NZAC Mountain Film Festival Tauranga (6/11/09) and Hamilton (7/11/09)

The Central North Island section of the NZAC is running the NZ Mountain Film Festival Tour for Tauranga and Hamilton.
We've got two screenings running. One in Hamilton (7/11/09) and one in Tauranga (6/11/09) – details as per below. Tickets from our sponsors shops. Discounts avilable for card carrying NZAC members
Cheers

General Rodriquez

Tauranga
Date: Friday 6th of November
Time: Films Start 6:30pm, approx finish at 9pm
Location: Bay of Plenty Polytec – Room H110, Windermere Campus, 70 Windermere Drive
Location Map: http://www.boppoly.ac.nz/files/BoPP_Campus_Map_MAR_09.pdf
Ticket Prices:
General Public (presales) = $15
Cash sales (if available) on door = $20
NZAC Members = $10
Children under 12 = $10

Tickets Sales: Stoneycreek Shop, Tauranga 

Hamilton
Date: Saturday 7th of November
Time: Films Start 6:30pm, approx finish at 9pm
Location: Waikato University, S1.04 Lecture Theatre – best access from Gate 1 off Knighton Road
Location Map: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/?term=S
Ticket Prices:
General Public (presales) = $15
Cash sales (if available) on door = $20
NZAC Members = $10
Children under 12 = $10

Tickets Sales: From R&R Sport and Trek N Travel Hamilton

Film list and details as per below – a few gems(Lost Tower and Acopain Tepui are great!), a few not quite so good....still it will be a fun night out.

2009 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival Tour
Programme

South Wye
(NZ, 2009, Director and Producer Guillaume Charton, 10 min)
Come multipitch climbing in the South Wye Valley, high above Lake Whakatipu, Central Otago. The footage conveys the drama and beauty of this special area.

Lost Tower
(NZ, 2009, Director and Producer Wayne Johnson, 65 min)
The story of  Kiwi climbers Jo Kippax and Sean Waters as they head to the  spectacular North Patagonian Icecap to try and climb the remote ‘Lost Tower.
 
Interval

Kayaking the Nevis
(NZ, 2009, Director Pete Simpson, 12 min)
Kayakers  have made this film as part of their evidence to support the Kawarau Water Conservation Order, which in turn could stop the proposed  hydro scheme on the Nevis River, Central Otago.

Acopan Tepui
(Germany, 2008, Director Jochen Schmoll, Producers Dierk Heimann & Till Hoffmann, 45 min)
German climber Stefan Glowacz and his teammates make a first ascent of Acopan Tepui, an 800metre rock escarpment high above the South American jungle.

Azazel
(France, 2008, Director Guillaume Broust, 22 min)
French big wall climbers Martial, Blutch, Mimouse and Sam keep the audience entertained as they open a new 1,600 meter-long aid route on the Towers of Trango in Pakistan.