Mountainfilm 2014

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Welcome to the 36th edition of Mountainfilm in Telluride When I first came to Mountainfilm, I had the honor of meeting the late, great twentieth century explorer Norman Vaughan who wheeled around Telluride full of vim and vigor. I think Vaughan – who died in 2005 and would have been 109 this year – would be pleased to see how many fellow totally rad oldsters we have in town for the festival this year.

The wondrous Katie Lee (age 94) returns once again to Mountainfilm and is featured not in one but two films (DamNation and Wrenched) about her undying opposition to the Glen Canyon Dam. Mending the Line tells the tale of Frank Moore (age 91), a World War II veteran who returns to fish a river in France where he battled Nazis more than 70 years ago. Magician James “the Amazing” Randi (age 86), who is the title character in An Honest Liar, has spent his career doing something unusual for a prestidigitator – exposing the truth about the mentalists, psychics and others he considers charlatans.

These wise ones are joined by the Great Old Broads for Wilderness, who thoughtfully suggested our 2014 Moving Mountains Symposium theme of wilderness. The Broads, who have worked tirelessly and passionately on this issue, felt, quite correctly, that it was the right way for us to honor the golden anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Enacted in 1964, the Wilderness Act is a relative spring chicken at the age of 50, but the forwardthinking law ensures that vast tracts of American wilderness will be kept pristine forever, an invaluable legacy.

Also invaluable is what we can learn from the many remarkable seniors in Telluride this Memorial Day weekend, who also include Linda Halpern, a civil rights activist from the 1964 Freedom Summer; author Jared Diamond (age 77); and the seemingly ageless Peter Yarrow (age 75) who will perform a musical tribute to the late Nelson Mandela and Pete Seeger (p.71). Their indomitable spirit, wisdom and eternal passion are embodied by something Norman Vaughan often said, “Dream big and dare to fail.”

A lesson for all of us, young and old.

—David Holbrooke, festival director

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Low Impact

We continue efforts to decrease our carbon footprint and thank you for bringing your own coffee mug, dishes and tableware to festival-sponsored events. If you are in need of reusable items, go to the Mountainfilm Store at BootDoctors & Paragon Outdoors (info below).

New this Year Outdoor Programs

Last year, we expanded our popular Coffee Talks into happy hour with Booze & Banter. With the 2014 theme of wilderness, we want to get people outdoors. Check out page 84 for information about the new Wilderness Walks & Talks program.

Queue Buskers

We’ve gathered a cadre of musicians, entertainers and jokesters to rove and entertain people in theater lines.

Fewer Turn-Aways

In 2013, we decreased the number of turnaways from all theaters by approximately 15 percent. Getting people into the theaters of their choice continues to be our numberone priority.

The Mountainfilm Store Smartphone App

We’ve got a slick new way to check whether Q’s are still available at theaters: an app that reports real-time seat availability. Search for “Telluride Mountainfilm” in your mobile app store to download it, or go to www.mountainfilm.org. This app will also display descriptions of films and presentations, the festival schedule, events and other program information.

Hospitality & Communications Location

Pick up your pass and build a strategy for how to navigate the festival at the new Hospitality located at the Sheridan Opera House.

Check the map (page 99) for locations.

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Official Mountainfilm apparel is available at BootDoctors & Paragon Outdoors at 213 West Colorado Avenue or at their Oak Street location across from the Camel’s Garden.

Theater Lines

All theaters have two lines: 1) pass holders and ticket holders and 2) ticket buyers. Pass and ticket holders are admitted first; additional tickets are sold for $25 if seats are still available. Queue early, especially at the smaller theaters: Sheridan (230 seats), Nugget (186), Masons (120) and The Library (65). The back of your pass lists any restrictions.

The Q System

When lines start to form, theater staff will issue Q tickets. If you see these numbered slips of paper being handed out, get one.

The lower the number, the more likely it is that you’ll get into the theater, but Q’s do not guarantee a seat; they merely let the staff know your place in line to prevent others from cutting in front of you. If you do not enter the theater when your number is called, you will wait until the entire line has been let into the theater.

Individual Tickets

Individual program tickets ($25) go on sale after all pass holders have been admitted to the theater.

