7 December, Thursday
HALL A
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3:00 pm
The Lord of Darjeeling
(53')
France, 2005, Lifestyle/Conservation
dir – Xavier de Lauzanne
A tale of a tea planter. |
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4:00 pm
Himalayan Dreams (28')
Maldives, 2006, Adventure/Culture
dir - Ahmed Shafeeu & Ali Rasheed
Maldivian longing for Himalayan heights. |
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Solo un Cargador
‘Porter’ (20')
Peru, 2003, Lifestyles/Culture
dir - Juan Alejandro Ramirez
A Peruvian porter thinks aloud. |
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5:30 pm
Kekizili: Mountain Patrol
(Feature) (85')
China, 2004, Culture/Adventure
dir – Lu Chuan
Risking life for the Tibetan Antelope. |
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December, Friday
HALL A |
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10:30 am
Alta Rezia Freeride Tour
(30')
Switzerland, 2005, Adventure/Mountain biking
dir - Alec Wohlgroth
Champion mountain bikers 'freeride'. |
Animation |
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Lebenslauf ‘Course
of Life’ (3')
Germany, 2005, dir - Thilo Ewers & Waldemar
Fast
Braving life. |
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Der Propellervogel
‘The Propellorbird’
(5')
Germany, 2005, dir - Jan Locher & Thomas
Hinke
About four birds. |
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Wie ich mich traf
‘Meeting Me’ (5')
Germany, 2004, dir - Angela Steffen
A short story about the discovery of the
world. |
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No Limits
(1')
Germany, 2004, dir - Heidi Wittlinger, Anja
Perl, & Max Stolzenberg
A driver shows no mercy. |
Screening &
Discussion |
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11:30 am
Chulo, Choli ra Banduk ‘A
Stove, a Blouse and a Gun’
(22')
Nepal, 2006, Conflict
dir - Subina Shrestha
Colour, Mini DV, 22 min
A glimpse of women in Nepal's Maoist Party. |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
Best
of Banff |
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2:00 pm
The Magic Mountain (50')
Canada, 2005, Culture
dir - Pat Morrow
Offbeat story of a Canadian educator |
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Hockey Night…
in Ladakh (9')
Canada, 2005, Culture/Sport
dir - Baiba Auders Morrow & Pat Morrow
A Himalayan-sized passion for Canada's national
sport |
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3:30 pm
Sur le fil des 4000 (50')
France, 2005, Alpine climbing
dir – Gilles Chappaz
Adventure in the Alps |
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Balancing Point
(6')
USA, 2004, Environment
dir – Dany Brown
'Reverse destruction' of balanced rock sculpture
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4:45 pm
Unconquerable Summit (40')
Kazakhstan, 2002, Mountaineering
dir – Vladimir Tulkin
Life and times of alpinist Anatoli Boukreev |
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Return2Sender:
Bug Out (10')
USA, 2005, Bouldering Youth
dir – Peter Mortimer
A ten-year-old's insightful commentary on
climbing |
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6:00 pm
Off Road to Athens (51')
USA, 2005, Mountain biking/Culture
dir – Jason Berry
Eight US cyclists hope to make the Olympic
team |
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The Khumbu Mighty-Mite
(3')
USA, 2005, Skiing/Culture
dir – Karl Swingle
Khumbu's children enjoy home-made skis |
HALL
B |
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10:30 am
Kilimanjaro ‘Going for Broke’
(52')
UK, 2005/2006, Adventure/Climbing
dir - Richard Heap & Ben Pritchard
Disabled climbers battle the odds |
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11:30 am
Words of My Perfect Teacher
(103')
Canada, 2005, Lifestyles/Culture
dir - Lesley Ann Patten
Dzongsar Khyentse Norbu is not your typical
teacher |
LUNCH
1:00 pm
Best of Banff |
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2 :00 pm
Charles, Edouard ou le temps suspendu
‘Suspended Time’ (26')
France, 2003, Culture
dir – Bernard Boyer
Two elderly bachelors on a mountain farm |
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The Lost People
of Mountain Village (15')
USA, 2005, Environment/Satirical humour/Culture
dir – Carol Black & Neal Marlens
We may never know what really happened |
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2:50 pm
Cavewoman (14')
Scotland, 2004, Mixed climbing
dir David Brown & Paul Diffley
A humourous tale of a woman in a man's world |
