Adventure Travel Film Festival 2016

CONTENTS Adventure Travel Film Festival, Inverewe 2016 3 The story of the Film Festival 4 Biographies 5 Films 9 10 Must See Things To Do at Inverewe 28 Workshop Overview 31 Workshops & Sideshows 32 Entertainment 34 Venues 37 Inverewe 38 Accommodation 40 Frequently Asked Questions 41 Booking & Ticket Information 45 Workshop Schedule 46 Combined Workshop & Film Schedule 49 Film Schedule 51 Acknowledgements 52 Membership 53 2 www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com ADVENTURE TRAVEL FILM FESTIVAL, INVEREWE 16 18th September 2016 A celebration of great adventure travel films in a unique destination at the end of one of the best road journeys in the world at Inverewe in Wester Ross. This film festival will... festival which distinctly address the creation of a positive 1. Showcase the best of this years independent travel films. social, environmental and financial impact on Wester Ross: 2. Bring together the adventure travel community in a unique • To provide a platform for those working in a creative destination between lochs and mountains. and sustainable way to showcase and promote their 3. Showcase the best of Wester Ross – from music to marine work through the medium of adventure film, exploration, and wildlife. You can explore Inverewe moors, garden and environmental education, art and music. • To promote and encourage sustainable tourism to the woodlands, walk over mountains and canoe the lochs area through a unique celebration of the landscape and through workshops that share how to capture your own environment afforded in Wester Ross. Essentially providing adventure in art, film and photography. a window into the world for those working in community 4. Guarantee a platform for adventure film-makers. which facilitates a meaningful connection with those 5. Have fun whilst doing all the above! planning to visit and enjoy this area. • To use the resources available to the National Trust for A sense of community... Scotland at Inverewe to underpin a wider asset based approach In such a small and environmentally sensitive area the National to working in wider community. Through building capacity Trust for Scotland must always have the best interests of our and sharing resources we can develop new ways of working community at heart. We therefore have 3 other aims for this economically, which benefits the community as a whole. www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com 3 the story of the film festival Adapted from an article by The Independent Lois Pryce left her job at the BBC to ride a small motorcycle The audience of the ATFF is about as diverse and pleasingly from Alaska to Argentina resulting in the publication of her hard to categorise as one can imagine. Sitting in the audience, first book, Lois on the Loose, and an eventful career as a watching someone paddling through crocodile-infested travel writer ensued. A few years later, she rode the length rapids while suffering from malaria, or seeing a man reduced of Africa, crossing the Sahara, the Congo and Angola to reach to drinking rainwater from a puddle in the Australian desert, Cape Town, spawning book number two. is fascinating in itself. But if you remember that they also had to set up the camera, think about the lighting, set the correct She was married by this time, to a fellow adventurer, Austin focus and exposure, keep their kit free from damp and dust Vince, the film-maker who created the cult adventure and the batteries charged – and then go back and pack the TV series Mondo Enduro in the 1990s for the Discovery whole lot up again before continuing their journey – you Channel. Their mutual enthusiasm for DIY travel coupled can’t help but feel both humbled and inspired. with Austin’s love of film and passion for encouraging others to document their own adventures led to their letterbox It’s not all jaw-dropping displays of true grit and death-defying becoming something of a magnet for adventure travel film- terror, though. As well as the OMG factor, there are plenty of makers the world over. “Hey, I could do that!” moments, too. This was the start of the Adventure Travel Film Festival. The idea of bringing together like-minded travellers and film- makers who shared an ethos of all things independent and lo-fi. 4 www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com BIOGRAPHIES Festival founders - Austin Vince & Lois Pryce Austin Vince She has since motorcycled solo from Alaska to Argentina, Austin Vince made his first solo overland journey from from London to Cape Town and around Iran. She was listed London to Delhi, aged 18. He started hitch-hiking, aged 12, by the Telegraph as one of their ‘Top 10 Female Travellers’, as a means of avoiding the tedious hikes meted out to him and her best-selling books have been published throughout at Scout Camp. Formerly a trainspotting maths teacher, the world, inspiring thousands to hit the