Wanaka and Online Programme

19th YEAR

wanaka and online programme

NZ’s original Mountain Film Festival

A celebration of adventurous sports and lifestyles

Wanaka June 25 to 29 • Online June 25 to July 25 Lake Wanaka Centre,1 89 Ardmore Street welcome to the 19th nz mountain film & book festival film competition In this programme, you will find an outline of all live events in äW naka and the Online Programme. There are 13 speakers and 68 films in this programme, Our International Adventure Film Competition attracted 200 entries, with 67 making the including 11 world premieres and 23 NZ premieres. programme. We awarded 7 category prizes (all receiving US$200 each) and a Grand Prize Full descriptions and tickets are available from our website. receiving US$1000. There is a separate programme for the Queenstown Film Festival (July 1 to 3). There is also the prestigious Hiddleston/MacQueen Award for the best NZ-made film, of $2,500. We hope the festival will inspire, thrill and educate you. A Grass Roots Award ($500), Epic Adventure Award ($200) and Pushing the Boundaries Award There’s something in this programme for everyone to enjoy; it amazes us how even ($200) were introduced in 2021 for NZ film makers. people with absolutely no interest in doing adventure sports just love the Festival. The People’s Choice award will be selected from feedback from Festival Pass holders after the We hope you can join us, NZMFF Board of Trustees Festival. Sign up to our Newsletter to hear who wins!

CROMWELL PROGRAMME Best of the Fest. Wednesday 30 June, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Harvest Hotel Conference Centre at The Gate. Cost: $25. See website for film details (www.mountainfilm.nz).

QUEENSTOWN FILM FESTIVAL tickets Thursday 1 July to Saturday 3 July at Queenstown Memorial Centre. Tickets can be purchased without credit card or booking fees online at www.mountainfilm.nz (pre-booking See separate programme and/or website for details (www.mountainfilm.nz). recommended) and during the festival at the Lake Wanaka Centre ticket office. There is a youth discount for under-18-year-olds where indicated (please bring your ID). See the website for terms and conditions. nzmff charitable trust grant scheme Spellbound Durga We See The Details Hors Piste Opens July 1. Applications can be submitted for individuals or groups for funds raised through our charity auction. Email proposals to [email protected] before the closing date of August 31, or post to PO box 563, Wanaka 9343. Applications can only be for the following categories: • helping people with disabilities purchase specialist sporting equipment LAKE WANAKA CENTRE TICKET WINDOW HOURS • local environmental projects (like river clean-ups or native tree replanting) Ph 020-4084-8775 - no answerphone, please text for a callback. • film or adventure skills training for youth Friday: 5.00pm to 8.00pm. Saturday and Sunday: 10.30am to 8.00pm. Monday and Tuesday: 3.00pm to 7.30pm

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED ONLINE, BUT NOT AT THE VENUE. zero waste and Carbon neutral Goals This programme may change at any time and times are approximate. The NZ Mountain Film Festival is a Registered Charity #CC49344. The Festival is focused on reducing waste and becoming carbon neutral. Over the past three years in Wänaka we have reduced the waste produced by our 3,500 visitors down to one rubbish bag. thanks to To achieve this we choose packaging that is compostable (at a little extra cost). We refuse to sell Our Benefactors: Sir Tim Wallis (Alpine Helicopters), Kate and Michael Sidey bottled water, and provide free filtered water from our home-made water tap. We supply free tea Our Patrons: Raymond Key, Peter and Di Trethewey, Nick Brown, Nic Blennerhassett, and coffee when you bring your own re-usable cup. This requires a little help from you, our guest. Matt Keown, Terri-Ann Scorer, Ron Pynenburg, Charlotte Farrell, Ben Taylor, David Foster, If you bring a take away coffee to the Festival please use a keep cup; we do not allow disposable Jef Desbecker, Mark Verbiest, Alison O’Brien, Loretta Bush. cups inside the event. Do not print your tickets, just keep a copy on your phone. We pay to carbon offset our speakers’ flights and road travel with a recognised carbon offsetting Our Funders: programme. In addition we donate $200 per international speaker and $50 per NZ speaker to SOUTHERN LAKES Te Käkano Aotearoa Trust to plant trees locally. Please help by either walking, biking or carpooling REGIONAL EVENTS FUND to shows.

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Free Family Show Opening Night Mountain Culture Show 10.00am - Free films at Live music, art exhibition and the trade show opens, with an official welcome by Festival This show takes a deep dive into the heart of human nature and the Edgewater Hotel and OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ Häwea Hotel, see page 17. Director Mark Sedon. Presentation of the film competition awards followed by a medleySELECTION of PRIZEpower of mountainsMADE FILM to transform. The session promises to be short films, including the Best Short Film. A popular and social evening! incredibly moving and thought provoking; it will challenge preconceptions and leave the Time: 7.00pm to 11.00pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre audience feeling grateful. Follow a group of Bolivian housewives up Aconcagua, watch some astounding pole jumping, admire women breaking free from oppression, and be amazed by Cost: $30 (online), $32 (at the door) youth discount $5 BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ON CLIMBING SPORTS the& LIFESTYLES hardest wayCULTURE up Mt Everest. 7.00pm - Social Session. View the trade show and enjoy some live music and complimentary nibbles while catching up with friends. Time: 11.00am to 3.00pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $18 (online), $20 (at the door), youth discount $5 8.00pm - Festival starts. Welcome followed by film awards and previews. BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S Spellbound (5 mins) Director Richard Sidey, NZ, NZ Premiere. Wingsuit BASE jumping is SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE often presented as a thrill-seeking adrenaline rush. Spellbound takes us deeper into the more contemplative aspects of jumping.

