTIMES Friday 09.00 Shakespeare Centre
Friday 11.30 BAC - Screen 1 Friday 11.30 BAC - Studio
Friday 16.30 BAC - Screen 2 Saturday 11.30 Movie Truck
Saturday 09.00 Shakespeare Centre Saturday 14.00 Shakespeare Centre
Saturday 16.30 BAC - Studio Sunday 14.00 Shakespeare Centre
Takayna
Sunday 11.30 Shakespeare Centre
THIS IS THE NORTHLAND UK PREMIERE TAKE THE HILL WILD ICE: BACKCOUNTRY EVERY FEW WINTERS THE POINT OF A RIDE SURFER DAN
TED SIMPSON DAVID HOLBROOKE SKATING ALASKA MATT PYCROFT & RYAN GOFF PETER GERARD TIM KEMPLE
A personal, evocative and original Follow philanthropist Dick Grace CALE GREEN & From the peaks of Glen Shiel with An avid cyclist tries to let go of his In a time when it can feel like you
documentary project, telling the story around the world - from Hawaii where PAXSON WOELBER seasoned steep skiers to the Back obsession with the competitive need to fly to the opposite side of
of Sandwood Bay, a remote, wild he was a child, to St. Helena during See members of Alaska’s backcountry Corries and slopes of Aonach Mor with redistribution of NYC’s bike share the globe to find adventure and
beach just south of Cape Wrath. the time of the Napa fire and to Nepal, skating community including nordic 4-year-old Murray, the film explores program. challenge. Surfer Dan proves that with
11’ / UK where he has made more than 60 trips bladers, hockey players, and figure the unique community of Scottish 9’ / USA dedication, grit and a little creativity
GENRE: CULTURE to support non-profits in the region. skaters hunt for wild ice, on rivers, lakes, skiers who epitomise dedication to GENRE: BIKE you might already have all you need
24’ / USA glacial lagoons, and inside an ice cave. their sport and an unrivalled tenacity. outside you own back door.
BETWEEN THE LINES GENRE: CULTURE 3’ / USA 10’ / UK TAKAYNA 8’ / USA
ENTRE LES LIGNES GENRE: SNOW GENRE: SNOW ALEX LOWTHER GENRE: SURF
PIERRE CADOT & RJ RIPPER Takayna/Tarkine in northwestern
THOMAS GUERRIN JOEY SCHUSLER UK PREMIERE FEEL OF VISION UNDERDOG
Tasmania is home to one of the last
One of the world’s top steep skiers, The chaotic streets of Kathmandu ALTAY SKIING ADVENTURE TUCKER GRAGG & tracts of old-growth rainforest in the ELLIE GREEN & MATT GREEN
Vivan Bruchez seeks out new lines may not seem like a typical breeding SHUANG LI AUSTIN GARDNER world, yet it’s currently at the mercy Chasing the UTMB dream. Damian
previously thought impossible to ground for world-class mountain In order to ski the best fresh powder, Lonnie Bedwell became the first blind of destructive extraction industries, Hall is up against the world’s best
descend. bikers, but then again nothing is five guys set out an epic adventure, first person to ever solo kayak the length including logging and mining. This trail runners, many of whom are full-
27’ / FRANCE typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar. RJ’s flying, then driving all the way across of the Colorado River. After losing documentary, presented by Patagonia time athletes, 10 years younger and
GENRE: SNOW story is one of boundless dreaming Northwest China until they came to his eyesight Lonnie described his Films, unpacks the complexities of without the pressures of supporting a
and determination, forged from Altay, the birthplace for human skiing. blindness as a wall that prevented him modern conservation and challenges family. He’s going to need every ounce
junkyard scraps and tested on the Here, together with Tuvans on fur skis, from from living a full life. However, us to consider the importance of our of courage, grit and stubborness to
rugged trails of the mighty Himalaya. their adventure has just begun... kayaking acted as a door in the wall last wild places. crack the top 10.
19’ / USA 28’ / CHINA that opened up to the whole world. 37’ / AUSTRALIA 21’ / UK
GENRE: BIKE GENRE: SNOW 26’ / UK GENRE: ENVIRONMENT / RUN GENRE: RUN
GENRE: PADDLE
AN INTERVIEW WITH... DAVID HOLBROOKE
DIRECTOR – TAKE THE HILL
Who are you and what do you do? What does it mean for those featured
I am a filmmaker who produces, in the film?
directs and also curates: programming I think everyone reacts differently to
The EarthXFilm festival in Dallas and being in a film but it is certainly life-
the Original Thinkers Ideas festival in changing for people.
Telluride, Colorado. Why did you decide to visit Kendal?
Every Few Winters
What made you make this film? It’s such a great place to show a film,
I am drawn to compelling hang out with fellow filmmakers and
Surfer Dan
documentary subjects and have foster future collaborations.
known Dick Grace, for a long time so it
made sense to make the film.
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FILM COLLECTIONS FILM COLLECTIONS
COLLECTION 5 COLLECTION 6
CREATE FLOW
Use endurance and grace as art and Look to your bodies rhythm, match it with
adventure, sail out into a lucid world of the sea, ride the waves of age, chase the
ice in your own boat, create a future, clouds of change.
create a community.