Getting Around the Gondola and the Goose

All theaters are reachable by foot, bicycle or gondola – which runs between Telluride and Mountain Village from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. On Saturday during the festival, gondola hours will be extended until 1:00 a.m. Telluride’s shuttle bus, the Galloping Goose, runs a loop through Telluride every 10 minutes. In Mountain Village, dial 970.728.8888 during Gondola hours for Dial-A-Ride services within town limits.

All of these options are free of charge.

Airport Shuttle

Telluride Express provides ground transportation between Telluride and area airports: 888.212.TAXI.

Go to Events (page 75) for parties and other special gatherings.

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[Chuck building the Via Ferrata] photo by Anton Viditz-WArd

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872 Saddlehorn Lane is a classic log home loOur Mission

Mountainfilm is dedicated to educating, inspiring and motivating audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving, adventures worth pursuing and conversations worth sustaining.

Mountainfilm on Tour

Throughout the year, we take films from the festival around the world, sharing singleevent and multi-day shows. Hosted by a wide variety of organizations, we reach nearly 40,000 people annually in over 100 locations on five continents.

Mountainfilm Commitment Grant

This program awards up to five $5,000 grants annually – along with a MacBook Pro – to filmmakers, photographers, artists and adventurers whose projects are intended to move audiences to action on important issues.

Movies that Matter: Mountainfilm in the Classroom

We believe that children are the most important audience that we can reach, and we do this by collaborating with our Mountainfilm on Tour hosts in K-12 schools across the country, where we offer free screenings of festival films that are supported by customized educational materials.

Mountainfilm on TV

Mountainfilm has a prime-time television show on the Outside Television cable network. If Outside Television serves your community, don’t miss it. If you don’t have access, go to www.outsidetelevision.com to request Mountainfilm in your home.

Mountainfilm Online

Thanks to the team at VentureWeb, we’ve built a dynamic site that offers films, updates on our remarkable guests and timely blogs about noteworthy subjects. Visit www.mountainfilm.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for other daily updates.

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We continue to refine and sharpen our tradition of reducing the festival’s impact to as near zero waste as possible. Please help us: Bring your own reusable plates, bowls, cups, mugs and utensils to festival events, and please don’t use single-purpose plastic bags, bottles or containers.

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14.c George Knowles (FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: George Knowles, Connie Lightner & Kai Lightner

Climbers all have a story about how they got started, and 14-year-old Kai Lighter’s introduction is particularly striking – and not only because he’s a brilliant climber. Much like Tiger Woods in golf or the Williams sisters in tennis, he could change the demographics of climbing. This film, directed

by Telluride’s George Knowles, isn’t about race, however, it’s about family. His single mother has become his regular belay partner, one who also makes sure that he maintains straight A’s in school. It’s clear that she wants what’s best for her son, and if that means spending hours with her hands on a belay device and her neck craned upward, so be it.

–DH (USA, 2014, 9 minutes)

64 mph Brett Shreckengost (SATURDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SUNDAY, 6:30 P.M., SOH; MONDAY, 11:00 A.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: George Hope

WORLD PREMIERE The San Joaquin Couloir – a narrow chute that plunges gracefully down the face of San Joaquin Peak – is one of Telluride’s most iconic backcountry lines. Greg Hope – a home-grown skier who has shredded the San Juan Mountains to pieces – is one of the town’s best-known rippers. In 64 mph, the two meet for one sloughdodging, high-velocity descent.

–KK (USA, 2014, 3 minutes)

Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory Michael RossatoBennett (FRIDAY, 7:15 P.M., HC; SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M., HC)

When filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett learned that a clip of his work-in-progress film Alive Inside had leaked and gone viral on the Internet, he was – surprisingly – thrilled.

He’d spent the previous three years following social worker Dan Cohen, a man who devotes his life to rehabilitating Alzheimer’s patients through music. The viral leak had an immediate and palpable effect on Cohen’s work, increasing awareness, raising funds and opening doors that had been closed previously. For Cohen – whose mission is to bring personalized music to as many senior citizens as possible – the obstacles are large, but not insurmountable, thanks in part to this film, which won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at Sundance in 2014 and will lift your heart to the ceiling.

