2002 Mountain Film Festival Winners
Best Film Overall - Festival Grand Prize
The Dan Culver Award, sponsored by Petzl
"Salathé: Blood, Sweat and Bagels"
by Rich Heap (Great Britain, 2001)
Best Film on Mountaineering
The Alpine Club of Canada Award, sponsored by the Vancouver and Whistler
Sections
of the Alpine Club of Canada
"Murph Goes to K2: The International K2000 Expedition"
by Billy Pierson (USA, 2001)
Best Film on Mountain Culture
The David Macaree Award, sponsored by the B.C. Mountaineering Club
"Carrying the Burden"
by Sangita Manandhar (Great Britain, 2000)
Best Film on Rockclimbing
The Katharine Anne Rae Award (Festival Award)
"Desert Friction"
by Nic Good (South Africa, 2001)
Best Film on Mountain Biking (Festival Award)
"Dirt Divas"
by Anne Walton (Canada, 2001)
Jury's Award (Festival Award)
"Unizaba"
by Sean White (Canada, 2001)
Best Canadian Mountain Film (Festival Award)
"Slave to the River"
by Shawn Grono (Canada, 2001)
Best Student Film (Festival Award)
not awarded in 2002 (no student film was selected for the competition)
Special Mention
"Mustang"
by Pavol Barabáš (Slovakia, 2001)
Special Mention
"The Cases of Mrs. Anna" (Przypadki pani Ani)
by Dariusz Zaluski (Poland, 2001)
The Film Festival Competition was juried by Nazir Sabir (Pakistani climber, Nazir Sabir Expeditions), Katherine Monk (Vancouver movie critic), Jim Sinclair (Vancouver's Pacific Cinematheque programmer), Jack Christie (Vancouver journalist, writer and critic), Pat Morrow (Canmore outdoor filmmaker and photographer), and Dave Dornian (Calgary climber, writer and critic).