SHOWTIMES
SHOWTIMES Friday 10.00 Town Hall
Friday 09.00 BAC - Studio Friday 14.00 BAC - Studio
Friday 11.30 Shakespeare Centre Saturday 11.30 Shakespeare Centre
Inside the Indus
Saturday 09.00 Movie Truck Saturday 19.00 BAC - Studio
Brotherhood
Saturday 16.30 BAC - Theatre Sunday 09.00 BAC - Screen 2
of Skiing
Sunday 14.00 BAC - Screen 2
DISKO UK PREMIERE CHOICES CHASING MONSTERS UK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE
DOMINIC JOYCE BROTHERHOOD TERESA HOERL KRYSTLE WRIGHT & TOBY PIKE ICE & PALMS JUST ANNA
An eccentric french skipper builds his OF SKIING Steph Davis chose climbing, earning For the past 20 years, Australian JOCHEN MESLE ALASTAIR LEE
own wooden boat and heads through TYLER WILKINSON-RAY a number of climbing achievements photographer Nick Moir has been & MAX KRONECK In an era where searching out and
the arctic circle on a quest to find & COLIN ARISMAN from Yosemite to Patagonia. For a chasing weather systems throughout Jochen Mesle and Max Kroneck are developing new routes seems out of
icebergs. Since, 1973, the National Brotherhood while she called her car home before the world. Nick journeys through the not your everyday freeski athletes, vogue: all is not lost as we meet Anna
17’ / UK of Skiers has overcome barriers by settling in Moab and discovered famous Tornado Alley that stretches in just five weeks the two friends Taylor. This remarkable Lakes-based
GENRE: WATER bringing soul, smiles and a party to her second passion: BASE jumping. through the American midwest, travelled from their homeland of 20 year old is bucking all the trends
the mountain. Formed during the Although she‘s suffered many losses, producing catastrophic yet beautiful Germany across the Western Alps to with new sport routes and bold
PARASOL PEAK height of the civil rights movement, including the death of her husband storms that earn the appropriate the Mediterranean by bicycles, while traditional lines.
JOHANNES AITZETMÜLLER the organization is dedicated to Mario Richards in a wingsuit accident, nickname; monsters on the plains. skiing the most beautiful mountains 13’ / UK
& JEB HARDWICK creating a welcoming space for people she‘s never regretted having chosen her 5’ / AUSTRALIA along the way. GENRE: CLIMB
of colour on the slopes and supporting unconventional way of life — proving GENRE: ENVIRONMENT 30’ / GERMANY
A unique and awe-inspiring film,
black youth in snowsports. that what seems to be a wrong decision GENRE: SNOW / BIKE S’ABANDONNER
with an ensemble of 7 musicians
on a mountaineering expedition in 10’ / USA at first can be the right one. A TIME TO REMEMBER AU SAUVAGE
GENRE: SNOW 20’ / GERMANY A LUNAR CYCLE
The Alps. Along the way, the group BEN PAGE & JAMES HAMER LIONEL PRADO
perform a collection of brand new GENRE: CLIMB ANDREW KAINEDER
Travel across the wild winter highlands Travelling alone through the
compositions in different locations, of northern Scotland as one man Fusing cold water surfing, dance wilderness of the the Yukon and
at varying altitudes. AMA recollects a youth spent exploring the & poetry, Easkey Britton explores Alaskan territories, covering over 500
30’ / AUSTRIA JULIE GAUTIER hidden corners of his homeland. a synodic month from a female km in 25 days by canoe to reach Fort
GENRE: CULTURE The rain falls like so many tears on a 5’ / UK perspective. McPherson, all on a quest to find the
young woman dressed in a little black GENRE: SNOW 5’ / IRELAND grizzly bear.
dress. We dive into her eyes as we dive GENRE: SURF 6’ / FRANCE
into her soul drowned by sorrow. At the UK PREMIERE GENRE: ADVENTURE / PADDLE
bottom of the water, the woman, lying BOY NOMAD INSIDE THE INDUS
on the floor, gently gets up and begins NIOBE THOMPSON CIARÁN HEURTEAU
to dance. Follow a year in the life of 9-year Spaniard Aniol Serrasolses, New
6’ / FRANCE old Janibek, who lives with his family Zealander Mike Dawson and Franco-
GENRE: FREEDIVE / DANCE in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. His Irish filmmaker Ciarán Heurteau head
first love is racing horses, but this to Pakistan to attempt a descent of
ADVENTURE NOT WAR winter, his father will bring him on the the fabled Rondu Gorge, on the Indus
MAX LOWE toughest journey in a nomad’s life: river. Hidden behind a wall of political
The story of three U.S. veterans the winter migration. When the film & security factors meant it has been 8
traveling back into the mountains of crew arrives, they discover the Altai is years since the last expedition.
Iraq on a mission to heal wounds and gripped by a ‘zhut’, a hard winter that 27’ / FRANCE
experience the country and its culture blocks the passes and threatens to GENRE: PADDLE
without the shadow of war. wipe out the family’s only possession;
Just Anna
25’ / IRAQ their animals.
Disko
GENRE: CULTURE / SNOW 21’ / CANADA
GENRE: CULTURE
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FILM COLLECTIONS FILM COLLECTIONS
COLLECTION 7 COLLECTION 8
CONNECT SPARK
Shock yourself with the cold truth, see a Fire up, cause chaos, keep shooting in the dark.
view to the moon, play with sound and Be a bright idea, be your own ignition,
silence, make friends, find company, but listen, try to listen.
connect to the unexpected.
