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Banff Films - Thurday Night April 26

Hustle and Snow

This ski action documentary follows a small group of athletes as they power through the winter while competing and trying to hold down their night jobs in Tahoe, California. A love of skiing transcends all aspects of their lives and provides the motivational energy that drives them. Join Miles Clark, Jason Dobbs, and Dave Gibbs as they sweat it out day after day on their skis, striving for exposure and recognition while maintaining good humour and a genuine love for life.

Conversing with Aotearoa:

In an age of technological integration and urban life, people turn to the natural world for a wilderness experience. What draws us to the remote corners of land and sea when we realize something in our lives is missing? In this animated documentary, New Zealanders attempt to fathom their deep, personal connection with their land.

Patagonia-A travel to the end of the world

Attempting the first unsupported traverse of the Southern Patagonia Icecap, Børge Ousland (appearing in person) and Thomas Ulrich start from the small village of Tortel in August 2003. After three days of paddling into the Patagonian fjords with two kayaks each, they reach the bottom of the Jorge Montt Glacier; from here they carry their equipment up and start skiing across the ice cap. This film is most of all about the spirit of adventure. Few expeditions have had to master so many different skills to reach their goal.

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Mission Epicocity

This film features some of the world’s best kayakers running mind-bending waterfalls and rapids in South America and Africa, with a section that highlights native African paddlers.

The Simplicity Factor

The Simplicity Factor is a segment from The Top 20 Classic Boulder Problems of North America. Featuring an all-female cast of athletes, it looks at bouldering's overall appeal while showcasing ascents of several famous boulder problems.

Ride of the Mergansers

The hooded merganser is a rare and reclusive duck found only in North America. Every spring, in the Great Lakes region, the wary hen lays and incubates her eggs in a nest high in the trees. Just 24 hours after hatching, the tiny ducklings must make the perilous leap to the ground below in order to begin life in the wild. Ride of the Mergansers brings this hidden drama to the screen.

Best of Jo:

The Best of Jo is a stop-action Lego film about a coffee-addicted guy named Jo. He is eager to try all the mountain sports available to him, such as climbing, skiing, and fishing.

First Ascent: Didier vs The Cobra

The elegant, granite Cobra crack in Squamish, British Columbia is perhaps the hardest crack climb in the world and Swiss climber Didier Berthod is among the world's best crack climbers. Far from the spotlight, Didier spends months in his epic quest to snag the first ascent.

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First Ascent: The Tombstone

World-class daredevil Dean Potter risks life and limb to make the first ascent of a perfect crack up a 600-foot desert tower known as the Tombstone. Dean survives 60-foot falls onto his gear before climbing the Tombstone, then BASE jumping from its summit.

The Professional Adrenalists

The Professional Adrenalinists is a mockumentary that looks into the world of freestyle walking. See this young group known as the professional adrenalinists talk about their love for the sport and the companionship that they have together. We also get to take a look at some of their moves.

Asiemut

In 2005, Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier went on their first cycling expedition — 8000 kilometres across Asia. In six months they pedalled from Mongolia to Calcutta, India, travelling through Xinjiang, the Taklimakan Desert, the high Tibetan plateau, and the jungle of Nepal. Why? Not only to discover the world, but also to discover themselves.

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First Ascent Thailand

Steep towers of untouched rock jutting out of the ocean. And the best part is that with only the sea below you, there's no rope. Thailand is a dream come true for David Lama, perhaps the best on-sight climber in the world, and purportedly the future of the sport. Amidst the exotic beauty of the Andaman Coast, Lama and friends take 60-footers into the drink, and bring deep-water soloing to a new level.

Cayesh the Calling:

A one-day ascent of a new route on the west face of Cayesh, in Peru, filmed entirely by the two climbers. “They wish to present a real taste of modern lightweight alpinism as practised by two of today's best alpinists.;

Yes to the No

A look into the sport of noboarding, which is snowboarding without the use of bindings. The sport of snowboarding was essentially started by skate-boarders and surfers looking for a winter alternative to the two summer sports. Now that snowboarding has reached its peak, there is only one way to change the way snowboarding is done, and that is to take the bindings off the board and really surf the mountain.

Dist Urban Behaviour

;Our cities and buildings provide for our every living moment. We have adapted its architecture for our activities and movements; we work in offices, shop in malls and live in condos.” Dist-URBAN Behaviour explores the potential to do much more than walking and driving in our cities. In this short film, Montreal climbers create their own city experience. Skyscrapers and buildings become infinite climbing possibilities.

Roam

Roam is a mountain-bike film that follows the travels of the world's top riders as they explore new places to ride, and visit some of the notorious meccas of mountain biking such as, Moab, Utah, and Whistler, B.C.

The Thrill Seekers

One of the 12 productions from the Kendal Mountain Film Festival Extreme Film School ;48-hour Film Marathon; Two brothers try their hand at mountain biking, climbing and another extreme sport on a camping weekend with hilarious results.

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