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Creatures of Habit
(12')
USA, 2005, Kayaking
dir - Trey Chace
Kayaking the extreme |
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Everyday Extreme
(4')
Sweden, 2004, Humour
dir – David Kvart
Julien makes his every day extreme |
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UFO (6')
USA, 2005, B.A.S.E jumping/Sky diving
dir – Stephen Burgess
Unusual flying objects galore |
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Whiteshine
(10')
Canada, 2005, Screen
dir – Charles Boileau
A new style montage in the free skiing world |
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4:00 pm
The Women’s Kingdom
(21')
USA, 2005, Culture
dir - Xiaoli Zhou
Women rule in Moscuo, China |
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Den Sidste Aere
‘The Last Honours’
(29')
Denmark, 2006, Culture
dir - Birgitte Glavind Sperber
A Pakistani Kalash elder passes away |
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5: 15 pm
De un hils ‘By a Thread’
(9')
Spain, 2005, Climbing/Irony
dir - Juan Carlos Romera
A climber's faith is tested |
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Kvinders Pris ‘The
Value of Women’ (40')
Denmark, 2006, Culture
dir - Birgitte Glavind Sperber
Pakistani's Kalash minority discuss love,
marriage and bride wealth |
9 December, Saturday
HALL A |
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10:30 am
Flying Over Everest (60')
Italy, 2004, Adventure, Hang-gliding
dir - Fabio Toncelli
A man, a hang-glider, and two birds |
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12:00 noon
Light of the Himalaya (69')
USA, 2006, Culture/Mountaineering
dir - Michael Brown
Climbing and curing cataracts |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
2:00 pm
“Know Your Himal” Quiz
Quizmaster: Kunda Dixit |
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3:30 pm
I sona su la torns ‘They are
Playing Over the Towers’
(9')
Italy, 2004, Music/Culture
dir - Detomas Margherita
The Dolomities are alive with music |
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Waiting
(39')
India, 2005, Conflict
dir - Atul Gupta & Shabnam Ara
Missing men and 'half widows' in Kashmir |
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4:45 pm
Malenkaya Katerina ‘Tiny Katerina’
(24')
Russia, 2004, Ethnography
dir - Ivan Golovnev
A girl grows up in Siberia |
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The Last Race (23')
Nepal, 2005, Culture
dir - Alex Gabbay & Subina Shrestha
A touching tale of friendship |
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6:00 pm
Hami Kunako Maanche ‘We Corner
People’ (50')
Nepal, 2006, Culture/development
dir - Kesang Tseten
An impoverished Nepali village gets a bridge |
HALL B |
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10:30 am
Die Gorillas meines Grossvaters
‘The Gorillas of My Grandfather’
(53')
Austria, 2004, Adventure/Conservation
dir - Adrian Warren
Demystifying the mountain gorrilla |
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11:45 am
Beyond the Call (82')
USA, 2006, Conflict/Adventure
dir - Adrian Belic
US war veterans to the rescue |
LUNCH 1:00 pm |
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2:00 pm
Nomads: Wandering Women of the Whitewater
Tribe (21')
USA, 2006, Kayaking
dir - Polly Green
About three compassionate kayakers |
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Trailblazing: The
women of Nepal’s Trekking Industry
(24')
Canada, 2005, Trekking/Culture
dir - Lisa Hoffe
Three Nepali sisters show the way |
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3:15 pm
Invisible Children: Rough Cut
(55')
USA, 2006, Conflict
dir - Jason Russell
Abduction and child soldiers in Uganda |
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4:30 pm
Ciao Martina (21')
Poland, 2004, Climbing/Culture
dir - Dariusz Zaluski
A climber is far from home |
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Beton ‘Cement’
(26')
Israel, 2006, Conflict/Culture
dir - Nechama Goldstein
Crossing the line for survival |
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5:45 pm
Call It Karma (47')
Canada, 2004, Culture
dir - Geoff Browne
A Rinpoche returns home |
10 December, Sunday
HALL A |
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10:00 am
Alone Across Australia
(52')
Australia, 2003, Adventure
dir - Ian Darling & Jon Muir
A man and his dog go for a long walk |
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11:00 am