SHOWTIMES
SHOWTIMES Friday 09.00 BAC - Screen 1
Friday 14.00 BAC - Theatre Friday 16.30 Movie Truck
Friday 19.00 Shakespeare Centre
This Mountain Life
Saturday 14.00 BAC - Studio
Saturday 09.00 BAC - Theatre Saturday 16.30 Shakespeare Centre
The Passage
Saturday 14.00 Movie Truck Sunday 09.00 Movie Truck
Sunday 14.00 BAC - Studio
TONIC OF THE SEA A NEW VIEW MARTIAL NARRATIVE THE SWIMMER SOUND OF SILENCE UK PREMIERE
JONATHAN J SCOTT OF THE MOON CHRIS CASE THOMAS BEUG PHILIPPE WOODTLI SURFACE
A mini-documentary showing the ALEX GOROSH A classical odyssey into the meteological Stephen Redmond from West Cork A young man born severely deaf faced NATE DAPPEN
link between mental health and sea We took a telescope to the streets world of contemporary surfing in Ireland. was the first person ever to complete exclusion from society from his early Surface follows award-winning
swimming. Katie swims off the rocks of Los Angeles to give passers-by an 7’ / IRELAND the world famous ‘Ocean’s Seven’ days on. He was bullied by his peers, photographer Ben Thouard as he
of Penzance, UK nearly every day of up-close look at a familiar object: the GENRE: SURF challenge. This film delves into branded a fool by his teachers, and works to capture a new perspective
the year. Swimming has helped her moon. the peculiar, solitary psyche of an locked away in a basement at his first of the underwater world.
overcome some of the struggles that 3’ / USA UK PREMIERE open-water swimmer who spends job at a bank—but Robin Gillon found 7’ / USA
life all too often throws our way. GENRE: CULTURE THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE much of his time immersed in a world his way through, all thanks to skiing. GENRE: SURF
8’ / UK GRANT BALDWIN underwater. 12’ / SWITZERLAND
GENRE: SWIM THE COMMUNAL ART The awe that mountainous landscapes 12’ / IRELAND GENRE: SNOW UK PREMIERE
OF FOOTRACING evoke is universal, yet few of us ever GENRE: SWIM DIVIDED
SLAYDIES DEAN LESLIE venture into true wilderness. For a THE PASSAGE LEE CRAIGIE
COLETTE MCINERNEY Every weekend, tens of thousands special breed of people; undefined by THE FRENCHY NATE DAPPEN The story of two mountain bike racers,
& TARA KERZHNER of people, line up to run a footrace. age, gender, profession or background; MICHELLE SMITH In 1974, a group of 20-year-olds built Lee Craigie and Ricky Cotter who
Climbers Margo Hayes, Paige Claassen Why? Running and competing is such the draw of the mountains is so strong Jacques Houot is a Colorado icon. The their own canoes, and canoed from raced from Banff, Canada to the
and Emily Harrington take a trip to a historic and intrinsic part of our that their lives must revolve around it. A 82-year-old athlete skis, mountain Washington to Alaska up the Inside Mexican border on the Tour Divide.
Spain, to explore the abundant sport culture that we don’t often question it. riveting examination of human passion bikes, and races cyclocross. He inspires Passage. Nate Dappen and his brother The film is entirely self shot while these
climbing and deep water soloing that 6’ / SOUTH AFRICA set high in the peaks of British Columbia. us with his contagious love of life, tales grew up paddling those wooden racers rode an average of 120 miles
Mallorca offers. GENRE: RUN 78’ / CANADA of survival and his ability to counter canoes and the 1974 adventure off-road per day and slept for 4 hours
8’ / USA GENRE: ADVENTURE / SNOW aging through laughter. became legend in their family. In 2017, a night by the side of the trail.
GENRE: CLIMB 14’ / USA they renovated those canoes and with 44’ / UK
GENRE: BIKE / SNOW their aging parents completed their GENRE: BIKE
1974 journey.
25’ / USA
AN INTERVIEW WITH... CHRIS CASE GENRE: PADDLE / ADVENTURE
DIRECTOR – MARTIAL NARRATIVE
Who are you and what do you do? otherwise ‘closed world’, revealing the
I’m a coastal dweller in awe of the moments of magic that are felt from
mountains and high seas. A brain deep within , this I believe should be
storming, tea drinking, night owl. the core of every film.
Striving for originality within an ever Hardest things about making your
greying diet. film in three words?
What does the theme of connection Nothing comes easily.
mean in the context of your film? What do you hope to get out of
Creating a niche ‘surf’ film that can visiting Kendal?
express emotion and atmosphere to a I look forward to being inspired and
Divided
Surface
wider audience has allways been my discovering new perspectives.
driving force. Connecting people to an
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CLIMB MOUNTAIN
From childhood to olympian, from 8A to 8a Summit for joy, for age, for realisation,
to E8 to 8 Munroes, climbing is at our core; for relief, for political recognition,
come celebrate the vertical. to look back.