–EL (USA, 2014, 73 minutes)

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Born to Fly Catherine Gund The Apothecary Helen Hood Scheer (SATURDAY, 9:00 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 6:00 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Don Colcord

Nucla, Colorado, just an hour’s drive from Telluride, has seen hard times ever since the U.S. uranium industry collapsed in the late 1970s. It’s a hardscrabble town, where the folks who haven’t fled barely eke out a living. One oasis of activity is The Apothecary Shoppe, the sole pharmacy within 4,000 square miles. The owner, Don Colcord, gamely occupies multiple roles as druggist, surrogate doctor, life counselor and community benefactor. Colcord’s sanguine public persona, however, belies a long-suffered private pain for which there is no drug, no cure and no relief.

–PK (USA, 2013, 18 minutes)

A Beautiful Waste Jon Kasbe (SATURDAY, 8:15 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 8:30 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Steve Duncan & Jon Kasbe

We last saw Steve Duncan in Telluride in 2011 with his award-winning film Undercity, where he explored way below and way above New York City. In A Beautiful Waste, he journeys down to the core of the Big Apple to wander its sewers. Of course this exploit offers its share of nastiness, but there’s also something – as the title implies – beautiful in these adventures.

–DH (USA, 2012, 6 minutes)

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IN PERSON: Hope Clark & Elizabeth Streb

Elizabeth Streb believes humans can walk on walls, hover in space and fly. And she proves it. Streb is a choreographer who defines herself as a wildly extreme action architect. The heart and soul of Streb’s dance is closer to the philosophy of climbers and BASE jumpers than you might imagine. What these disciplines have in common is a theory of movement based on the inspiration to defy gravity.

Born to Fly asks: Can adrenaline be a form of medicine? When does movement become art?

What does it take for humans to fly? Profiling Streb and several of the dancers in her Extreme Action Company, filmmaker Catherine Gund shows a group of individuals who do not accept limitations in what the human body can do.

–EL (USA, 2014, 83 minutes)

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Catch It Sarah Menzies (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Sarah Menzies

Castles In The Sky Ben Moon (SATURDAY, 12:30 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 9:30 A.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Ben Moon

As climber Sonnie Trotter establishes a stunning 5.14 route on Castle Mountain in the Canadian Rockies, this short film digs deeper into his motivations, which flow from a place of creativity and allconsuming passion.

–KK (USA, 2013, 5 minutes)

Though she grew up chasing surf in the warm waters of southern France, Lea Brassy’s nomadic lifestyle has led her to Northern Norway, where frigid waves crash into a rugged coastline and mountains rise straight up from the sea. Finding simplicity and an appealing balance between nature and humanity, she parks her van for awhile to connect with the landscape.

Fishing, climbing and surfing in a thick wetsuit, even while the snow falls around her, Brassy reminds us that living simply is living fully.

–KK (USA/Norway, 2013, 10 minutes)

Coming Home Aly Nicklas Cold Rolled Aaron Peterson (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Aaron Peterson

In recent years, Telluride has seen a spate of fat bike riders.

Strike that. In recent years, Telluride has seen a spate of bicyclists who ride bikes with super fat tires, some as wide as 4.5 inches. These bikes navigate winter trails that have long been the sole province of skiers and snowshoers.

Cold Rolled captures this sport with footage from near Lake Superior, where the long winters make for great fat biking.

–DH (USA, 2013, 20 minutes)

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(FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Aly Nicklas

Aly Nicklas grew up in Alaska, two blocks from the lifts of Alyeska. She quit high school and moved to the mountains of Colorado to pursue her lifelong dream of competitive snowboarding. But by 2004, at the age of 21, she had suffered at least 10 concussions. The symptoms were stacking up: memory problems, seizures, depression and trouble speaking. So she put her board away. Eight years later, she strapped on a board and helmet and returned to the slopes. This short film explores what it felt like to return to her first love.