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BEST GRASS PUSHING When Glaciers GoTHE BOUNDARIES Jurria Dream Mountain SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD friday BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON Short film session: Nancy, Director Anna Frances Pearson, NZ, World Premiere. HorsADVENTUROUS Piste, MOUNTAIN saturday ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Cholitas (80 mins) Directors Jaime Murciego and Pablo Iraburu, Spain, subtitles, NZ premiere. As a Director Julien Deparis, France. Julia, Director Guillaume Broust, France, subtitles. We See The symbol of liberation and empowerment, five Bolivian indigenous women attempt to climb the highest EPIC Details, Director Cam Kerr, NZ, World Premiere. Klaus, Director Matchstick Productions, USA.ADVENTURE mountain in America. Family Ride In The Dolomites, Director Maxime Moulin, France. AWARD 12.20pm to 12.40pm: INTERMISSION We’ll have some hearty,OFFICIAL yummy soup andGRAND bread availableBEST NZ The Long Today (18 mins) Director Niobe Thompson, Canada, NZ premiere.BEST Dad turnedBEST 70 SNOW this summer.PEOPLE’S Jurria - The Guardians of the Pole (12 mins) Director Pedro Cubiles,SELECTION Spain, subtitles,PRIZE NZ Premiere.MADE The FILM SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE So he found a ‘river’ on a map, repaired one of his old wooden canoes, and invited his family to help him story of Master Paco and his passion for the pole jump. The pole was a tool that let the first Canarian celebrate the big day. Only a few of us showed up. OFFICIAL GRAND BESTsettlers NZ travel quickly through their difficult topography in search of their flocks.OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM DURGA: Forging a New Trail (21 mins) Director Emily Hopcian,BEST USA, FILM NZ premiere.BEST FILM In ON a BEST FILM ON INTERMISSION Try a glass of locally-made Mäori Point wine from the café ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN country where boys receive an education, men seek employmentON CLIMBING in larger citiesSPORTS & and LIFESTYLES girls CULTURE SPECIAL BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL Peak of Possibility (21 mins) Director Ben Wallbank, NZ. The intimateWINNER and JURY AWARD FILM and women are often left to work on family farms and within their homes, Durga’s is a story

challenging story of Tanya Bottomley, the first person ever to attempt a non-stop,BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BESTof FILM defying ON cultural, societal and familial expectations to pursueOFFICIAL an independentBESTGRAND life. FILM BESTBEST FILM NZ ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN SELECTION PRIZE ADVENTUROUSMADE FILM MOUNTAIN 24 hour repeat of Wänaka’s Roy’s Peak. ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTUREDream Mountain (19 mins) Director InlightWorks, USA , NZ Premiere. InternationalON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE mountain guide Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita takes the lead, thenBEST follows her BESTintuition SNOW on the mostPEOPLE’S Good for the Soul (10 mins) Director Martin Campoy, Spain, NZ Premiere. Having a dream in these PUSHING SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES important expedition of all – her own life as an accomplished mountaineer, humanitarian and now strange moments we are living in and making it come true can be hardSOLO for FILM the bodyROOTS but undoubtedly AWARD AWARD mother. BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON good for the soul! ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S ON CLIMBING SPORTSBEST & LIFESTYLES BESTCULTURE SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICEWhen Glaciers Go (17 mins) Director Corey Robinson, Nepal, NZ premiere. TheSHORT remote FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE Dedicate The Hardest Race (10 mins) Directors Andy Deere & Ryan Heron, NZ. For New Zealand’s multi- Mustang region of Nepal is on the front line of our planet’s changing climate, with glacial AWARD SPECIAL BEST sport athlete Braden Currie, 2017 was quite the year as he transitioned fromEPIC adventure racer to elite triathlete. ENVIRONMENTAL ADVENTURE water shortages forcing the families from their homes. WINNER JURY AWARD FILM AWARD Makatea Vertical Adventure (29 mins) Director Guillaume Broust, France, subtitles. Makatea is a circle of INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SPECIAL BEST SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM SPECIALCHOICE BEST coral raised about a hundred metres above a turquoise sea. It is filled with a largeAWARD variety ENVIRONMENTALEverest - The Hard Way (52 mins) Director Pavol Barabas, Slovakia, NZ Premiere.AWARD Is it ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD WINNER JURY AWARD of fauna and flora: a dream landscape... but it is also an exploited and abandoned island FILMpossible to climb the hardest route on Mount Everest in Alpine style? It was a challenge FILM BEST GRASS PUSHING for four Slovak climbers in 1988, with no escape. THE BOUNDARIES in the middle of Polynesia. Now rock climbers have discovered it. SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD 4 5 AWARD SPECIAL BEST BEST PUSHING BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PUSHING GRASS THE BOUNDARIES WINNER JURY AWARD GRASSFILM THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD EPIC ADVENTURE AWARD