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Friday 14.00 BAC - Screen 2 Friday 14.00 Shakespeare Centre
Friday 19.00 Movie Truck Friday 16.30 BAC - Studio
Saturday 11.30 BAC - Theatre Saturday 14.00 BAC - Theatre
La Congenialità
Saturday 19.00 Shakespeare Centre Saturday 16.30 Movie Truck
Storm Giant
Sunday 09.00 BAC - Studio Sunday 09.00 Shakespeare Centre
STORM GIANT: WORLD PREMIERE UK PREMIERE WIDE BOYZ: LIV ALONG THE WAY LA CONGENIALITÀ:
THE WORLD’S HARDEST DAVE MACLEOD: THE 24/8 WOMEN ARE MOUNTAINS ALL TOOLED UP ANTHONY BONELLO THE ATTITUDE OF
DRY TOOLING ROUTE KEVIN WOODS RENATA CALMON PAUL DIFFLEY & MIKE DOUGLAS GRATITUDE
JON GLASSBERG Established by Dave MacLeod on the Portraying the lives of climbers Mônica Crack climbing partners Tom Randall Since she first summited Mont Blanc CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
Join Gordon McArthur and his partner 19th March 2018, the ‘24/8’ might be Filipini and Danielle Pinto in the city and Pete Whittaker, AKA The Wide as a teen, Liv Sansoz knew she would Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger are
Noah as they spend two years one of the hardest all-round climbing of São Bento do Sapucai, Brazil. At the Boyz, swap hand jams for ices axes. make her life in the mountains. In an odd pair. As an alpinist, Simone
developing, training, and establishing challenges around; an 8A boulder, same time as they are responsible for With little to no experience in Scottish 2017, at 40 years old, Liv set out prefers to take the hard way and has
what could be the most difficult dry 8a sport route, E8 trad route, VIII, 8 their children and domestic affairs, winter climbing they gain some from her base in Chamonix, France nearly 30 years of winter climbing
tooling climb ever completed. An 80 winter route and 8 Munros, all in under they are able to enjoy their great instructions from a local legend before to attempt to climb all 82 4000m experience. Tamara, on her way to
metre horizontal roof climb inside a 24 hours. passion: the mountains. tackling a classic route on Ben Nevis. peaks in the European Alps in a single achieving a long and successful career
monster of a cave, near Fernie, BC. 16’ / UK 15’ / BRAZIL 12’ / UK year. As she’s learned several times in ski mountaineering, is just 30
13’ / USA throughout her life, things don’t years old. Despite the age difference,
INIS MÓR: ON THE EDGE WORLD PREMIERE UK PREMIERE always go as planned. these two shared a similar goal and
WORLD PREMIERE STEVE MCCLURE BLOOD MOON ASCENDING 23’ / CANADA their roles were clear — he the wise
JIM POPE & BEN PRITCHARD ALASTAIR LEE AFGHANISTAN mentor, she the eager student. But as
DAVID PETTS Steve McClure and Ricky Bell exploring Follow Robbie Phillips, Calum ERIK OSTERHOLM the team heads for Kanchenjunga to
Future GB climbing Olympic hopeful Inis Mór, an island off the West Coast Cunningham and Alan Carne as The first female Afghan attempt the highest traverse across
Jim Pope shows us his beginnings of Ireland. they attempt to open a new climb, mountaineering team navigate 8000 metre peaks, their roles begin
into the sport of climbing and his 13’ / UK ground up, on a 700m big wall called their first expedition and fight for to shift.
progression into competition. His Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar. As recognition as athletes amongst their 30’ / GERMANY
journey starts in the Lake District and wild and bold as the country, the rock country, culture and families.
catches up to his present day visit to beautifully carved as if by providential Note: contains disturbing scenes.
sample some of the most iconic lines hand, and the story...that of a real 50’ / USA
Norway has to offer. adventure of friends taking the risks
21’ / UK that come hand in hand with pushing
boundaries.
35’ / UK
AN INTERVIEW WITH... KEVIN WOODS
DIRECTOR – DAVE MACLEOD: THE 24/8
Who are you and what do you do? What feeling do you hope to leave your audience with ?
I’m Kevin Woods, and I’m based in the West Highlands. I’d hope that people sense the uniqueness of that day
I spend a lot of time on the hills for myself as well last March, of conditions coming together into this rare,
Ascending Afghanistan
as working on them, I climb, I work in television and acute experience of Dave’s. Then there is the beauty
sometimes also as a musician. of the area - we are lucky and proud to have on our
Liv Along The Way
Why make films about climbing? doorstep, in all it’s variety. And we’re not shy about
There is value in finding and telling stories that otherwise making it known!
may have stayed untold, and climbing seems to generate What other films are you going to see at Kendal?
those stories quite well. I’d be keen to see Free Solo, perhaps like everyone else!
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RUN PROTECT
We run for independence, for identity, Consider, think, empathise, error,
for prosperity, to keep going, to stop. learn, fight, rage, and reach out.
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Friday 19.00 BAC - Studio Friday 19.00 BAC - Screen 2
The Undamaged
Saturday 09.00 BAC - Screen 2 Saturday 16.30 BAC - Screen 2
Aziza
FOR THE LOVE OF MARY AZIZA KEEP GOING A FEW ACRES AT A TIME UK PREMIERE WATER CYCLE: RIVER-
SIMON PERKINS & KIRK HORTON COLDHOUSE COLLECTIVE MIKEL PEÑA WILL SARDINSKY TREELINE BIKEFISHING FOR STEELHEAD
The first time 97-year-old runner The call to prayer is a familiar sound Irene has been running for forty out Follow Lani, a self-proclaimed ‘gypsy JORDAN MANLEY DOMINIC GILL
George Etzweiler completed the race in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. of her sixty nine years. She began goat lady’ who herds 500 goats Quietly, patiently, trees endure. They Brian Ohlen, an avid fisherman and
up the northeast’s tallest peak, Mount The people of these villages are proud to mountain run when these types around the Western U.S. as a form of are the oldest living beings we come hunter from Montana, also has a passion
Washington, he was 69 years old. of their traditions, and many are of races were not even known about ecological weed control. to know during our time on earth. for cycling and he combines the two by
Despite having a pacemaker, George subsistence farmers who work hard and since then she has participated in 7’ / USA Treeline takes us to the enshrined loading his waders, tackle and rod onto
continues to compete in the gruelling to make a living. This is no different many of them. Despite her advanced GENRE: ENVIRONMENT cypress groves of Japan, the towering his bike, to go in search of Steelhead
7.6-mile race up nearly 4,700 feet of for Aziza Raji, it’s just that despite the age and while she still has enough red cedars of British Columbia, and along the rivers on the Pacific Coast.
