Saturday, April 5th 2008, Radical Reels Film Festival
Sunday, April 6th 2008, Banff Mountain Film Festival
Faster, steeper, higher, deeper – the Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels tour is coming to Austin

Catch the steepest and deepest in high-adrenaline outdoor sport films when the 2008 Radical Reels Tour comes to Austin on Saturday April 5th, 2008. Hurtle down steep untouched powder, feel the cold spray of stomach-dropping kayak first descents, fly high with the world’s wildest BASE jumpers, and much more in extreme mountain sports.

Growing out of the famous Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Radical Reels screens the best in action sports filmmaking, audience-tested and programmed for maximum excitement.

The Radical Reels Tour kicked off in the winter of 2004 in a limited number of special locations, and now visits about 15 states and provinces.

For more information on the Radical Reels tour, including tour locations and dates, go to: www.radicalreels.com

Hosted by Whole Earth Provision Co the Radical Reels Film Tour screens in Austin on Saturday April 5th, 2008. at The Paramount Theatre . More information is available by email at banff@wholeearthprovision.com or by phone at (512)476-4811 X52. Information is also available at any Whole Earth Provision Co. location. (see store maps for locations) Tickets will be available starting March 19th at our Austin locations and at www.gettix.net or by calling (866)443-8849 $18.50 for one night or $32 for both nights .



Sunday, April 6th 2008, Banff Mountain Film Festival

Hot on the heels of the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour has hit the road, with stops planned in more than 275 communities and 30 countries across the globe.

“The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an internationally famous event,” explains Jack Jones, co-owner of Whole Earth Provision Company. “This is a sensational opportunity for Austin. We at Whole Earth are delighted to be able to make these wonderful films available here.”

This year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking action, environmental, and adventure mountain films. Traveling from remote landscapes and cultures to up close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports, the 2007/2008 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is produced by Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre, and features award-winning films and audience favorites from approximately 300 films entered in the annual festival in Banff.

More information is available by email at banff@wholeearthprovision.com or by phone at (512)476-4811 X52. Information is also available at any Whole Earth Provision Co. location. (see store maps for locations) Tickets will be available about starting March 19th at our Austin locations and at www.gettix.net or by calling (866)443-8849 $16 for one night or $27 for both nights Plus GetTix service charge .

The screenings of The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Canada and the USA are presented by National Geographic and New Balance; sponsored by Patagonia, Deuter, OR (Outdoor Research), Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Polartec and Gore-Tex Fabrics; with support from MSR (Mountain Safety Research), Lake Louise Mountain Resort, Petzl, World Expeditions & Mountain Hardwear.

For details about the Banff Mountain Film Festival and tour or The Banff Centre, please contact – Jill Sawyer, Media & Communications Officer The Banff Centre phone: 403-762-6475 fax: 403-762-6158 email:  jill_sawyer@banffcentre.ca website:

This years film selections:

Radical Reels Film Festival, Saturday April 5th

Trial & Air

USA, 2006, 6 minutes
Directed and produced by Darrell Miller
Website: www.stormshow.com
Focus: Paragliding/Skiing
Rating: Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

“Our approach to obtaining aerial ski footage was a dangerous one: tandem paraglide over skiers as they drop into gnarly lines and exposed couloirs in the Jackson Hole backcountry. The result is environmentally friendly aerial footage, at an affordable price.” And the big daddy of them all: Matt Combs’s soon-to-be world-famous shot of a 300-foot ski-BASE jump high in the Tetons.

Swedish Meatballs

Sweden, 2007, 12 minutes
Directed and produced by Shawn Boye
Website: www.tielma.com
Focus: Bouldering
Rating: Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

Join Dylan Smith and Carl-Ola Boström on a tour of Sweden’s best bouldering. Swedish Meatballs features classic lines and first ascents, as Dylan and Kalle spend a month on the road meeting up with the boulderers who have shaped the Swedish scene.

Rock Wings

France, 2007, 3 minutes
Directed by Dominique Janiszewski
Produced by Patrice Janet
Website: www.ridetheplanets.com
Focus: Speedflying
Rating: General: No Advisory

On the Eiger and the Jungfrau in Switzerland, professional wingsuit flyers Loïc Jean-Albert, Julian Boulle, and Ueli Gegenschatz perform the closest ever flight to the ground in formation.

Light in Liquid

USA, 2007, 15 minutes
Directed and produced by Adrian Matthew Glasenapp
Website: www.creativeuv.com
Focus: Kayaking
Rating: General: No Advisory

Light in Liquid features expeditions and adventures on rivers and creeks in Colorado, Idaho, and Mexico. This kayak collage pushes the creative edge in the whitewater film genre and focuses on the process of travel, the paddlers themselves, and the world around us, just as much as it does on running waterfalls and creeks.