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Pure NZ Workshop #1 This epic bunch of films, home-grown in Aotearoa, will not disappoint. Ski Tuning - starts at 3.00pm. WorkshopBEST #2 BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S Enjoy watching Kiwis fish, rock climb, bike-pack, sea kayak, SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE Carbon Offsetting for mountaineer and ski-tour in the land of the long white cloud. We Businesses - starts at 5.00pm. See page 16. journey deep into NZ’s Southern Alps, venture OFFICIALhigh up Aoraki,GRAND explore BEST NZ where no one has ever gone before, and ski furtherSELECTION and faster thanPRIZE you mightMADE have FILM thought AWARD SPECIAL BEST possible. In the Theatre of the Gogs takes home the prestigious $2,500 Hiddleston/MacQueen ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD FILM Award for Best NZ-made Film; it captures Kiwiana adventure film at its best! This show

includes seven world premieres with many filmmakersBEST FILM inhouseBEST introducingFILM ON BESTtheir FILM ONwork! ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ BEST PUSHING GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM Cost: $25 (online), $27 (at the door), youth discount $5 SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD A Season in the South (14 mins) Director Dave Greig, NZ. This is a short film following a season of fishing through the South Island’s back country on footBEST and by mountainBEST SNOW bike and packraft.PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE EPIC BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON Canterbury Alps Ski Traverse (10 mins) Director Alastair McDowell, NZ. ADVENTURE ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Traversing the Southern Alps... on skis; now that sounds like an adventure! AWARD Follow them through the heart of Canterbury’s wild yet withering glaciers, SPECIAL BEST peaks and passes, from Arthur’s Pass to the Godley Valley.AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD FILM Pilgrimage to Pilgrim (17 mins) Director Emil Hansen, NZ. A self-filmed free climb of Aoraki/Mt BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE Cook’s East Ridge. A pilgrimage to the recently discovered ‘Pilgrim’ route - the last unclimbed saturday saturday line on Mt Cook. PUSHING BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES Airport Wall (15 mins) Director Allie Rood, NZ. A storySOLO where FILM two guysROOTS set AWARD out AWARD SPECIAL BEST to achieve a first ascent of a massive big wall climb in Fiordland: Airport Wall. AWARD AirportENVIRONMENTAL Wall WINNER JURY AWARD FILM

EPIC INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café ADVENTURE AWARD Newton Peak (25 mins) Director Nick Kowalski, NZ. Four Canterbury climbers PUSHING BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES set off into the heart of the Southern Alps to explore a rarely climbedSOLO peak FILM with ROOTS AWARD AWARD the hope of climbing a new route. Their journey takes them through the infamous ‘Garden of Eden’ ice plateau and through the thick, wild vegetation of the West Coast bush. EPIC ADVENTURE Kopiko (23 mins) Directors Deane Parker and Dylan Gerschiwtz, NZ. BikepackingAWARD is the new cool in cycling. The Kopiko Aotearoa event is an iconic route across the North Island from East Cape to Cape Egmont. INTERMISSION Try a Pure NZ Icecream from the café Comfortable (8 mins) Director Tim Pierce, NZ. A group of seven unique individuals have adopted a unique way of thinking. Using fear to feed progress, they have become comfortable being uncomfortable.

In the Theatre of the Gogs (19 mins) Director RichardOFFICIAL Sidey, NZ. GRAND BEST NZ A contemplation of art and adventure in the southernSELECTION wilds of New ZealandPRIZE by MADE FILM In the Theatre of the Gogs two Wänaka locals.

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Free Family Show Guest Speaker Mark Watson & Films Nature and the Environment OFFICIAL10.00am - Free GRANDfilms at BEST NZ Guaranteed to make you think. We enter the world of pest control, SELECTIONEdgewater Hotel,PRIZE MADE FILM Mark Watson will hit the stage! He will take us on an epic multi-year bike journey from bookings essential via the top of the Americas to the bottom. We visit the biggest and gnarliest mountain on the orchid fertilization, whale recovery and leeches. The Best Film on the the website. planet, K2 and yes, someone is going to try and ski it in our Grand Prize film of 2021. But Environment will be a controversial and thought-provoking film on the Adventure Writing School 8:30am to world’s climate emergency. Author Sarah Bennett will MC and share BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON that’s not all: American funny guys Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright go climbing in Africa and 4:30pm at theADVENTUROUS Wanaka MOUNTAIN insights from her book. This thought-provoking session exposes starkON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE we get to see some ultra-endurance bike racing. A beaut evening! Recreation Centre, see evidence of climate change, complacency and the challenges faced in page 17. 6:00pm Head over to Urban Grind for a pre-show gathering with fellow festival goers. the places where we play. A great place to grab a bite and meet up. Time: 11.00am to 2.45pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Time: 7.00pm to 11.00pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S Cost: $18 (online), $20 (at the door), youth discount $5 SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE Cost: $30 (online), $32 (at the door), youth discount $5 Awaken (25 mins) Director Georgina Craig, Switzerland, some subtitles, NZ Premiere. This is the story 7.00pm - Social Session. View the trade show and enjoy some live music. of three groups of winter adventurers, each faced with the growing impact of climate change, right in their backyard. 8.00pm - Guest Speaker Mark Watson AWARD SPECIAL BEST A Plea for Refuge (31 mins) Director Daniel Holmes, USA, NZ premiere. Two friends ENVIRONMENTAL Cycling from Alaska to Patagonia via the American Cordillera. Ever WINNER JURY AWARD FILM attempt to hike and fly paragliders across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, wondered what it’s like to spend four years on the road, travelling by north of the Arctic Circle, to gain a visceral connection with the importance of fiercely bicycle, though the hottest jungles and highest mountains of the Americas? protecting its nature. Mark will answer this question via a wide-ranging presentation covering a PUSHING 12.00 to 12.30pm INTERMISSION We’ll have some hearty, yummy soup and breadBEST available GRASS THE BOUNDARIES 45,500km cycling journey from the North Coast of Alaska to Patagonia. SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD Co-sponsored by: Edgewater Hotel and Dropping In Talk by Sarah Bennett Travel writer and radical tourism advocate Sarah shares insights from 100% Pure Future – New Zealand Tourism Renewed, a collection of essays published in the acclaimed sunday saturday INTERMISSION Try a glass of locally-made Mäori Point wine from the café BWB Text series. EPIC ADVENTURE K2: Impossible Descent (66 mins) Director Steve K2: Impossible Descent AWARD OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ Robillard, Austria, some subtitles, NZ premiere. SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM In 2018 a Polish ski mountaineer clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m to make history. Follow Andrzej Bargiel’s expedition as he OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ attempts to ski the most dangerous mountain on A Plea for Refuge 24 Leeches BEST FILMWhales in a ChangingBEST FILM ONOcean BEST FILM ON SELECTION ADVENTUROUSPRIZE MADEMOUNTAIN FILM ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE earth; K2. OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ SELECTION PRIZE MADE24 FILM Leeches (10 mins) Director Aaron Peterson, Canada. A family canoe adventure in Ontario, one part INTERMISSION (Trade show closes) family adventure, one part environmental film.