–KK (USA, 2014, 3 minutes)

Common Ground Alexandria Bombach (SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Alexandria Bombach

WORLD PREMIERE The fight to preserve wilderness is not waged by just woolyheaded radicals and bleedingheart intellectuals. It’s an issue with advocates on all sides, including hard-working, downto-earth farmers, ranchers and guides in Montana, where the controversial Heritage Act – designed to identify new wilderness and manage nonwilderness lands – has pitted neighbor against neighbor.

–PK (USA, 2014, 16 minutes)

Creative Compulsive Disorder Stormy Pyeatte (SUNDAY, 4:15 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Stormy Pyeatte

A fatal hiking accident in Ouray, Colorado, cut Zina Lahr’s artistic life short. Shot as a video for her portfolio, this short film now serves as a fitting tribute to a creative who will continue to touch people with her effervescent nature and work.

–DH (USA, 2014, 6 minutes)

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DamNation Ben Knight & Travis Rummel (FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC)

IN PERSON: Ben Knight, Mikal Jakubal, Katie Lee, Travis Rummel & Matt Stoecker

When Floyd Dominy, the longtime commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, died in 2010, The Washington Post referred to him as a “Big Dam Builder and Public Servant.”

After watching DamNation, the first assessment is clear, but the second is questionable.

Dominy is the clearest villain in this tale that explains how so many of America’s free-flowing rivers were dammed. Luckily, the story has many heroes as well, including Mikal Jakubal, who stealthily painted massive cracks on dams. His bold acts of “artivism” helped kickstart a national movement to end the bottling up of rivers. The film captures this narrative, along with astonishing footage from its intrepid co-director, Telluride’s Ben Knight (Red Gold and Eastern Rises, Mountainfilm 2008 and 2010), who camouflaged himself to get extremely close – the law would definitely say too close – in order to film the explosive demolition of Condit Dam in Washington state.

Getting up close is what the best documentaries do, and Knight and his team took that risk – and many others – to make this dazzling documentary.

–DH A 2011 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant recipient (USA, 2014, 85 minutes)

Dear Governor Hickenlooper Stash Wislocki

Dubai – A Skier’s Journey Daniel Irvine & Jordan Manley

(SATURDAY, 9:15 A.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 6:00 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Shane Davis, Stash Wislocki & Allison Wolff

WORLD PREMIERE Inspired by the 2013 Mountainfilm selection Dear Governor Cuomo, this compiling by Colorado creatives follows Shane Davis (a.k.a.

The Fractivist) as he guides us through a series of vignettes.

These stories were collected from the state’s filmmakers, farmers, skiers, activists and concerned citizens and use both science and emotional appeal to explain why fracking is problematic in Colorado.

This confident and brash film incorporates work from some previous Mountainfilm contributors, including Suzan Beraza (Bag It and Uranium Drive-In, Mountainfilm 2009 and 2013), Alexandria Bombach (“MoveShake” series and Common Ground, page 19), Pete McBride (Chasing Water and The Water Tower, Mountainfilm 2011 and 2013), Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Ice, Mountainfilm 2012) and Scott Upshur (The Local’s Bite, Mountainfilm 2012).

–EL (USA, 2014, 65 minutes)

Desert Ice Keith Ladzinski (FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Keith Ladzinski

With its towering sandstone walls, scurrying lizards and desert sun, Zion National Park isn’t a famed ice climbing destination. But during winter’s coldest days, if the conditions are right, ice can form inside its deep, shadowy slot canyons, creating frozen pitches amid incredible red rock formations.

In Desert Ice, climbers Scott Adamson and Jesse Huey set out in search of Zion ice.

What they discover is a rowdy adventure of bushwhacking and runouts, ice runnels and sandstone, snowfall and chimneys and, in the end, glorious ice.

–KK (USA, 2014, 6 minutes)

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(FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

A desert oasis beckons. Is it a mirage, or is that really a chairlift? Talented filmmakers Jordan Manley and Daniel Irvine has been following skiers around the globe for years for their series “A Skier’s Journey,” but in this episode, they’ve stumbled across a strange location for rippers.

Ski Dubai is a small hill with a 200-foot vertical rise that’s built into a luxury shopping mall in the largest sand desert on the planet. Massive air-conditioning fans whir to cool the single slope, while temperatures outside soar above 100 degrees.

