NZAC - Hamilton Banff Adventure Film Festival - Saturday 1st of May, 6:00pm, Waikato Uni

Hi everyone,

The NZAC - Hamilton screening of the Banff Adventure Film Festival is on again! Saturday the 1st of May, 6:00 pm at the PWC lecture theater at Waikato Uni. Come along for the best selection of adventure related films you'll see all year.

Tickets are $20 from R&R Sport and Trek N Travel Hamilton and Stoneycreek in Tauranga. NZAC members $15 per ticket - contact me for details of how to get NZAC details.

Thanks

General R Rodriquez

Film listing as follows:

2010 NZAC Hamilton Banff Mountain Film Festival Film Listing
Film 1: Africa Revolutions Tour
(Special Edit for the Banff Tour) Produced by Tyler Bradt Classification: Parental Guidance - coarse language From the crocodile infested White Nile in Uganda to big water first descents in Madagascar, a group of friends seek adventure on African rivers. Accompanying the team is Rita Riewerts, the founder of the Sun Catcher’s Project, a non-profit that installs solar cooking facilities in orphanages, hospitals and communities.

Film 2: Mont Blanc Speed Flying
Award for Best Short Mountain Film, sponsored by Petzl Directed and produced by Didier Lafond Classification: General - no advisory Six speed riders fly from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down to Chamonix in one continuous 10 minute shot. Filmed in Cineflex.

Film 3: Take a Seat
Special Jury Mention Directed by: Lucy Wilcox Classification: General - nudity Dominic Gill’s mission is to cycle the 32,000 kilometres from the norther coast of Alaska to the southern tip of South America, on a tandem bike, picking up random strangers on the way. A gripping tale of two years and two continents, full of extraordinary characters and incidents.

Film 4: Kranked - Revolve (Special Edit for Banff Tour)
People’s Choice Award on Radical Reels Night Directed and produced by Bjorn Enga Classification: General - coarse language The coolest human-powered adrenaline tool ever invented - the mountain bike? Revolve blasts in cinematic glory from the French Alps to the lush coast of B.C., incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle and downhill.

Film 5: World Record Waterfall Descent
USA, 2009, 3 minutes Website: www.Rev-Inn.com Focus: White - water kayaking In this short but unforgetable film, Tyler Bradt sets the new world-record waterfall descent at 60 metres.

Film 6: Signatures: Canvas of Snow
USA, 2009, 16 minutes Produced by Ben Sturgulewski classification: General - no advisory In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different signatures of terrestial home - a sense that the rhythm of fall, winter, spring and summer influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their riding style and the lines they choose. This special edit features skiers, snowboarders, a photgrapher and a noboarder who are each in tune with this connection to winter and the environment they ride in.

Film 7: The Ultimate Skiing Showdown
Canada, 2009, 4 minutes Website: www.xczone.tv Focus: Nordic skiing, family friendly The final sprint showdown between the fastest skiers on Earth in juxtaposition with a stunt performer showing some of the sickest moves on Nordic skis. A lot of fun!

Film 8: First Ascent: Alone on the Wall
USA, 2009, 24 minutes Website: www. senderfilms focus: Rock Climbing, free solo climbing After gaining international climbing renown for his landmark free - solo of ‘Moonlight Buttress’ (V,5.12+, 9 pitches) in Zion National Park, Utah, in April 2008, 24 year old Alex Honnold moves on to his next big challenge; the first free-solo of the ‘Regular Northwest Face’ route (V1, 5.12a, 23 pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome

Film 9: Project Megawoosh
Germany, 2009, 4 minutes Produced by Nikolas Hannack Classification: General - no advisory Bruno Kammert, a German engineer, works to perfect the world’s tallest human water slide.