Best of the Festival 1999
Vancouver & Squamish

These events were very well attended - thank you all!

Thursday
May 27, 1999, 7:30
Pacific Space Centre
(Vancouver Planetarium)
1100 Chestnut St

Monday
May 10, 1999, 7:30
Howe Sound Inn
& Brewing Company
37801 Cleveland Ave

118 Days in Captivity of Ice (1998, Slovakia)
Documentary from the first unsupported traverse of the North Pole from Russia to Canada, nicknamed also "the last great challenge of this millennium." (Festival Grand Prize)

Camanchaca (1998, Austria)
Story of High Altitude extreme windsurfing adventures up on the "lagunas" of Chile and Argentina, retold through a series of surreal dreams and flashbacks. (Jury's Award)

Squamish Mountain Biking (1998, Canada)
Five days in the company of mountain bikers from Squamish. (Best Film on Mountain Biking)

Skullduggery (1998, Canada)
Short animated fiction, based upon a twisted climbing adaptation of the David & Goliath story.

Without (1996, Slovenia)
A touching story of Mirko Lebar, a double-leg amputee, who in spite of his disability follows his mountaineering passion. (Festival Grand Prize 1998)

Advance tickets - $ 9.00
M.E.C 130 W Broadway
872.7858

At the door -$ 12.00

 

Squamish

Monday
May 10, 1999, 7:30
Howe Sound Inn
& Brewing Company
37801 Cleveland Ave

Camanchaca (1998, Austria)
Story of High Altitude extreme windsurfing adventures up on the "lagunas" of Chile and Argentina, retold through a series of surreal dreams and flashbacks. (Jury's Award)

Squamish Mountain Biking (1998, Canada)
Five days in the company of mountain bikers from Squamish. (Best Film on Mountain Biking)

Skullduggery (1998, Canada)
Short animated fiction, based upon a twisted climbing adaptation of the David & Goliath story.

Hard Grit (1998, England)
The Definitive insight into the most beautiful and dangerous genre of the British traditional gritstone climbing. (Best Film on Rockclimbing)

Ice in Iceland (1998, USA)
Will Gadd and Kim Csizmazia set out to the Kingdom of Ice in search of the ultimate figure-fouring. (Best Film on Mountaineering)

Diamonds in the Rough (1996, USA)
A team of international rock climbers meet in South Africa's Cederberg Mountains to harvest the best of the bouldering crops.

Advance tickets - $ 8.00
Corsa Cycles 38128 Cleveland Ave

At the door - $ 9.00

 

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