paved road, breaking his own record daily tasks that are expected of her, strength, she will not desist. UK PREMIERE the ancient bristlecones of Nevada, 8’ / USA
each year for oldest finisher. she manages to find time to train to 7’ / SPAIN THE GREEN KAYAK following a handful of skiers, GENRE: PADDLE
6’ / USA be one of the rising stars of Moroccan CHALLENGE snowboarders, scientists and healers
ultra-running. WORLD PREMIERE STEFAN MORROCCO as they move through these giants WORLD PREMIERE
IN CONSTANT MOTION 7’ / UK AR GEFN Y DDRAIG A 50-year-old handcrafted wooden and explore a connection older than THE UNDAMAGED
CAM SYLVESTER (RIDING THE DRAGON) kayak takes on the biggest river in humanity. ROŽLE BREGAR, MATIC OBLAK
WORLD PREMIERE HUW ERDDYN Scotland, the River Tay. The paddlers, 40’ / USA & MIHA AVGUŠTIN
Ultra-runner Adam Campbell endures
HOOD TO TRAIL GENRE: SNOW / ENVIRONMENT The Balkans cradles Europe’s last wild
a near fatal accident while running Follow Huw Jack Brassington’s Piotr and Jane find it much harder
in the mountains of British Columbia. KATIE MOORE attempt to complete the hardest five than they anticipated... rivers and supports abundant wildlife
Ten months later, Campbell commits 15 crew runners from the city streets of day mountain race in the world, The 4’ / UK and intact ecosystems. Follow the Balkan
to competing in the coveted Hardrock London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen Berghaus Dragons Back Race, 315km GENRE: PADDLE Rivers Tour: a crew of kayakers, filmers
100 for the third time. Through his came together in Lyon to pound down the mountainous spine of and friends who decided to stand up
process of recovery and racing, Adam unfamiliar pavements before being Wales. Will he manage to run five ultra for the rivers; travelling from Slovenia
discovers that what he’s looking for, taken totally out of their comfort zone. marathons in five days having never to Albania, kayaking 23 rivers in six
won’t be found on the results board. Over two days in the mountains, the before attempted one? AN INTERVIEW WITH... WILL SARDINSKY countries to protest against dams and
runners ascended over 2000 vertical DIRECTOR – A FEW ACRES AT A TIME show the world the secret, wild rivers of
14’ / CANADA 56’ / UK
metres! Who are you and what do you do? going on has wrapped up and I was the Balkans.
15’ / FRANCE I am Will Sardinsky, a freelance struggling to find a subject when 51’ / USA
filmmaker and photographer exploring Lani, the main character in my film, GENRE: PADDLE / ENVIRONMENT
the relationship between how humans started doing a goat grazing project
AN INTERVIEW WITH... KATIE MOORE and their environments, urban or in my hometown. My parents sent
DIRECTOR – HOOD TO TRAIL natural, interact to create culture. I use me a newspaper article about her in alternatives to herbicides for weed
my ecological background to better be and I tracked her down to begin the management, show the beauty
Have you been to Kendal before and in what context? Sum up filmmaking for you in 3 words?
able to translate what’s going on in an project having no idea how much I’d and power of goats, and spread her
I have been to Kendal several times, first as a volunteer, Discovery, fun, infinite.
ecosystem into a story. When I’m not be learning about goats over the next message further than she could solely
then as part of the team on films by Seb Montaz, with Aside from films what do you hope to filming I’m usually on the water, in the month of filming. on foot (or hoof if you will).
Kilian Jornet, the Flying Frenchies… and then as a judge! catch at Kendal? mountains, or throwing clay. What does it mean for those featured Why did you decide to visit Kendal?
Whats important to you about your film? Some of the speakers... Liv Sansoz,
What made you make this film? in the film? I’m excited to celebrate all of the hard
Hood to Trail was a chance to show different worlds Vivian Bruchez, Brendan Leonard and
I was in my senior year at Colorado Lani is going up against the chemical work, passion, and perseverance that
coming together, and to see people experiencing Nick Bullock would be top picks. The art
College trying to find time during herbicide industry, outdated ‘noxious went into telling all of these stories
something completely new and pretty alien to them and photography is always amazing,
the month of October to tell a story weed laws’ of the U.S., and ultimately that can teach us something about
(very similar to my first experience of mountains and the and the Industry Summit always throws
that would be the thesis to my major: a mindset. With this film we definitely the world around us, give us a new
outdoors). There’s an ‘anything is possible’ element to it up a few surprises. Plus catching up with
Ecological Journalism and Media. had our struggles, but this has given perspective, and hopefully make us
which was really enjoyable to see unfold and portray. friends, and general inspiration!
October most ecological research her the ability to get people interested feel something while doing so.
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EXPLORE SUFFER
Crossing the Loneliest Lake
Out the door, into technology, Get deep, go far, grit your teeth
into the stars, with your closest allies. and smile!