But the benefits entice: a collection of quirky regulars, year-round turns and predictable conditions.

–EL (Canada, 2013, 10 minutes)

Duke and the Buffalo Alfredo Alcántara & Josh Chertoff (SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 6:00 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Duke Phillips & Alfredo Alcántara

Duke is a cowboy. The buffalo are part of the largest conservation herd of bison in the United States. Every year, Duke organizes a roundup of theses buffalo to inspect the health of the herd and yield income to sustain the Nature Conservancyowned ranch where the buffalo roam. It turns out that bison aren’t as easily herded as cattle, and a lot of cowboy mettle gets tested every year. Taken right into the action by filmmaker Alfredo Alcantara, we can all be thankful that we’re mounted atop nothing friskier than a theater seat when the thunder of the stampede turns our way.

–PK (USA, 2013, 16 minutes)

Emptying the Skies Douglas Kass & Roger Kass (SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 11:45 A.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: Roger Kass & Andrea Rutigliano

Just as The Cove (Mountainfilm 2009) exposed the tragic slaughtering of the dolphins of Taiji, Emptying the Skies serves European migratory songbirds with a similar purpose. Fighting the good fight against the poachers who slaughter the birds to sell to chefs are fearless activists and the novelist Jonathan Franzen, a devoted amateur ornithologist whose story in The New Yorker inspired this documentary by brothers Douglas and Roger Kass.

–DH (USA, 2014, 78 minutes)

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The Fortune Wild Ben Gulliver E-Team Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman (FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 4:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Ross Kauffman

Human rights crises can erupt so suddenly that they catch people off-guard. That’s where the Emergencies Team – or E-Team – of Human Rights Watch comes in. They are tasked with uncovering evidence that will show the rest of the world what actually takes place in such hotspots as Libya or, most recently, Syria. In this trenchant documentary, filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman (Born into Brothels, Mountainfilm 2005) follow four members of this squad of human rights investigators into one hell hole after another to expose the searing truth. In the process, we learn that there are staggeringly brave men and women who go to the front lines to preserve the human rights of countless people they never meet.

–DH (USA, 2014, 88 minutes)

(SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

If Wes Anderson were inspired to make a surf film, it might look like The Fortune Wild.

Borrowing from Anderson’s signature style, director Ben Gulliver creates a witty and light-hearted film about a beautiful wild area – Haida Gwaii, a chain of wave-swept, lushly forested islands off the British Columbia mainland.

Surfing, camping and foraging for food on the unspoiled beaches, three surfers step away from the modern world and into a quieter – and quirkier – existence that is both more attuned and self-sufficient.

–EL (Canada, 2014, 22 minutes)

Freedom Summer Stanley Nelson (SATURDAY, 9:45 A.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 11:45 A.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Linda Halpern & Cyndee Readdean

In the summer of 1964, the Civil Rights Movement was active in Mississippi, where hundreds of activists were trying to register black voters across the state. Freedom Summer – a sequel of sorts to Freedom Riders (Mountainfilm 2010), which was also directed

by Stanley Nelson – tells the story of that tumultuous summer, looking closely at the brave men and women – including Linda Halpern – who risked or lost their lives in the effort to make a fundamental change. This documentary also explains the larger national situation as President Johnson, pressured by the summer’s events, addressed the systemic racism prevalent in both political parties.

–DH (USA, 2013, 113 minutes)

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The Grand Rescue William A. Kerig, Meredith Lavitt & Jenny Wilson (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 12:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Meredith Lavitt & Jenny Wilson

Mountain rescue is always a risky proposition, so those who are attracted to the job tend to be strapping, young and full of verve – and nerve.

This was definitely the case in 1967, when a group of seven national park rangers in the Grand Tetons risked their lives to save an injured climber. On August 22, Gaylord Campbell was climbing the north face of the Grand Teton with a friend when a boulder broke free and showered them with rocks, leaving Campbell with compound fractures. During the rescue attempt, which took three days, Campbell was critical of the methods and decisions made by his saviors every turn of the way. The Grand Rescue tells this legendary story for the first time in film. Several park rangers from the rescue will speak after the screening.

