If you're still umming and arring about this year's Kendal
Mountain Film Festival, it's time to get your fest butt into gear and
make some firm decisions - there's less than two weeks to go you
know.
The full programme's now up on the Festival
web site and you can book tickets either on the site or by phone
on 01539 725133. Tickets are going fast and the organisers tell us
that they have only a few left only have a few left for 'A
Celebration of Sea Cliff Climbing', Catherine Destivelle and the
Saturday Film Pass.
The Touching The Void with Joe Simpson showings are already sold
out. Note too that there's a programme of films in the week leading
up to the festival starting from Sunday 9 November.
Post Strike The organisers have full records of all
bookings, so if tickets don't arrive in time, they can be re-issued.
Sunday November 9th
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal - 7 pm
'HIMALAYA' ' Eric Valli's epic film
Rheged, Penrith 7.30 £6.50
'THE BEST OF EVEREST FILMS'
'Everest Unmasked' ' Leo Dickinson's film of Messner and Habeler
ground breaking ascent without bottled oxygen.
'Sea to Summit' ' a Michael Dillon film. In 1990, Australian Tim
McCartney-Snape made history with the ultimate ascent, a solo journey
from Calcutta to the summit of Everest.
'ELEVATION' ' Vertical drama at the Kendal Climbing wall. Also two
performances on Sunday 8 pm & Monday at 1 pm and 8 pm.
£7.50
Wednesday 12th November
WHITE WATER, WHEELS AND BASE EVENING
Theatre, Brewery Arts Centre - Ticket £6
7:00 Introduction Simon Abrahams
7:05 Film ' '1st Base' Norwegian base jumper André Bach
and his friends jump off anything that reaches high enough to jump
from.
7:15 Film ' 'Into the Thunder Dragon' story of extreme mountain
unicyclists Kris Holm and Nathan Hoover's wild journey across the
remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan
7:20 Dave Kwant - Illustrated Lecture and his film 'Fluid
Reaction' Extreme Kayakers tour the world in search of exciting water
which at times is more than they bargained for.
8:20 Break
8:40 Film 'SAT' A short but daring composition bringing together
paragliding 'aero' tricks and images best described as sky
ballet.
8:45 Film '05 Sprung Orange' Tricks and spills on Mountain
Bikes
9:00 Saun Ellison ' 'Baffin Island BASE' - Illustrated Lecture
& Film
9:20 Film ' 'Twitch IV' Pacey kayaking combining intense action
and music into a gripping visual experience
9:50 Film ' 'True Fans' Cycling across the States in search of
the holy grail of baseball
10:20 Close
Thursday 13th November
SKI AND BOARD EVENING
Theatre, Brewery Arts Centre - ticket £6
7:00 Introduction
7:05 Film 'Cinema Vertical' A history of US ski film makers
which includes spectacular and historic footage from around the
world.
8:05 Film 'Namaste' - Dominique Perret travels to the Manali in
North India to ski at altitude. Another sumptuous and jaw opening
visual feast from the award winning ski film-maker ' the best
yet'
8:20 Break
8:40 Nigel Shepherd ' 'Off piste and Ski Touring in the Alps' -
Illustrated Lecture
9:25 Film 'The Old Rock' A snowboarding journey through
Scotland.
9:40 Film 'Kingsize' Snowboard film featuring Europe's top
snowboard
10.00 Close