How to Run 100 Miles
SHOWTIME SHOWTIME
Chinato Siberia:
Friday 21.30 BAC - Studio Saturday 14.00 BAC - Screen 2
Sunday 14.00 Movie Truck
UK PREMIERE IN DUE TIME UK PREMIERE HOW TO RUN 100 MILES EVOLUTION OF DREAMS WORLD PREMIERE
NOTES FROM THE WALL ANDY MASER CHINA TO SIBERIA: CROSSING BRENDAN LEONARD CARINA BRUNNAUER ZABARDAST
SIEBE VANHEE & GUILLAUME LION A story of two men who trekked 105 THE LONELIEST LAKE The odds were stacked against Eva and Jackie’s journeys have taken JÉRÔME TANON
In February 2017 three of world’s miles across Greenland’s Arctic Circle JIANGJUN XU & RONGFEI GUO Jayson Sime early in life: poverty, them from regulated ski courses to The intimate travel diary of an
best climbers, Sean Villanueva Trail in less than four days. As Mike Chinese ‘human-powered’ traveler, Xu Jiang homelessness, dyslexia, bullying. big mountain skiing which allowed incredible freeride expedition into the
O’Driscoll, Nicolas Favresse and Siebe Chambers and Jason Antin make Jun and his Russian travel partner Fyodor But he learned to fight, literally and them more freedom. Throughout that heart of the Karakoram range. The
Vanhee again made it to the press their journey in the cold winter of Lebed, decide to traverse the frozen Lake metaphorically and battled his way journey, they’ve discovered another search for one of the most beautiful
by free-climbing successfully one of 2018, they explore their thoughts on Baikal in the late winter of 2017. During his to a successful career as a political aspect of skiing, ski mountaineering. mountains to ski on the planet,
the hardest routes of Patagonia, El fatherhood, family and adventure— 23 day journey in the Siberian wilderness, organizer. In 2017, he entered his first In this new discipline, they have to standing at 5880m. A meeting point
Regalo de Mwono, a 1200-meter-high and how the proper balance between Xu Jiang Jun’s camera becomes his closest 100-mile mountain ultramarathon, tackle new challenges and conquer of Freeriding and Mountaineering and
route on the east side of Torre Central, these three is necessary for their friend as he records the ups and downs of betting on his lifelong resilience to new fears. It’s their evolution of a true adventure.
Torres del Paine. happiness. the hardships in front of him. carry him to the finish line. dreams, watch how it all unfolds. 54’ / FRANCE
34’ / BELGIUM 17’ / USA 35’ / CHINA 28’ / USA 26’ / AUSTRIA GENRE: SNOW
GENRE: CLIMB GENRE: ADVENTURE GENRE: ADVENTURE GENRE: RUN GENRE: SNOW
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SURVIVE BIKE
The Islands and the Whales
How do we keeping moving forwards. Tradition? Competition? Let go. Let’s flow, lets backpeddle,
Community? Love? What threatens our survival values? What’s next? let’s wow for two wheels, let’s ride.
SHOWTIMES SHOWTIME
Friday 21.30 Shakespeare Centre Saturday 21.30 Shakespeare Centre
Saturday 21.30 BAC - Studio
THE POINT OF A RIDE
ANAIYYUN: ENCOUNTER THE ISLANDS PETER GERARD
PRAYER FOR THE WHALE HOWARD WIMSHURST AND THE WHALES An avid cyclist tries to let go of his obsession with the
KILIII YUYAN A thrill-seeking ski-tourist speeds down MIKE DAY competitive redistribution of NYC’s bike share programme..
The story of an Iñupiaq whaling a secluded mountain. An indigenous The Faroe Islanders have always eaten 9’ / USA
crew, living where the vast plain of ski-hunter primes his bow for the what nature provides. Hunting whales and
ice meets the waters of the Arctic killing strike. Their paths are about to seabirds kept them alive, providing a way UK PREMIERE
Ocean. During whaling, their lives collide... of life they loved; a life to pass on to their THE MOMENT
are interminable periods of silent 3’ / UK children. But today this tradition faces DARCY HENNESSEY TURENNE
observation, punctuated by moments GENRE: ANIMATION / SNOW a grave threat. It is not the controversy In the backwoods of British Columbia, three small but
of terror. The ice hides its dangers surrounding whaling that threatens the dedicated crews of adventure seekers were quietly changing
— desperately hungry polar bears Faroese way of life; the danger comes from the course of a sport and carving their paths in history. This
hunting humans, massive icequakes the whales themselves due to the effects of film is the story of a small movement of mountain bikers
when sheets of ice collide. Here on the the polluted oceans. What once secured their and filmmakers who rose up, challenged the status quo, and
sea ice, the Iñupiaq wait for the whale. survival now endangers their children and turned the sport of cycling on its head by creating one of the
8’ / USA the islanders must make a choice between most extreme sports imaginable. A story that has never been
The Moment
GENRE: CULTURE health and tradition. told, from the people who lived it firsthand.
Warning: contains disturbing scenes. 74’ / CANADA
81’ / UK GENRE: BIKE
GENRE: CULTURE / ENVIRONMENT
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FREE – ‘FAMILY ADVENTURE’ SESSIONS
Saturday 9.30 – 11.00am | Sunday 10.30am – 12.00pm | Kendal Leisure Centre
SNOW
The steep, the deep, the finest champagne Be entertained by a selection of short films on the big screen and inspire your
powder - get out and ride... children for life with the world of outdoor adventure.Expect thrilling short
films showcasing wild adventure from around the world. We’ll also have some of
SHOWTIME the stars of the films and special guests along to answer your questions.
