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Africa Revolutions Tour Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque USA, 2009, 33 min Directed & Produced by Tyler Bradt, Rush Sturges Action-packed flick from the crocodile infested White Nile in Uganda, through big water first descents throughout Madagascar, to the highest documented descent of the Zambezi. The Argentine Project Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre CA, 2009, 7 min Directed by & Produced by Jeremy Grant, Mike Kinrade and John Wellburn 3 friends taking a trip and hoping to create a mountain bike flick with one bike, 2 cameras… and a little Spanish. Birdman of the Karakoram Thursday, January 28, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque GB, 2009, 65 min Directed & Produced by Alun Hughes Legendary paragliding pilot John Silvester takes film maker Alun Hughes on the tandem flight in the high ranges of Pakistan. Bro vs Mtn Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre Canada, 2009, 15 min Directed & Produced by Brock Anderson The encounters of a “bro” riding his bike on the mountainous trails across BC through the Interior, the Lower Mainland and the North Shore of Vancouver, hitting all of his favourite riding spots along the way. Continuum Project – Nepal Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque USA, 2009, 18 min Directed & Produced by Chris Alstrin Ines Papert and Cory Richards as they blitz Kwangde Shar peak in Nepal. Continuum Project – Zion Thursday, January 28, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre USA, 2009, 19 min Directed & Produced by Chris Alstrin Rob Pizem and Mike Anderson crush brawny off-widths and delicate face climbing in Zion. The Cross Canada Project Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 pm H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Canada, 2009, 62 min Directed & Produced by Mike Beauchamp Canada’s Mike Beauchamp designs and builds a weatherproof camera and captures an emotional journey as he attempts to ride his bicycle over 7000 km from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. Deep.Shinsetsu Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre Japan, 2008, 3 min Directed & Produced by Masaki Sekiguchi short film capturing a typical ski day atmosphere in the mountains of Japan. El Camino Baby Sunday, January 24, 7:30 pm H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Poland, 2009, 38 min Directed & Produced by Marek Klonowski Film maker and adventurer Marek Klonowski and his young family cycle the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail in Spain. Expedition Manaslu Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre Germany, 2009, 30 min Directed by Carsten Maaz Produced by Moving Adventures Benedikt Böhm and Sebastian Haag from Germany set out to ski the 8163m high Manaslu on an expedition full of unpredictable changes and thin air. Fearless Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre Canada, 2009, 15 min Directed & Produced by Tavi Parusel Life story of top notch Canadian adventurer and mountaineer Martyn Williams who has arrived to the crossroads of his life. Finding Farley Friday, January 22, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre Canada, 2009, 62 min Directed by Leanne Allison, Produced by Tracey Friesen (NFB) Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison with their 2-year old son Zev trace the footsteps of writer Farley Mowat - 5000 km trip of trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling from the Canadian prairies to the Maritimes. Freedom Riders Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre USA, 2009, 48 min Directed by Sam Pope, Chris Kitchen, Produced by KGB Productions Story of a small, core group of riders who evolved from covertly building rough and unsustainable trails to building some of the best freeride trails in the US. Hey Presto Friday, January 29, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre GB, 2009, 10 min Directed & Produced by Paul Diffley World class climber Sonnie Trotter teams up with world class belayer Cory Richards to take on the Squamish classic, ‘Presto’. INCANtations Friday, January 22, 7:30 pm Centennial Theatre USA, 2009, 38 min Directed by & Produced by Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn Film maker Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn adventure travels to the Andes to meet with the Shamanic tribes. Into Perpetual Ice Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque New Zealand, 2009, 21 min Directed by Olaf Obsommer & Jared Meehan, Produced by Jared Meehan Five international kayakers travel to the whitewaters of Greenland in search of white gold. Lightning Strike - Arwa Tower Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque Switzerland, 2008, 50 min Directed by Christoph Frutiger, Christine Kopp, Stephan Siegrist, Produced by Christoph Frutiger, CFFILM, and Stephan Siegrist, Christoph Frutiger Story of two teams of climbers including Stephan Siegrist and Ines Papert, who in the early summer of 2007 take to the Arwa Tower, a wonderful 6,000m peak in the Northern Indian Garhwal-Himalaya. Lines of Flight Monday, January 25, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque GB, 2009, 22 min Directed by Sal Brown & Martin Wood, Produced by Sal Brown Artsy short film evoking the unusual, captivating and even disturbing sensations of free soloing and applying them to questions about the quality of modern life in the northern English Pennines. Lost Tower Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque New Zealand, 2009, 50 min Directed by Wayne Johnson, Produced by Sean Waters New Zealanders Jo Kippax and Sean Waters head to the Northern Patagonian Icecap to traverse it, climb the tower and explore their way back to civilization via the glaciers and rivers. Lucky 13 Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm Pacific Cinematheque Canada, 2009, 6 min Directed & Produced by Carl Jacks Adrenalin-fused kayakers in search of a wild variety of whitewater features within their beloved West Kootenay playground of British Columbia.

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