The 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival took place last week and amongst the winners were several British filmmakers and writers in the prestigious annual film and book competitions.
© Jon Griffith - Alpine Exposures
Winning the Creative Excellence Award was Rosie Reed Hillman with Cailleach - a portrait of 86 year-old Morag living alone with her sheep on the Isle of Harris.
Receiving a Special Jury Mention for Operation Moffat were Jen Randall and Claire Carter, a film inspired by the colorful climbing life of Britain’s first female mountain guide Gwen Moffat.
In the book competition, Jon Griffith's excellent photo book Alpine Exposures won the Mountain Image category prize, and Lake District Rock by Wired Guides and members of the FRCC Guidebooks Committee took home the Guidebook prize. Ed Douglas' article in Alpinist magazine 'Crazy Wisdom' - a reflection on the Himalaya and the effects of modern day adventure tourism in the area - won in the Mountaineering Article category.
A Special Jury mention was given to Keith Partridge for The Adventure Game: A Cameraman's Tales from Films at the Edge, an account of filmmaking in the outdoor industry.
© Wired Guides/FRCC
Banff Mountain Film Competition 2015 Winners
GRAND PRIZE
The Great Alone
CREATIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Cailleach
BEST FILM: EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE
The Great Alone
BEST FILM: MOUNTAIN CULTURE
Sherpa
BEST FILM: CLIMBING
A Line Across The Sky
BEST FILM: MOUNTAIN SPORTS
Chasing Niagara
BEST FILM: SNOW SPORTS
Eclipse
BEST FILM: MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL HISTORY
Hadwin's Judgement
BEST SHORT MOUNTAIN FILM
The Important Places
BEST FEATURE-LENGTH MOUNTAIN FILM
K2: Touching the Sky
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Unbranded
RADICAL REELS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Showdown at Horseshoe Hell
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Operation Moffatt
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Overburden
- More information on the winners here.
© Jen Randall
2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition Awards
GRAND PRIZE
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
ADVENTURE TRAVEL
Drawn: The Art of Ascent by Jeremy Collins
MOUNTAIN FICTION & POETRY
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
MOUNTAIN & WILDERNESS LITERATURE - NON FICTION - THE JON WHYTE AWARD
The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre by Kelly Cordes
MOUNTAIN IMAGE
Alpine Exposures by Jon Griffith
GUIDEBOOK
Lake District Rock by Members of the FRCC Guidebooks Committee
MOUNTAINEERING ARTICLE
Crazy Wisdom by Ed Douglas, Alpinist
MOUNTAINEERING HISTORY
Alpine Warriors by Bernadette McDonald
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
The Adventure Game: A Cameraman’s Tales from Films at the Edge by Keith Partridge
- More information on the winners here.
© Keith Partridge
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