Predator Free (5 mins) Director James Haskard, NZ. What willBEST it take FILM to achieveBEST a FILM predator-free ON BEST NZ FILM by ON West Highland Way (22 mins) Director Andy ON CLIMBING ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN 2050? We look at Wanaka’s Matukituki Charitable Trust volunteersBEST to see whatSPORTSBEST makes & LIFESTYLESSNOW the oftenPEOPLE’S dirty,CULTURE Ashworth, Scotland, NZ premiere. A hardy BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE WestADVENTUROUS Highway Way MOUNTAINdifficult and tough work worthwhile. band of mountain bikers have been vying for ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE record times along the 153 km West Highland Chasing Ghosts (16 mins) Director Eric Bendick, USA, NZ premiere. Deep in remote Florida swamps, a Way, a multi-day traverse loved by walkers team of researchers is on a quest to identify the pollinator of the ghost orchid for the first time. BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE from around the world. Whales in a Changing Ocean (21 mins) Director Richard Sidey, NZ, NZ premiere.SPECIAL In BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’SAntarctica, nothing is stationary. The only constant is change.WINNER One change isJURY the AWARDrecovery FILM Of Choss and Lions (15 mins) Director Cedar SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE of the humpback whales after industrial whaling almost wiped them out. Wright, USA. Two of America’s boldest rock climbers, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright, travel INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café SPECIAL BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL to Kenya’s Mt Poi. The guys dodge choss, wild The Troublemaker (57 mins) Director Sasha Snow, USA. A blueprintWINNER for peopleJURY who AWARD are PUSHINGFILM BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM SPECIAL BEST ROOTS AWARD AWARD animals and general debauchery to claim AWARD ENVIRONMENTALsick and tired of the futility of civil discourse in combatting the climate catastrophe. Our ascents of Africa’s biggest big wall. WINNER JURY AWARD FILMvery existence depends on it. 8 9 PUSHING BESTEPIC GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLOADVENTURE FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD AWARD PUSHING BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD

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Workshop #3 Paddle, Speed-climb Planning and packing for Women in Adventure - Tara Mulvany & Films adventure film with Hello adventure gals! Our most popular quintessential Kiwi speaker Tara Mulvany returns and Bike Matinee Deane Parker, 3.00pm, Faulks Room. See page 16. with new and old adventure stories; four Aussie climbers take on Fiordland rock and weather WARNING: some scenes may cause sweating. Stay tuned for friendship, Workshop #4 with a good dose of humility; a French rock climber tries a grade 35 route; and a mix of short fun and frivolity! When adventure strikes we see comedy, curiosity and Bikepacking Deep Dive women-focused films on art, participation and running. We know you will enjoy this session! confidence carry our adventurers through. This session showcases the with Hana Black, 5.00pm, Faulks Room. See page 16. Time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm (doors open and live music from 7.00pm) limits of both literal and figurative highs and lows and some scenes will Workshop #5 Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre have the audience shaking their heads and saying, “What were they Avalanche Awareness Cost: $30 (online), $32 (at the door), youth discount $5 thinking?” Kayak Himalayan rivers, dodge COVID-19, and absolutely and Backcountry Tours with Tom Willmott, sprint up the 1000m El Capitan. 5.30pm, Edgewater Hotel. 7.30pm - Guest Speaker Tara Mulvany See page 17. Tara is a truly inspiring Kiwi adventurer. She circumnavigated both Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm Book Event #1 Stewart Island and the North Island alone by sea kayak and was part Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Words & Wine. 5:00pm, of a small team that completed the first-ever kayak circumnavigation Cost: $18 (online), $20 (at the door), youth discount $5 OFFICIALArmstrong Room.GRAND See BEST NZ SELECTIONpage 18. PRIZE MADEof FILMSvalbard in the high Arctic, often while being chased by polar bears. Tara’s most recent adventure involves traversing the Southern Alps this OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ The River Runner The Nose Speed Record The Nose Speed Record past summer. Co-sponsored by: Logic1 and Helinox SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM

BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BESTINTERMISSION FILM ON Try a glass of locally-made Mäori Point wine from the café ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Kakapo Crest (21 mins) Director Olivia Page, Australia. Four women hike deep into remote BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN Fiordland, in search of a sabre-like peak. They surrender themselves to navigating terrain ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE sunday sunday few have crossed, battle through vertical scrub, gale-force storms and dangerously loose rock, with their wit and humour carrying them through. BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM

