SHAFF '12 - Environment and Culture Films

ShAFF 2012: Path Of Roses

Chasing water

Director: Peter McBride

America / 2011 / 18mins

For six million years the Colorado River has flowed from its desert source 1,500 miles to the sea - until now. Photojournalist Pete McBride sets out to follow the river of his childhood to find out how long it takes the water that irrigated his family's ranch to reach the ocean.

 

Path of roses - a girl's skiing episode in Kashmir

Director: Marcl Karp

Austria - Switzerland / 2011 / 25mins

Female free ski mountaineers meet the Himalayas. Austrian skiers Eva Walkner and Katharina Schuler explore the unique ski culture, untouched powder slopes and colourful villages of the Kashmir, a paradise for freeriders.

 

 

Sarajevo Challenge

Director: Danny Strasser

Germany / 2011 / 8mins

Not what you'd expect from an extreme adventure sports film. French daredevil Jean Yves Blondeau's first skateboard descent of Sarajevo's wartorn Olympic bobsleigh run is a surprisingly poignant film.

 

Spoil

Director: Trip Jennings

Canada / 2011 / 44mins

The rare white 'Spirit' bear lives in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia but its habitat is under threat from a proposed oil pipeline. A group of world renowned photographers and videographers teamed up to help the Gitga'at First Nation campaign to protect the forest by documenting its wildlife and culture.

 

Dates / Times

This film was last shown at Showroom on 11 Mar 2012

Gallery

  • ShAFF 2012: Path Of Roses
  • ShAFF 2012: Spoil
  • ShAFF 2012: Sarajevo Challenge
  • ShAFF 2012: Chasing Water

Fact File

Duration
120 mins