Dundee Mountain Film Fest.
The main screenings of the Dundee Mountain Film Festival were on Saturday at the Bonar Hall. Arrived in good time to take my seat for the morning session which included 5 films taken from the Banff Mountain Film Festival’s World Tour, followed by a presentation from Will Gadd (adventure film maker and one of the judges at Kendal).
- Tyrol - Land in the Mountain - 10′ / Austria / 2001
- Beyond Iraq - 8′ / USA / 2005
- Ride of the Mergansers - 11′ / USA / 2004
- Grand Canyon Dreams - 15′ / Canada / 2005
- Aweberg - 27′ / Canada / 2006
- Will Gadd - ‘how we rally make adventure TV explained’
The afternoon session saw another 5 films from the Banff World Tour, plus rare some rare footage of Currie boys. Following this came a talk from Slovakian Marko Prezelj, alpenist, photographer and seeker of experiences - once of them being film Cayesh.
- Roam - 18′ / Canada /2006
- Mountaineering without Barriers - 24′ / USA / 2006
- Yes to the No - 10′ / Canada / 2006
- Cayesh - The Calling - 20′ / USA / 2006
- Didier versus the Cobra - 25′ / USA / 2006
- Yo-Yo - 10′ / Scotland / 1960
Along side the films were 3 exhibitions of images, the best of these were Peter Sandground’s photos of the HMS Gannet - Royal Navy Search and Rescue Team.