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This collection is being screened at Penrith. To purchase tickets and for more details, click Here.
Sit back and enjoy a jam-packed collection of some of our favourite Kendal Mountain Festival films from the archives! These are the ones with all the emotion, the full stomach-dropping, eye-popping experience from our extensive Festival back-catalogue!
Surf Cuba
Jacob Oster
Inside the communist country of Cuba exists a small but passionate community of surfers who, due to a lack of economic opportunity and governmental support for the sport, number no more than 150. This film colourfully documents the Cuban surf community's struggles and how they overcome them in order to pursue their passion–Cubans don't think about the problem, they think about the solution.
USA/14’
Life on the Rocks
George Pretty
At the mouth of the Firth of Forth sits and ancient volcanic island, home to the worlds largest colony of Gannets; The Bass Rock. For three years from 1960, June Nelson and her late husband Bryan called it their home, intimately studying the birds and their behaviours. June reflects on their time together and the catastrophic loss of global seabird populations in the years since.
UK/20’
Song for the Nomad
Ben Sturgulewski
Kyrgyzstan's capital city, Bishkek, is a modern whirlwind of sight and sound. But in a concert hall in the heart of the city, the keys of a lone piano carry out of the chaos and into the timeless Celestial Mountains beyond. Into a world of horsemen and shamans, and young souls brought to life in the heart of nature. A tale of two worlds, together they play the song of the nomad-- a requiem for a time gone by.
USA/7’
Safety Third
Cedar Wright, Taylor Keating
Brad Gobright is beyond bold. From his runout and poorly protected trad climbs to his unimaginable free solos, watch as Gobright recovers from a back breaking fall and attempts some of the hardest ascents of his career.
USA/30’
This Land
Chelsea Jolly, Whit Hassett
Runner and advocate Faith E. Briggs used to run through the streets of Brooklyn every morning. Now she’s running 150 miles through three of our National Monuments that lay in the thick of the controversy around public lands. She will be accompanied by running companions - who represent diverse perspectives in what it means to be a public land owner.
USA/10’
The Frozen Road
Ben Page
Shot and edited whilst cycling around the world, this short film charts my winter journey into the Canadian Arctic as I completed my bike ride up the American continent. Compelled by Jack London’s assertion, that ‘any man who is a man can travel alone’, I sought an adventure of perfect solitude. Yet, as I came to realise, the harsh truths of travelling in such a formidable environment were a long way from the romanticisms of Jack London’s descriptions. The Frozen Road is an honest reflection on my solo trip; of the wonder, terror and frustration I experienced when riding through the unforgiving emptiness of one of the world's 'last great wildernesses'.
UK/25’
Dead Last
Dylan H Brown
An inspirational short film that follows a young woman with one hand through her journey of overcoming self-limiting beliefs and attending the paraclimbing world championships.
USA/8’