Dancing Kathmandu (43')
Nepal, Czech Republic 2006, Culture
dir – Sangita Shresthova
Reconnecting with Nepal through dance |
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12:15 pm
Schneeweisse Schwarznasen ‘Snow-white
Blacknoses’ (86')
Switzerland, 2006, Culture/Lifestyle
dir - Sylviane Neuenschwander
A comic and not so comic look at sheep-breeding |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
2:00 pm
Narain Singh Thapa
Retrospective – A tribute
to a filmmaker of extraordinary courage |
4:00 pm
Book launch
Dr. Harka Gurung meticulously documented
his thoughts, ideas, and experiences. KIMFF
is honoured to launch two books –
Nepal – Atlas & Statistics and
a collection of his writings in Nepali. |
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5:30 pm
Riding Solo to the Top of the World
(94')
India, 2005, Adventure
dir - Gaurav Jani
Soul-searching during an adventure |
HALL
B |
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10:30 am
Footprints (60')
UK, Colour, Conflict, dir – Ben Hopkins
Mines turn homelands into hostile environments
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11:45 am
School Among Glaciers (60')
Bhutan, 2005, Culture/Development
dir - Dorji Wangchuck
A teacher's tryst in remote Bhutan |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
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2:00 pm
Praszczur ‘Grandpa’
(26')
Poland, 2005, Paragliding/Culture
dir - Miroslaw Dembinski
79-year-old Janusz is passionate about paragliding |
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Greina (28')
Switzerland, 2006, Culture/Lifestyles
dir - Villi Hermann
A Swiss farmer encounters change |
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3:15 pm
Treacling Down (14')
Sri Lanka, 2005, Globalization
dir - Upali Gamlath
Profits trickle down in Sri Lanka |
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Devta Activists
(28')
India, 2005, Conservation/Culture
dir - Sanjay Barnela
Negotiating tradition with contemporary
discourses on conservation |
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4:30 pm
Pass Me Over the Binoculars Rescue
– The Cost of Risk (27')
Switzerland, Adventure
dir - Pierre-Antoine Hiroz & Benoit
Aymon
How far should rescue work go? |
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Climate’s
First Orphans (22')
India, 2006, Environment
dir - Nila Madhab Panda
Climate change impacts Coastal Orissa |
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5:45 pm
Anupa Pafadnam ‘Go Pafadnam’
(57')
Spain, 2003, Mountain biking/Culture
dir - Lluis Jene & Oriol Gispert
Burkina Faso's top cyclist trains in Spain |
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December, Monday
HALL A |
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10:30 am
Planet Earth – Mountains (49')
UK, 2006, Environment/Conservation/Wildlife
dir - Vanessa Berlowitz
Intrigues of creatures around the world.
Spectacular visuals |
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11:30 am
China Blue (87')
USA, 2005, Globalization
dir - Micha Peled
Inside a blue jeans factory |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
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2:00 pm
Scaling Mt. Manaslu (112')
Japan, 1956, Mountaineering/Culture
dir - Yoshijiro Yamamoto
The Japanese ascent of Manaslu |
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4:30 pm
New Samaritans (52')
Israel, 2006, Religion/Culture
dir - Alexander Shabataev, Sergey Grankin,
& Efim Kuchuk
Foreign brides 'refresh' the nation's blood |
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5:45 pm
100% Woman (51')
Canada, 2004, Mountain biking/sexuality
dir - Karen Duthie
Trials and tribulations of a transgender
athlete |
HALL
B |
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10:30 am
Be Zi “Quilts” (92')
China, 2003, Culture
dir - Ju An Qi
Candid confessions about quilts |
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12:15 pm
Women of K2 (47')
USA, 2003, Mountaineering
dir - Jeff Rhoads
Death on the 'savage mountain' |
LUNCH
1:00 pm |
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2:00 pm
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep
(87')
UK, 2006, Culture/Conflict
dir - Ben Hopkins
A Central Asian tribe chooses exile over
communism |
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4:00 pm
View from a Grain of Sand
(82')
USA, 2006, Conflict/Culture
dir - Meena Nanji
Women of Afghanistan speak on conflict |
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