AWARD SPECIAL BEST The River Runner (87 mins) Director Rush Sturges, USA, (not available through the Online ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD FILM FKT Festival). This powerful story of resilience and redemption follows expedition kayaker SPECIAL BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL Scott Lindgren’s twenty-year quest to become the first person to paddle the fourBEST greatFILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON WINNER JURY AWARD FILM ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE rivers that flow from Tibet’s sacred Mt. Kailash. OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM PUSHING INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD Dry Refuge (5 mins) Director Mikel Sarasola, Spain, NZ Premiere. After declaring the confinement due to PUSHING Kakapo Crest Katherine’s Marathon Par For The Course BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD the Covid 19 a health crisis, Mikel lives from day to day, immersed in enforced monotony.BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON Katherine’s Marathon (26 mins) Director Nicolas Falquet, France, subtitles, NZ premiere. ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN In Our Nature (6 mins) Director Michael Sousa, Canada. It is said that as humans we are a product of our ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE EPIC Katherine was the first Swiss climber to complete a 9A route (NZ grade 35) and she environment. There are few places in the world where organisms exhibit suchADVENTURE extraordinary measures of AWARD decided to repeat this performance in the Bernese Alps, with Jungfrau Marathon, a route EPIC tenacity, creativity and strength: British Columbia is one of them. ADVENTURE with a radically different style. AWARD The Nose Speed Record (63 mins) Director Sender Films, USA, NZ premiere, (notAWARD available SPECIAL BEST ENVIRONMENTALINTERMISSION Try a bottle of Altitude beer through the Online Festival). For decades a handful of elite climbers have competedWINNER for JURY AWARD FILM BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE the coveted speed record on the 1,000m Nose of El Capitan, risking big falls to shave mere We end the evening with an eclectic collection of short films on art, running and climbing: seconds off the fastest time. When a record held by superstar Alex Honnold is broken by Reverie (6 mins) Director Claire Wiley, USA. Par For The Course (4 mins) Director Kody Kohlman, USA. little-known climbers, Honnold calls in fellow climbing legend Tommy Caldwell to establish a new mark The Terminator (7 mins) Director Lucas Greenough, Canada, NZ Premiere. FKT (11 mins) Director Brice BEST GRASS PUSHING that will stand the test of time. THE BOUNDARIESFerré, Canada. SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD SPECIAL BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL 10 11 WINNER JURY AWARD FILM

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EPIC ADVENTURE AWARD Brought to Brought to session 8 you by: session 9 you by: monday 28 June OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ monday 28 June SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM Book Event #2 Rock, Bike-pack and Max Quinn and Snow Show Nic Low; 5.00pm, Don’t miss the Snow Show! The steep, steep faces, fast turns, sick pow and ridiculous Armstrong Room. Mountain Matinee BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BESTlines FILM ON will make you want to go skiing somewhere special. We go off the beaten track to ski, ON CLIMBINGSee page 18.ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN This session follows extraordinary humans on their personal missions SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTUREsnowboard and mono-ski the highest mountain in Canada, endure cold river snowboarding, to fulfill an intrinsic call to adventure. As they embark, we wonder who are these people, Patagonian bush bashing, and skiing in the Alps while in pandemic lockdown. Get ready for OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ what are they doing and why? Watch a world premiere of what may become a legendary winter with this smorgasbord of skiing and snowboarding treats. SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM bike race from one end of the South Island to the other, a well caffeinated Swiss climber, BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’STime: 7.30pm to 10.30pm (doors open and live music from 7.00pm) and find out who really climbed Mt Everest first. SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICEVenue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $25 (online), $27 (at the door), youth discount $5 Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ON CLIMBING ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN Cost: $18 (online), $20 (at the door), youth discount $5 Frozen in Time (16 mins) Director Matchstick Productions, USA. Three skiers travel to the greatestSPORTS & LIFESTYLES ski CULTURE AWARD SPECIAL BESTarea you’ve never heard of. Mount Cain on Vancouver Island, BC, is more than a diamond in the rough. Swissway to Heaven (56 mins) Director Guillaume Broust, France, subtitles, NZ premiere. ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD CainFILM is a family, a lifestyle and a dream. Switzerland is a true paradise for multi-pitch rock climbing. This film lets you experience the beauty and awe of five of its most iconic peaks and mountain ranges. Without a Paddle (41 mins) Directors Nick Khattar and Johan Rosen, Canada. SurrealBEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S frozen landscapes, epic paddling, deep powder riding and a lot of pain. Four intrepidSHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café PUSHINGsnowboarders head down the Columbia River in the middle of January, during one of BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARDRevelstoke’s coldest snaps in recorded history. INTERMISSION Try a glass of locally-made Mäori Point wine from the café SPECIAL BEST AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD FILM EPIC ADVENTURE OFFICIAL AWARD GRAND BEST NZ monday monday SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM

