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Thursday, 24 September 2020 from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building, VUW Kelburn Campus, Wellington
Note: This event has been postponed from it's original date, due to uncertainties around COVID level 2, and the restrictions on numbers required by our venue. If you already have tickets and cannot attend the new dates, please reply to the email with your tickets to request a refund.
An award winning selection of mainly international films from the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2020 - brought to you by the combined forces of the Vic Uni Tramping Club, Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, and of course the New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival!
The River's Call
8 minutes, Director: Hugo Clouzeau, France
Follow seven kayakers through the deep canyons and challenging whitewater of the Rio Apurimac the farthest source of the Amazon in the heart of the Andes.
Allein
11 minutes, Director: Franz Walter, Germany
Follow a climber out to Greenland for a solo expedition. He leaves the small village of Kulusuk with his sea kayak. After twelve days of paddling and carrying heavy loads he reaches his basecamp at the foot of Molar Spire. Calmly, concentrated and all by himself he begins the ascent of this 500m rock face, solo.
Wetterstein Ridge
20 minutes, Director: Jakob Schweighofer, Austria, subtitles
A professional mountaineer from Germany has set the bar high. He wants to cross the entire Wetterstein Ridge non-stop without a break. 70 kilometers and 7,000 meters altitude difference of exposed and brittle ridge climbing lie before him. Mistakes are not allowed.
The KFC
29 minutes, Director: Richard Sidey, NZ.
Join five local pilots on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim to fly from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. No training, no sponsors, no worries!
Breathtaking: K2 - The World's Most Dangerous Mountain
47 minutes, Director: Adrian Ballinger, USA
K2 is known as a savage mountain that tries to kill you. But Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez aim to summit the 8611m peak without the use of supplemental oxygen. Every step of the way the team faces hazardous conditions, terrifying setbacks, and crushing misfortunes.
Lhotse
23 minutes, Director: Dutch Simpson, USA
It’s not always what we achieve that defines us, rather it is why we achieve such things that creates clarity in our existence. Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the 8,516m Mt Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world.
Total running time 138 minutes + 10 minute intermission.
Also see NZ Mountain Film Festival 2020 - Kiwi made (Wellington) on Monday, 12 August 2019 at 6:30 p.m.