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Banff film festival: And the winner is... 35 years old!
Nov 8, 2004 14: 05 EST
Canada's Banff Mountain Film Festival, the most prestigious award in mountaineering and outdoors films, offered a surprise when the jury’s decision was released yesterday: Among the 330 applicant’s films, the 2004 Grand Prize went to a film from … 1967! The message was clear; no money or flashy filming gear beats a great story.
Epic solo descent
The Polish documentary Odworot (Retreat) recreates an anonymous climber’s epic solo descent in the wake of a mountaineering accident.
Produced by director Jerzy Surdel at the Ludz Film School in Poland, and filmed in black and white in the Tatra Mountains, Odworot follows the climber’s desperate retreat to find help for his injured partner. “Impeccable directing and editing create a film of poetic ambiguity,” says film festival jury member Liam Lacey.
Rescued from obscurity
The sole copy of Odworot was rescued from obscurity by Seattle architect Alex Bertulis. Over the past year and a half, he spent $10,000 to restore the film.
“This film deserves to be recognized as a classic, and as an inspiration to young filmmakers of what can be accomplished when you have a powerful story, even on a limited budget,” says Bertulis.
Other awards
Other films awarded, by categories, were:
Best Film on Mountain Sports: Sinners (Canada), directed and produced by Bill Heath, celebrates the sheer bliss of powder skiing.
Best Film on Mountain Environment: Alone across Australia (Australia), which tells the story of Jon Muir’s 2500-kilometre unsupported trek across Australia
Alpine Club of Canada award for Best Film on Climbing: Daughters of Everest (USA). The film tells the story of the first-ever expedition of Sherpa women to climb Everest.
Best Feature-length Mountain Film: The Story of the Weeping Camel (Germany) Directors Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni follow the adventures of a family of camel herders in the Gobi Desert.
Best Short Mountain Film: Hike Hike Hike (USA). It is a four-minute animated film on dog-sledging, directed and produced by Anouk Iyer.
Best Film on Mountain Culture: The Reindeer People (France). Directed by Hamid Sardar, the film is an intimate portrait of a family of Dukha reindeer nomads as they follow a migration route through the forests of northern Mongolia
Special Jury Award in the Mountain Sports Category: Soul Purpose (USA) directed and produced by Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones, and Corey Gavitt.
The inaugural Banff Centre Audio Post-Production Award goes to producers and directors of Dolpo - Children of the Mountains (France). This award provides up to $10,000 in audio post-production resources at the Banff Centre’s state-of-the-art recording facilities for a future film production.
The 2004 Banff Mountain Film Festival jury included film critic Liam Lacey (Canada), climber and adventurer Mike Libecki (U.S.A.), film sound engineer Florian Camerer (Austria), mountaineer and journalist Rebecca Stephens (U.K.), and adventure film festival manager Cléo Poussier (France).The festival screened 57 finalist films, chosen from more than 330 entries from 46 countries.
Image of winner film Odworot, courtesy of 2004 Banff Mountain Film Festival
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