Sevenvision

USA, 2007, 18 minutes
Directed by Don Hampton and Aaron Chase
Produced by Don Hampton
Website: www.dh-productions.com
Focus: Mountain Biking
Rating: General: No Advisory

The Cut is an international collection of seven of the most progressive and creative mountain-bike freeriders and downhill racers in the world. Ride shotgun with the boys and follow their inaugural season as they jet-set the globe, all for the sake of having fun on their bikes.

Yamabushi

Canada, 2006, 13 minutes
Directed and produced by Will Gadd
Website: www.gravsports.com
Focus: Climbing
Rating: General: Coarse Language

This film follows Will Gadd and his climbing partners as they put up a new route on “the Yam”, as the massive rock wall in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains is affectionately called. In Will’s words, it is a “sporty sport route”: eight pitches following the big roofs and vastly overhanging sections of the wall that have not been climbed before.

Ephemere

Switzerland, 2007, 6 minutes
Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Website: www.huckandchuck.com
Focus: Multi-sport
Rating: General: No Advisory

The challenge: film and edit a five minute film by following five people performing their outdoor sports during five days. Action, humour, lifestyle – the script is totally open. In Ephemere, the athletes encounter a mysterious woman who can control time.

Lost and Found

USA, 2007, 23 minutes
Directed and produced by Todd Jones, Dirk Collins, Steve Jones, and Corey Gavitt
Website: www.tetongravity.com
Focus: Skiing/Snowbording
Rating: Parental Guidance: Coarse Language

This is the story of the extraordinary season of 2007 as seen through the eyes of world-class skiers and snowboarders. Shot entirely on 16mm and high-def, it is a testament to the terrain and conditions that only exist in the western hemisphere. The winter of 2007 was feast or famine; Lost and Found documents the feast.

Banff Mountain Film Fest World Tour Sunday April 6th

King Lines

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing

Filmed on location in France, California, Venezuela, Greece, Utah, and Mallorca, King Lines captures Chris Sharma’s most outrageous ascents and visionary projects, and explores his fascinating lifestyle as a nomadic professional climber and global citizen.

Trial & Error

People’s Choice Award for Radical Reels

Mountain biker Ryan Leech sets out to ride an incredibly difficult trail in the coastal mountains of British Columbia. With the valley slated for clearcut logging, Trial & Error combines Ryan’s extraordinary riding with his thoughts about the very special location.

20 Seconds of Joy

Best Film on Mountain Sports

People’s Choice Award

“I don’t want to die, I want to live. I’m pretty good at running away, and this is my escape!” This is how Karina Hollekim describes her dedication to BASE jumping. Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffman first met the now 30-year-old Norwegian in 2002. He immediately started to film, accompanying her through many stages of her BASE-jumping career, until it comes to a sudden stop, changing all aspects of her life.

Wings on Your Feet (Le ali ai piedi)

Switzerland, 2006, 25 minutes
Directed and produced by Fulvio Mariani
Website: www.siachen.ch
Focus: Telemark Skiing
Rating: General

John Falkiner and Paolo Tassi — two charming characters, untiring powder hunters, and free telemark interpreters — tell us about their dreams and why they have chosen skiing as their true lifestyle. Whooshing through Fulvio Mariani’s camera shots, they guide us on journeys of discovery and friendship in magnificent landscapes around the world.

Higher Ground: Mountain Photographer

USA, 2007, 8 minutes
Directed by Chris Alstrin and Alexander Lavigne
Produced by Chris Alstrin
Website: www.hg-productions.com
Focus: Climbing, Human Interest
Rating: General

Andrew Querner, a professional photographer from Canmore, Alberta, explains what drives his quest for the perfect climbing photograph. Difficulty and challenge are climbing’s chief attractions, but the objective hazards climbing presents tap deep sources of fear as well. Andrew Querner’s photography feeds on that, and explores the relationship between climbers and the mountain environment.

In-Flux

France, 2005, 17 minutes
Directed and produced by David Arnaud
Website: www.thinkliquid.net
Focus: Kayaking
Rating: Parental Guidance - No advisory

In-Flux is about the true meaning of paddling: the perpetual need to go and travel the globe with your kayak in search of the magic something you can find only on the river. Shot in Italy, Canada, Norway, and the Reunion islands, the film combines adrenaline-driven action and remarkable natural wonders.

Badgered

Best Film on Mountain Environment

The tale of a badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.

Ain’t Got No Friends on a Powder Day

Switzerland, 2007, 5 minutes
Directed and produced by Nicolas Falquet and Loris Falquet
Website: www.huckandchuck.com
Focus: Skiing
Rating: General

Loris is a “classic” freerider. Jean-Yves, however, has a more or less “accidental” style. This film draws a parallel between two styles and two approaches to the same mountain, which are otherwise worlds apart.