Even more premieres, Super Friday revealed and special festival beer in a good cause.
The
2009 Kendal Mountain
Festival is approaching fast and the latest news from the
organisers is about yet more
premieres,
Super Friday,
the
Adventure Film
Academy and, somewhat predictably,
beer...
Not only is Alastair Lee's film of Leo Houlding's Asgard project
launching on the Friday night -
trailer now online - but Kendal
also hosts the European premiere of
The
Wildest Dream - below - based on George Mallory’s Everest
expeditions - narrated by Liam Neeson with the voices of Ralph Fiennes
as Mallory, the late Natasha Richardson as Ruth Mallory, Hugh Dancy as
Sandy Irvine and Alan Rickman as Noel Odell.
There's also
Cho Oyu 1959
about the first female attempt on an 8000m peak, which ended in
tragedy. Eileen Heely shot film high on the mountain but it never saw
the light of day until now, 50 years later, Kendal sees its premiere.
Finally,
Welsh
Connections, a climbing tour through Wales with Pete
Whittaker on The Quarryman, Johnny Dawes on The Bolton Wanderer, Nick
Bullock and James McHaffie at Gogarth, Paul Pritchard back on the slate
plus Gav Symonds and Tim Emmett attempting San Simeon (E8) as a DWS.
Crux is 60ft up…
Super Friday
So what about
Friday?
Well, maybe worth booking it off as there's a lot going on with big
lectures including Steve House, Cameron McNeish, Simon Yates. Plus Andy
Kirkpatrick and Ian Parnell climb El Capitan with Major Phil Packer, an
army officer injured in Iraq. Niall Grimes talks with Jerry Moffatt
about his life and climbs, there’s the Asgard Project premiere plus the
legendary Snowsports Night.
Adventure Film Academy
Want to learn how to shoot film outdoors? Try the
Adventure Film Academy, the best value in adventure film-making
anywhere given the calibre of the course tutors – all top professionals
who have worked on BAFTA and EMMY winning films (eg Touching The Void),
for the BBC and more.
And Beer...
And last but every definitely not least, there's a special brew created
for the Festival in the shape of the Hesket Newmarket brewery’s Kendal
MRT Special. Every pint sold donates 20p to Kendal Mountain Rescue, so
it's all in a good cause.
Dates are 19-22 November with the Adventure Film Academy 16-20th.
Tickets available online or via the box office 01539 725133. Festival
details at
www.mountainfest.co.uk