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BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN Full Circle (20 mins) Director Erich Roepke, USA, NZ premiere. A ski mountaineeringOFFICIAL expedition GRANDto a BEST NZ ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE remote peak in Chilean Patagonia. Faced with myriad challenges from leech-infestedSELECTION bogs to torrentialPRIZE MADE FILM BESTEPIC FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON rainstorms, simply reaching the base of the fabled peak is a major challenge.ON ADVENTURE CLIMBING ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN AWARD SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Metanoia (22 mins) Directors Flo Gassner and Paul Schweller, Austria, subtitles. Before COVID lockdowns begin a small team embarks on a ski touring adventure in the ÖtztalBEST Alps. FILM But the pandemicBEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE situation is worsening faster than expected. ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Mount Logan (14 minutes) Director Alex Marchesseau, France, NZ Premiere, subtitles.BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S Swissway to Heaven The Ghosts Above SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE A journey to climb Mount Logan 5959m in Canada, then ski, snowboard and monoski down South - The Tour Te Waipounamu Story (58 mins) Director Rob Dawson, NZ. Born the 3,800 metre ridge over 48 days and 700km. SPECIAL BEST BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL out of the pandemic, The Tour Te Waipounamu is the newest, and arguablyWINNER the JURY AWARD FILM INTERMISSION Try an Altitude beer from the café SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE toughest bikepacking event on the New Zealand Calendar. This documentary AWARD SPECIAL BEST Baptistina (8 mins) Director Mike Handford, NZ, NZ Premiere. Baptistina was the asteroid that killed ENVIRONMENTAL WINNER JURY AWARD FILM follows the race from Cape Farewell to the southernmost tip of the South Island, the dinosaurs. For Mike, it was the asteroid that challenged his film style. He took a podcast, cut it with while showcasing the backcountry of New Zealand. music and ran it with a ski movie filmed in Canada. BEST GRASS PUSHING SPECIAL BEST THE BOUNDARIES AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL INTERMISSION Try a Pure NZ Icecream from the café SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD The Chairlift (13 mins) Director Mike Douglas, Canada. An ode to the often overlookedWINNER JURY AWARD FILM BEST GRASS PUSHING The Ghosts Above (37 mins) Directors Jay Macmillan, Renan Ozturk, Taylor Rees, USA. device that enabled a sport, and still acts as a central pillar of ski culture to this day. THE BOUNDARIES SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD A team sets out to solve one of the greatest mysteries in exploration: who made the first ascent of Chroniques d’hiver (15 mins) Director Maxime Moulin, France, NZ Premiere, subtitles.

Mt. Everest. All the stereotypes about the mountain and its people are turnedEPIC upside down during this After ten years living in the shadows and focusing only on performance, it was time to do ADVENTURE BEST GRASS PUSHING AWARD things differently – it was time to take advantage. THE BOUNDARIES brutally honest look at the current state of affairs during one of the busiest Everest seasons in history. SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARD EPIC ADVENTURE 12 13 AWARD

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Book Event #3 Stories from the Himalaya, Peta Carey and Sam Premiere Guest Speaker Event - Masters; 5.00pm, Antarctica & Aotearoa Armstrong Room. Old Fashioned Story Telling OFFICIALSee page18. GRAND BEST NZ These astounding films follow some incredible humans on extraordinarySELECTION PRIZE MADEA festivalFILM fave: see familiar faces and famous faces, but no power points or video! Just raw journeys. We follow two paragliders across the Himalaya; Australian snowboarder Torah personal stories from five surprise adventurous speakers. The evening will conclude with three Bright from the Antarctic to the Arctic; and a paramedic caught up in the UK COVID crisis award-winning films. Take a look into the life and whenua of inspirational Kiwi surfers, check out an ex-pat Kiwi setting race records in Scotland, and watch human-powered climbing adventures who climbs as an escape. We drop everything and hit the road in searchBEST of FILM powder andBEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN adventure, and trek along the Te Araroa trail through the eyes of others.ON CLIMBING Join us forSPORTS these & LIFESTYLES CULTUREon Baffin Island. Join us to close out the 19th NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival. incredible journeys of fun, fortitude and self-discovery. Time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm (doors open and live music from 7.00pm) Time: 3.30pm to 6.30pm Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Venue: Main Auditorium, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $30 (online), $32 (at the door), youth discount $5 Cost: $18 (online), $20 (at the door), youth discount $5 BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE Lock Down Rock Up (11 mins) Director Nico Hambleton, UK. Jerome Mowat takes us through the 7.30pm - Talk: Old Fashioned Story Telling challenges he faced as a front-line paramedic during the global pandemic and how he used climbing as Intimate. Real. Anything goes. Our speakers step across the threshold and go unscripted and an escape. unsupported by notes, lecterns or audio visual equipment. This is storytelling at its unabashed best. OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ AWARD SPECIAL WitnessBEST unique stories on the theme of mountains, wild places and misadventure as they are shaped Out of Bounds (44 mins) Director Caspar Mazzotti, Australia. Follow Olympian Torah Bright ENVIRONMENTAL SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM WINNER JURY AWARD inFILM the moment. Co-sponsored by: Central Campus, Otago Polytechnic and Häwea Hotel as she journeys through the world’s longest chain of mountain ranges extending from Antarctica all the way to Alaska, riding with Jeremy Jones and freeskiing with Sammy Carlson. OFFICIAL GRAND BEST NZ INTERMISSION Try a bottle of locally-made Altitude beer SELECTION PRIZE MADE FILM

INTERMISSION Try a freshly-baked cookie from the café BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON PUSHINGMade in Aotearoa (37 mins) Directors Andy Deere and Ryan Heron, NZ. Young up-and- ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE Out of Bounds Made in Voyage SOLO FILM ROOTS AWARD AWARDcoming surfer Kehu Butler shows us his favourite spots around NZ as we learn about his tuesday tuesday family and deep connections to friends and ocean. This is the first time a NZ film has BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN won this award; EPIC! ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE

