Government Partners
Golden Partners
Presenting Media
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FILM JURY  David Dornian lives in Calgary and has climbed for more than 35 years, in Canada and abroad, winter and summer. He has been skiing for just as long, and in previous lives has competed in alpine freestyle events and been a Nordic ski instructor. He is presently the Chair of the Alpine Club of Canada's Competition Climbing Committee and Director of the North American Council for Competition Climbing, as well as the negligent editor of the notorious Calgary Mountain Club World News.
David has a post-graduate degree in Philosophy, and works as a journalist and writer, reviewing films and books that feature the outdoor recreation community or that focus on the natural environment. He has rigged or served as talent for many sports filmmakers and photographers over the years, and has acted (briefly) in Hollywood movies. He hasn't tried to make a film himself since 1976, and believes the world is the better for it.
 Isabella Kessel joined the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival in 2007 as a volunteer and continued to be involved as the Production Manager in 2008. She brings much experience and energy to the festival. Originally from Germany, she moved to Vancouver in 2005 and has applied her steady hand and affable personality to many successful local festivals including: The Vancouver International Film Festival, DOXA, the Storytelling Festival, The Folk Festival, PuSh and the Writer’s Festival. She currently works full time as the Festival Mananger for the Vancouver International Fringe Festival.
With a formal background in environmental management and outdoor management training, she is led by a commitment to improve her world, and enjoy it too. She has managed local artists and also worked as front of house manager at the Pacific Cinematheque Cinema. Isabella revels in the many and varied expressions of art in Vancouver whether hosting her own legendary parties, attending live music, dance, and theatre, or having a hand in international festivals.
  Pat and Baiba Morrow are known for their documentation of mountain cultures and adventures. Their desire to search out remote, wild places has led them on countless assignments and expeditions to all seven continents. They have expanded their tools of trade from still photography and writing to include video and film, and are now working exclusively in that medium.
Recent productions include a "behind the scenes" film for The Great Salmon Run doc, part of the BBC "Nature's Great Events" series; shooting pickup scenes in the Canadian Rockies, and interviews in Calgary for an NFB documentary "Lost Boys of Afghanistan"€ť; and a promo film, Pennies For Peace, shot on location in Baltistan and Afghanistan. The film is about (Three Cups of Tea) Greg Mortenson's efforts to bring education to the children of the Karakorum and Hindu Kush. Musashi , a film that Pat co-produced, won best mountaineering category at VIMFF in 2003.
Pat and Baiba live in the upper Columbia Valley, in Wilmer, B.C.
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