Sunday 11.30 BAC - Screen 2
We’ll also show the winning films from the Film Active youth film competition.
Please note: this is a special screening that is Please note: Due to limited availability, you must book tickets for this screening
FREE with a Sunday film pass, but will require from the Brewery Box Office. Film programme subject to change.
a ticket to be collected from the Brewery Box
Hoji
Office. Or, a ticket can be purchased for £5.
A LAND SHAPED BY WOMEN WORLD PREMIERE HOJI WILD ICE: BACKCOUNTRY BLUE
ANNE-FLORE MARXER SCOTT GAFFNEY
SKATING ALASKA ALY NICKLAS
CALE GREEN, PAXSON WOELBER A fantastical journey into a young
Two Freeride World Champions; Anne-Flore Marxer and Eric Hjorleifson lets his skiing speak for itself. He doesn’t
See members of Alaska’s backcountry girl’s imagination. We dive into the
Aline Bock journey across Iceland to explore the country stand on the bar and shout out his accolades. He skis
skating community including nordic her fantasy and explore mountains,
through the adventure sports they are passionate about: for brands that give him 100% creative control over the
bladers, hockey players, and figure glaciers and rivers by fat bike with
snowboarding and surfing. On the road they meet equipment that he designs and uses. He chases storms.
skaters hunt for wild ice, on rivers, boundary-pushing female athletes
inspirational Icelandic women aiming to understand He ditches his cell phone for weeks at a time. His exploits
lakes, glacial lagoons, and inside an hailing from Alaska and beyond.
their mindset living in a country with a rich history in are rarely flaunted on social media. In spit of all of this - or
gender equality. maybe because of it - he is a hero to legions of skiers across ice cave. 4’ / USA
the globe. 3’ / USA
26’ / FRANCE
80’ / USA
DREAMRIDE 3 BIG WORLD
MIKE HOPKINS DAVID MORTON & FITZ CAHALL
The third and final chapter in the In April, David and his seven-year-old
COLLECTION 18 Dreamride series. Driven by a son Thorne embarked on a week-
LOSE
Dr.Suess inspired narrative this long stand-up-paddleboard journey
mountain bike film is sure to take down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in
you places like no other. Western Nepal.
Loss isn’t always about losers. Pain can help us 13’ / USA
6’ / CANADA
gain new knowledge, experience and respect.
VIACRUXIS UK PREMIERE
SHOWTIME MY MOM VALA
IGNASI LÓPEZ FÀBREGAS A CHRISTMAS CARROT
Saturday 11.30 BAC - Studio 2 RC CONE
Marcel and Andrezj are a legendary MATT GREEN
pair of mountaineers. Despite their Vala lives in Reykjavik, Iceland and
A day out over Blencathra with fell
different temperaments, they make travels to Greenland for work, and
Focus
runner Ricky Lightfoot.
a great team. to immerse herself in a landscape
2’ / UK
11’ / SPAIN that’s as beautiful and fertile as
UK PREMIERE WONDERFUL LOSER: UK PREMIERE it is barren and unforgiving. She
SURFER DAN
CLIMBING OUT A DIFFERENT SORT FOCUS also goes there to fish rivers thick
TIM KEMPLE
OF DISASTER OF WORLD CHRIS PRESCOTT with migrating char. But for Vala’s
DOMINIC GILL 10-year old daughter, Mathilda, Surfing in Lake Superior in the heart of
ARUNAS MATELIS In 2011 Steve Bate was diagnosed with
Greenland lives only in the stories winter isn’t for the uncommitted, but
A small rock climbing community in For most of us, those cyclists riding Retinitis Pigmentosa, a condition that is
that her mother tells and her own Dan’s having the time of his life.
Puerto Rico uses their unique skills at the back of the race are simply the slowly robbing him of his sight. He was
imagination. 8’ / USA
to respond after Hurrican Maria losers. The domestiques who sacrifice forced to give up his dream of becoming
devastates the island in 2017. their careers and forego personal a mountain guide, lost his driving licence 10’ / USA
WE ARE SEND
8’ / USA victories so their team leaders can and was registered disabled through visual
SKIER VS DRONE BREN ORTON
GENRE: CLIMB win. A cinematic story about a impairment. The burden of blindness has
MIKE DOUGLAS ‘Send’ are a group of the world’s best
different world, where sacrifice is manifested into an almost obsessive drive SLAYDIES
Man Vs Machine: 2018 Olympic whitewater kayakers who are all united
more important than glory. Then loss to achieve his dreams, from attempting COLETTE MCINERNEY
Bronze Medalist skier racer, Victor with a common desire; to do things
becomes victory. to solo El Capitan to cycling in the 2016 & TARA KERZHNER
Muffat-Jeandet, faces off against bigger and better than ever before.