road. Her next he’s made his name as the man who created the cult travel book, Revolutionary Ride, about her adventures in Iran will show Mondo Enduro and the recreational hitch-hiking TV be published in January 2017. series Roadside USA. As well as curating this festival he masterminds Europe’s leading dirt bike map-reading events in the Catalan Pyrenees. His latest film, Mondo Sahara, is an all- action, Anglo-American desert adventure which has received worldwide acclaim. He was voted Adventurer of the Year in 2012 by the USA’s prestigious Expedition Portal. Lois Pryce Travel writer Lois Pryce flew the coop aged 13 when she and three school friends spent their summer holidays cycling and camping around Cornwall – with no grown-ups! The seed was sown. www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com 5 Biographies of Wildwesttopos to encourage climbers to come and visit the area. He is well-known as a climber and also for being the first (and only) person to take a mountain bike to the summit of all Paul Tattersall the munros. Paul lives just outside Gairloch with his wife Angela and daughter Amy. He discovered the world of rock climbing and Paul has a BSc (Hons) in Geology from Sheffield University mountaineering as a teenager and has spent a lot of time and holds the Mountain Instructors Award (MIA) as well as the travelling and climbing all over the world. One of his favourite Winter Mountain Leader Award (WML). He is a member of places to return to is Yosemite Valley in California, the home of the local Mountain Rescue Team and founder member of the Big Walling. Primus Climbing Club, set up to encourage participation and safe enjoyment of climbing for anyone in the area. Paul has been working as a professional walking and climbing guide in Scotland since settling down in the North West. See Paul’s website for further details of his work leading others safely in the mountains. www.gofurtherscotland.co.uk Colin MacConnachie Since moving to Wester Ross in 1997 Paul has developed With over twenty years experience in interpretive design a variety of new rock climbing venues locally and has made management working as a professional wildlife and landscape many first ascents of both summer and winter routes – photographer, Colin has a wealth of background knowledge some of which are the hardest in the area. Together with Jim he is looking to share. Working major design companies and Buchanan, he produced local climbing guides under the name commissioning officers all over Britain, he can ensure that your project is delivered on time, within budget and to your 6 www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com Ewe Canoe was officially started during 2012 and has grown every year since. During 2011 Conor helped set up the thriving 1st Wester Ross Scout Group, then in 2014 An Teallach Explorer Scout Unit was set up. They all benefit from Ewe Canoe’s fleet of boats and equipment. He is also a member of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue team; a team who cover a huge area from Gairloch in the west, right over to the east coast and south down to Glen Affric. Currently Conor is one of the team’s training officers. During any other spare time he enjoys climbing on the local crags, getting out in the mountains and of course, heading satisfaction. He has considerable experience in wildlife and out in a boat. environmental interpretation having previously worked for www.ewecanoe.co.uk the National Trust for Scotland and also in action adventures, having specialist experience in battlefield interpretation. Colin MacConnachie’s work can be explored at his website: www.hoopoe.biz Conor Brown Conor moved to Wester Ross in 2009 after living a slightly nomadic life moving around working as a freelance outdoor instructor. He has instructed in many locations across the United Kingdom and in France; ranging from hour long taster sessions to week long expeditions. www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com 7 Biographies She enjoys creating in a variety of media and exploring new methods of working. She has exhibited widely and taken part in several community and international projects including The Big Picture, Wild Wood, Landfill art, an International Art Symposium in Russia and has collaborated with an Indian artist to create Ceangal, a series of international artist residencies in the NW Highlands. She has travelled and worked in India several times in recent years and has strong international connections, in particular in India and with the YATOO organisation in S Korea, participating in the pilot project for the Global Nomadic Art Project in 2014. Living in a remote rural area, Lynn has learned to adapt and create opportunities for herself and the area she lives in. She is open to new ideas and is always looking to expand her boundaries in her field of interest of people and place.

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