Day-long Mountain Film Festival begins in Dhaka tomorrow
Audree, a platform for mountain enthusiasts in Bangladesh arranged the Dhaka Mountain Film Festival 2020 at Ruhul Kuddus Auditorium near Nilkhet of the capital tomorrow.
The day-long festival will screen eight films from different countries based on mountaineering, trekking, rock climbing, cycling and mountain rescue operations. Full length feature films along with short films and documentaries will be showcased in this film festival.
The film festival will be held in two sessions – morning session (10:00am-12:30pm) and evening session (4:30pm-7:30pm).
The platform, Audree, was formed to introduce people to the culture of mountain-based adventure activities and film can be a great tool for that purpose.
Mountains could offer a wide range of physical activities like mountaineering, trekking, hiking, cycling and so on. These challenging sports are an excellent way to get ourselves free from the monotonous city life.
The mountain film festival is presented by Audree in association with The Basecamp, Bangladesh. Data soft systems Bangladesh, Piano Island tour and travels and Spectrum Consortium Bangladesh are supporting the festival.
The Daily Star, somoynews TV and Radio Foorti will be the print, online and radio partner for this festival respectively.
The following films will be screened at the festival:
Movie name: 121
Director: David Peacock, Andre Nutini
Summary: It’s often easy to overthink a ski movie and at times the reasoning behind it. The plan was simple. Focus on skiing, go where we want and do what we want. Jumps, lines and deep powder. This is an old school flick, plain and simple. It’s about friendship and freeskiing, one to one with some of the best powder hounds around...
Movie name: Hors Piste
Director: Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet
Summary: The two best rescue workers of the region are ready for their new mission. Despite their professionalism and their determination, it will not go as planned.
Movie name: The High Road
Reel Rock 14
While the world’s best boulderers push standards close to the ground, Nina Williams’ sights are set higher. She is among the only women who climb elite-level problems that are 30, 40, even 50 feet tall -- with no rope. In this profile of an emerging star athlete, Nina Williams flexes her guns and tests her nerves well into the no-fall zone.
Movie name: The Nose Speed Record
Reel Rock 14
Summary: For decades, an elite handful of climbers have competed for the coveted speed record on the 3,000-foot Nose of El Capitan, risking big falls to shave mere seconds off the fastest time. When a record held by superstar Alex Honnold is broken by little-known climbers Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds, Honnold drafts fellow climbing legend Tommy Caldwell to establish a new mark that will stand the test of time. Honnold pushes for perfection while Caldwell, a family man, wrestles with the risk amid a series of accidents on the wall that lay bare the consequences of any mistake.
Movie name: United States of Joe’s
Reel Rock 14
In rural Utah, a valley of world-class bouldering is nestled among a conservative community of Mormons, cowboys and coal miners. When a ragged band of punk rock climbers shows up, the two cultures inevitably clash. After years of antagonism, a group of climbers work with locals to build a more harmonious future. But in this divided era, is that even possible?
Movie name: Return to Earth
Director: Darcy Wittenburg, Colin Jones, Darren McCullough
Summary: Time is either spent wisely. Or it is just spent. Second after second; moment after moment they’re all there for the taking. Return to Earth is a cinematic journey into the simple act of living completely in those moments by riding bikes.
Movie name: This Mountain life
Director: Baldwin Grant
Summary: The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal, yet even in a place that is 75% mountains, few people venture into true wilderness. Martina Halik and her 60-year-old mother Tania attempt a bitterly cold 2300km ski trek from Vancouver to Alaska through the treacherous Coast.
Movie name: Safe Haven
Director: Tim Kressin
Summary: Memphis city centre may not seem to be a perfect place for a rock climbing gym, But since it opened in March 2018, Memphis Rox, the nation’s only nonprofit climbing gym, has proven that challenges of technical climbing attracts a lot of people and can bring in new experiences in the sector of outdoor recreation activities.