Night One: NZ Pure Films-Friday 28th August 7pm
Night Two: International Awards Show-Wednesday 9th September 7pm.
Film highlights include:
*Jerry on the Jerry (10 mins) Huw Miles, NZ. World Premiere. A packrafting team makes a second attempt at a first descent of Fiordland’s remote Jerry River.
*Race Be Run (15 mins) Richard Carey & Prabhjit Sabharwal, Canada/NZ. Dressed as Superman, a man runs solo across Canadian highways to raise cancer charity funds, turning personal grief into a mission of hope.
*Project RedLine (30 mins) Matheson Brown, NZ. FESTIVAL SPIRIT AWARD. An underdog Kiwi mountaineer challenges the elite to contest a widely disputed world record.
*Alone on Makalu (22 mins) Nick Kowalski, NZ. Matthew Scholes attempts to summit the world’s fifth-highest mountain without supplementary oxygen.
*The Pole of Inaccessibility (25 mins) Danny Warley & Ned Brannigan, NZ. SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE AWARD. A paraglider embarks on a multi-day bivouac flight across the Southern Alps to reach and return from New Zealand’s most remote point.
*100 Days in Fiordland (24 mins) Dan Sutherland, NZ. BEST NZ MADE FILM. Three kayakers endure a demanding 100-day winter expedition in Fiordland National Park, sea kayaking, hunting, and seeking unexplored whitewater.
…and more!
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