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AWARD SPECIAL BEST BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON BEST FILM BEST FILM ON BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENTAL ADVENTUROUS MOUNTAIN ADVENTUROUSWINNER JURYMOUNTAIN AWARD FILM ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE ON CLIMBING SPORTS & LIFESTYLES CULTURE PUSHING Made in Voyage (26 mins) Directors Joey Schusler and Wiley Kaupas, USA. Fancy a trip where time BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES stands still, far removed from the responsibilities, social engagements, and smartwatches of today’s Made in Aotearoa SOLO FILM ROOTSOcean to AWARD Asgard AWARD fast-paced 21st century lifestyle? To spend time in the great outdoors, making turns in untracked powder; Dawn till Dusk (20 mins) Director Matthew Girvan, UK, NZ premiere. Ex-pat ultra-runner PUSHING BEST GRASS THE BOUNDARIES a simple life, one without complication. BEST BEST SNOW PEOPLE’S BEST BESTSOLO SNOWFILM ROOTSPEOPLE’S AWARD AWARD SHORT FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICEMatt Girvan ran the 864 km Scottish National Trail in a new record of 14 days.SHORT A raw, FILM SPORTS FILM CHOICE EPIC Up and Down (21 mins) Director Dylan Moron, France, some subtitles, NZ Premiere. An arty film following personal account of the highs and lows of an ambitious solo adventure throughADVENTURE some of AWARD a group of intrepid trekkers on NZ’s 3000km Te Araroa Trail. Scotland’s wildest places, while making a film!

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EPIC EPIC ADVENTURE ADVENTURE AWARD AWARD workshops Supported by: Southern Lakes Heli-ski We run a variety of workshops at the Lake Wanaka Centre, all included free with your Festival Pass Sunday 27 June or priced as indicated if you’re attending individual events. WORKSHOP #5 Avalanche Awareness and Backcountry Tours Time: 5.30pm to 6.30pm Cost: FREE WIN spot Venue: Edgewater Hotel Conference Room, 54 Sargood Drive prizes! Saturday 26 June Supported by: Racers Edge Interested in the backcountry? Join local snowboard guide Tom Willmott to learn more about safety and avalanche awareness in the backcountry, including some of his favourite starter WORKSHOP #1 Ski and Snowboard Tuning tours and how to prepare for them. Time: 3.00pm to 4.00pm Cost: $10 Venue: Meet in the Lake Wanaka Centre foyer, no gear required The Racers Edge Tuning workshop will set you up for winter. Learn how to tune your skis or board like a professional. Cover the basics; edging, waxing, deburring and simple repairs. adventure film and writing schools Get ready for winter! An amazing opportunity to learn the art of film and word, in small groups and with industry experts. NOTE: None of these schools are included in the Festival Passes. Saturday 26 June Supported by: Treble Cone WORKSHOP #2 Carbon Offsetting for Businesses with Claire Keeling Sunday 27 June Supported by: Time: 5.00pm to 6.00pm Cost: FREE ADVENTURE WRITING SCHOOL- Experiences into Words Venue: Faulks Room, Lake Wanaka Centre Time: 8.30am to 4.30pm Cost: $75 – pre bookings essential – adults only Join the movement of tourism operators who are starting their journey of measuring, reducing Venue: Wanaka Recreation Centre, 41 Sir Tim Wallis Drive and offsetting their carbon footprints. Aotearoa has made the commitment to be net Zero Carbon by 2050, and there are major strategic advantages for tourism making the transition How do you bring wild experiences to life through words? How do you create compelling early. Claire (Ekos) is here to help demystify the carbon footprint measurement process. The narratives that make your reader feel like they’re part of the action? Join award-winning workshop will cover the importance and the advantages of understanding your business’s author, writing teacher and literary prize judge Nic Low for a day-long boot camp on how carbon footprint; how to start measuring and reducing – the information you need to collect; to take an adventure-writing project from concept to completion, with hands-on writing a sense of how much it might cost and the pathways to Zero Carbon certification; and an exercises, engaging discussions, and a huge range of tips and techniques. insight into the benefits of offsetting with ethical forest carbon. Aimed primarily at writers with some previous experience, but aspiring writers are welcome. workshops Bring a concept or project you’re working on, as well as a pen and paper. Sunday 27 June Supported by: Lumix WORKSHOP #3 Planning and packing for adventure filming with Dean Parker monday to Friday 28 June to 2 July BOOKED OUT film andfilm schools writing Time: 3.00pm to 4.00pm Cost: FREE for 2021 Venue: Faulks Room, Lake Wanaka Centre ADVENTURE FILM SCHOOL Join Lumix NZ ambassador, Deane Parker and affiliate Dylan Gerschwitz, for a 1-hour Cost: $795 workshop for aspiring adventure videographers. Delve into what to take on a lightweight backcountry trip, ideal equipment, how to carry gear, solo shooting, POV angles and more… Lumix NZ reps will be attending to answer technical questions. other events FREE FAMILY SHOWS Supported by: Cardrona Sunday 27 June The NZ Mountain Film Festival Charitable Trust invites you and your WORKSHOP #4 Bikepacking Deep Dive with Hana Black family to the free hour-long showing of films suitable for all ages (each show is the same). Adults can’t come without kids, sorry. Time: 5.00pm to 6.00pm Cost: FREE Venue: Faulks Room, Lake Wanaka Centre Venue 1: Edgewater Hotel Conference Room, 54 Sargood Drive Time: 10.00am Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27 Hana presents a look into her bike set-up and equipment. Covering weekend rides as Cost: FREE, but you must reserve seats via our web page well as months-long journeys, she will explain what she uses and why. She’ll cover bike luggage, clothing, food and cooking, tools and repairs, navigation and hydration. Hana is an Venue 2: Häwea Hotel, 1 Capell Avenue, Lake Häwea experienced cycle tourist and bikepacker, having most recently completed a 45,500km, 4-year Time: 10.00am Saturday, June 26 journey through the American continents. Cost: FREE, no need to book