72’ / LITHUANIA Paralympic Games. The film follows Steve
Climbers Margo Hayes, Paige This is them paddling some of the
GENRE: BIKE as he takes part in the Rovaniemi 150, a 2x World Drone Racing Champion,
Claassen and Emily Harrington biggest and scariest waterfalls in the
gruelling self-supported bike race through Jordan Temkin, in a race to see who
explore the abundant sport climbing world!
arctic Lapland. is the fastest down the mountain.
and deep water soloing in Mallorca. 4’ / UK
30’ / UK 4’ / CANADA
8’ / USA
GENRE: BIKE
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FILM SCREENING FILM SCREENING INTERNATIONAL
2017 Grand Prize Winner – Blood Road
PARENTS & BABIES! ACCESSIBLE SESSION FILM COMPETITION
Friday 16 Nov 9.30 – 11.00am | Movie Truck Friday 16 Nov 11.30 – 13.00 | Movie Truck
The Festival aims to show the very best in outdoor film,
Had a baby in the last 12 months? Don’t want to miss this An opportunity for people with learning difficulties, or those
across the broadest spectrum.
year’s films? Then you will be delighted to hear that back living with dementia, and their carers to enjoy a programme
by popular demand we will be hosting a special screenings of highly visual short films in a relaxed atmosphere. Films are judged against twelve competitive categories
for parents with their babies in our Movie Truck. Film can provide a great way to relax or reconnect with including prizes for genre and creative excellence, by a
memories, yet cinemas aren’t always accessible to people panel of film and outdoor experts, and in the case of the
This is a chance for you to sit back and relax with the
with learning difficulties or those living with dementia. People’s Choice, the audience itself. A trophy sculpted by
youngest members of the family in a friendly and
Andy Parkin and cash prizes will be awarded for the best
welcoming environment while also enjoying some Kendal Mountain Festival is holding a special film screening
films in the categories.
excellent adventure films! with a curated programme of highly-visual short films from
TICKETS £4 / BABES IN ARMS FREE this year’s and previous Festivals.
TICKETS £4 / CARERS FREE
THE FILM JURY
2017 WINNERS
KEME NZEREM (CHAIR) Grand Prize Blood Road
Keme is a keen outdoorsman, British Journalist and Judges Special Prize The Hanging
Film Active is Kendal is best known from his work as a news anchor and
Mountain Festival’s youth Best Short Film Imagination
reporter at Channel 4 News. He’s been the Chair of
film programme, with the the Jury for the last three years and we’re delighted Best Environment Film The Curve Of Time
aim of encouraging young he’s back again! Best Mountaineering Film
people to share their Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
adventures and to have the confidence and knowledge
BRIAN HALL Best Adventure & Exploration Film
to engage with outdoor filmmaking.
One of the founders of Kendal Mountain Festival, Into Twin Galaxies
Film Active also believes that outdoor adventure
Brian is a professional mountaineer with over 35 Best Climbing Film Stumped
provides a sense of achievement and fulfilment often
years experience as a Mountain Guide. His company Best Culture Becoming Who I Was
lost in today’s modern world. We know that participation
Film and Mountain Ltd provides safety, rigging and
in adventure activities affects the way that we lead Best Adventure Sport Weightless
Thanks you for those who entered this year, as usual location advice on film and photography projects.
our lives, enabling them to be as fulfilling and healthy Best Sound Song for the Nomad
as possible and that connecting with nature is vital for we were inspired and delighted with the films and
congratulate all those that entered for ’Sharing the Best Visual The Last Honey Hunter
creating a sustainable planet and protecting our natural HANNAH MAIA
landscapes. Adventure’ with us. Hannah Maia is an award-winning filmmaker People’s Choice The Ario Dream
In order to fully deliver this vision we will be changing This year’s winners are: who likes to tell stories about things that
the structure of Film Active in 2019 with different Best Family Film: First ‘Real’ Ride – Alex Woodburn make life worth living. Based in the North
categories, different themes and offering a series of Best Film Under 10 Years (Joint Winners)
West of England she works under the name DON’T MISS
workshops for educators and group leaders on: ‘Using of Maia Media. THE FILM AWARDS CEREMONY
Marcus Tinley – Mountaineering Journey – Simon Tinley
film as a reflective medium for young people’ whilst The Last Kick – Lola Corbett 21.30 - 23.00 SATURDAY 18 NOV
creating links with ‘champions’ (patrons, athletes, BREWERY ARTS CENTRE - THEATRE
Best Film Over 10 Years IAN DURKIN
filmmakers etc) in order to help us expand Film Active to Ian Durkin is a Senior Curator at Vimeo. Since Our ‘Oscars’ of mountain film, hosted by top
The Black – Callan Halliwell & Andrew Richardson
a wider audience. 2011, Ian has watched hundreds of thousands of comedian Ed Byrne, who together with our Jury
films and helped select the world’s very best for Chairman Keme Nzerem and panel of judges, will
the Vimeo Staff Picks Channel. Outside of Vimeo, reveal the winners across ten categories of film
Ian works as a commercial director and editor. prizes, plus the winners of our Photo Competition.
Calling young filmmakers - want to learn the secrets and shortcuts £9.50
used by professional filmmakers? Then don’t miss...
MARIA COFFEY
‘REAL-LIFE HACKS FOR Maria is an internationally published award-
ASPIRING FILMMAKERS’ winning author and one of the founders of the
Boardman Tasker Award. Together with her
Friday 16 Nov 5.15 – 6.45pm | Kendal Town Hall husband, they are founders of Hidden Places, an
£8 | Students and under 18s £4 adventure travel company that advocates and
This year we are delighted to welcome back Saltstreet Productions – who will be sharing the fundraises for the welfare and conservation of
secrets of exactly what makes a good short film. Is it storytelling or characters? Expensive elephants and other endangered species.
equipment or camera angles? And what happens when it all goes wrong? SUPPORTED BY
With the help of one of the UK’s top free-running parkour athletes on (and off!) stage,
Saltstreet aims to inspire the audience to feel that, “I could do that” and come away excited
and inspired, able to see and film the world differently. 2017 winners of Best Adventure & Exploration film
– Into Twin Galaxies
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