1616 1717 book 3 Supported by: introducing the new zealand mountain book festival tuesday 29 June Paper Plus We’re delighted to bring you a celebration of books and literature, with a great line-up of events that include author readings and presentations, book launches, and our popular adventure writing school. Avian conservation to big-mountain cliff drops: You can buy single tickets to each show. Book events are included with your Festival Pass. Peta Carey and Sam Masters Time: 5.00pm to 6.30pm Venue: Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $20 Tamatea Dusky: the extraordinary portrait of Fiordland’s Dusky Sound with Peta Carey. book 1 Supported by: Sunday 27 June Words & Wine Mäori Point Wine Peta will guide us through a glimpse of the fascinating history of this remote fiord, which contains over 700 islands and some of the most enduring stories of conservation in NZ. The book begins with early Mäori Time: 5.00pm to 6.00pm Venue: Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $20 legend and Captain Cook’s 6-week stay in 1773 on the Resolution. It then traverses the genesis of nature With a complimentary glass of Mäori Point wine, sit back and feast your ears on spoken selections from conservation in NZ over 120 years ago before continuing through to the present-day fight for the survival of some of the best entrants in this years’ book competition. Kakapo, Kiwi and Tieke/Saddleback. The book weaves compelling tales of human endeavour and species You’ll feel the humidity as Van Watson takes you down the highland caves of Papua New Guinea in protection with stunning large-format photography, which Peta will share with us as she tells these The search for the deepest hole in the world. Smell the sea-salt and hear the paddle strokes of Lynn magnificent stories from this unique corner of Aotearoa. Paterson, who circumnavigated NZ alone by kayak in Finding Solo. Experience the gut-wrenching Tamatea Dusky won the Heritage category and was chosen as 2021 NZ Mountain Book of the Year. exposure and biting cold as Ron Hay personifies the Spirit of the Mountains: told through a lifetime of BREAK: The café will be open for a drink or a snack. Book sales and signings. summits in the Southern Alps. And finally, share the adversities and triumphs of early pioneers, hut builders, cavers, trampers and farmers from TABLELAND: The History Behind Mt Arthur, Kahurangi The story of NZ Free Skiing: A brand new visual history of powder, cliff drops and backflips with Sam Masters. National Park as read by book competition judge Rebekah White. “How did our tiny country with limited ski infrastructure spawn some of the best skiers in the world?” Finding Solo and Tableland were finalists in our 2021 book competition. Spirit of the Mountains is a world Sam Masters brings us the story of the type of skiing that launched wave after wave of ripping Kiwi skiers premiere book launch: get your copy before anyone else in the world. onto the global stage. In the resulting carnage it was often the New Zealanders who were left standing on the podium; leaving in their wake tongue-tied commentators, roaring spectators and the limp husks of their adversaries. Sam will present a quick-fire biography of 5 of NZ’s most influential skiers, with 30 Supported by: breathtaking images of some of the wildest free skiing you’ll see anywhere on the planet. book 2 monday 28 June Federated Mountain Clubs Copies of The Story of New Zealand Free Skiing will be available for sale and signing tonight, one of the first chances to grab this recently released title. From Ngäi Tahu mountain legends to -50 Celsius filmmaking:Nic Low, David Higgins and Max Quinn Category awards sponsored by: Paper Plus and Bike It Now! Time: 5.00pm to 6.30pm Venue: Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre Cost: $20 Book competition shortlist The category prizes and $1000 NZ Mountain Book of the Year award will be announced and awarded book festival A Ngäi Tahu perspective on traversing the Southern Alps with Nic Low and David Higgins. in person by our judging team during the book festival. “Our Mäori ancestors cloaked the land in stories and names. Could we use their ancient memory-maps to Mountain and adventure heritage category: navigate the mountains today? Where would we end up?” Tamatea Dusky – Peta Carey, Huts – Mark Pickering and Tableland – Ray Salisbury. book festival Tonight will be the world premiere book launch of Uprising. Author Nic Low will take us through the literal peaks and valleys of his book, about a journey that is a unique fusion of modern adventure with Mäori Mountain and adventure narratives category: A Life of Extremes – Max Quinn, Finding Solo – Lynn Paterson and Wild at Heart – Miriam Lancewood. culture and heritage. Ngäi Tahu käumatua David Higgins will join Nic to outline the traditional history of 19 Wakatipu, Te Manahuna (McKenzie Country) and Aoraki, providing a vivid and authentic context to this launch. A book event not to miss! Copies of Uprising will be available for sale tonight before anywhere else in the world.

BREAK: The café will be open for a drink or a snack. Book sales and signings. Watch for our films coming to your town this winter, or host your own show and raise funds A Life of Extremes with polar filmmaker Max Quinn. for your community More people have summited Everest than have over-wintered in Antarctica, and barely a handful have or a local cause. ventured 80km from base in the 24-hour darkness. Max Quinn has done just that, all to get never-before Also check out our captured footage of Emperor penguins shielding their precious eggs from the extreme cold. Max Quinn’s filmmaking career has taken him to the ends of the world. From NZ to Alaska and Antarctica to the Arctic, free FMC schools A Life of Extremes is a personal account of his work, with chilling narratives and compelling images that programme. bring to life 20 years of sub-zero adventures. See mountainfilm.nz A Life of Extremes was shortlisted for an award in our 2021 book competition. for locations.

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