–EL (USA, 2013, 53 minutes)

The Guardians Andy Maser & Jenny Nichols (SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Jenny Nichols & Jeffrey Parrish

WORLD PREMIERE Fighting threats of poaching, habitat destruction and the instability of new national independence, a community in Namibia must protect the exceptional local wildlife and surrounding natural environment. Sustainable wildlife tourism is essential to their survival, but frustrated farmers often shoot a lion that kills livestock. Residents take conservation efforts into their own hands, assuming personal responsibility to protect the freeroaming lions and other wildlife.

–EM (USA/Namibia, 2014, 6 minutes)

Harvest of Shadows Matt Black (FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 12:00 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Matt Black

In the lush and fertile farmland of California, thousands of undocumented laborers find themselves between a rock and a hard place, working illegally with forged paperwork and earning an average of only $12,000 per year. A poignant snapshot of what it means to live as a migrant worker, Harvest of Shadows gives a face to the nameless.

–EM (USA, 2013, 8 minutes)

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High Tension Zachary Barr, Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell & Nick Rosen (SUNDAY, 9:45 A.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Conrad Anker, Aaron Huey, Zachary Barr, Nick Rosen & Norbu Tenzing

In the spring of 2013, “The Swiss Machine” Ueli Steck set out to climb Mount Everest and then neighboring Lhotse without oxygen. But he and climbing partner Simone Moro ended up in an ugly confrontation with some Sherpas who were fixing lines on the route. The fight spilled into Camp 2, culminating in a group of Sherpas attacking the two European climbers with rocks. In High Tension, Sender Films, which was embedded with Steck, digs into the Everest clash, an incident with an added dimension after an avalanche killed 16 Sherpa guides on April 18, 2014. After the screening, there will be a conversation about the complicated relationship between the Sherpa people and the climbing community with alpinist Conrad Anker; photographer Aaron Huey, who is working on a story about the Sherpas for National Geographic magazine; Sender Films principal Nick Rosen; and Norbu Tenzing, the vice president at the American Himalayan Foundation and son of Tenzing Norgay, who summited Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.

–KK (USA, 2013, 36 minutes)

An Honest Liar Tyler Measom & Justin Weinstein (SATURDAY, 3:45 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 9:15 A.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: Tyler Measom & James “The Amazing” Randi

James “The Amazing” Randi became a world-famous magician and escape artist by studying the art of illusion employed

by Harry Houdini and other master magicians. When Randi saw these techniques used by spoon benders, faith healers and mentalists to extract money from innocent people, he was outraged and appeared regularly on television programs to debunk what he considered phonies of the lowest kind. Truth and deception – hallmarks of Randi’s life – take on a new meaning, however, when he has to fight a different battle, one that involves the law and his partner.

–DH (USA, 2014, 84 minutes)

A Life Well Lived | Jim Whittaker & 50 Years of Everest Eric Becker

Isle de Jean Charles Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee (FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC)

IN PERSON: Adam Loften & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

WORLD PREMIERE In the next two years, the Isle de Jean Charles is expected to flood and be lost to sea, but the resilient inhabitants on this tiny southern Louisiana island would tell you otherwise. In this short film, the last dauntless residents of this community contemplate their heritage and permanence as their kingdom quietly slips away.

–EM (USA, 2014, 10 minutes)

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The Karsts of China Keith Ladzinski (FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Keith Ladzinski & Cedar Wright

WORLD PREMIERE Sprinkled across the vast country of China are pockets of geologic wonder: surreal forests of limestone fins, monumental arches and slender towers that reach into the sky. In The Karsts of China, climbers Cedar Wright, Emily Harrington and Matt Segal and National Geographic photographer Carsten Peter spend a month roaming the country, seeking otherworldly formations and unclimbed routes in an exploration of wild and incredible landscapes.

–KK (USA, 2014, 7 minutes)

The Last Season Sara Dosa (SATURDAY, 12:30 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 9:30 A.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Sara Dosa & Josh Penn

Mushrooms are a strange and mysterious species, whose infinitesimal filament roots can go dormant for many seasons until growing conditions become just right. No less odd and unfathomable are humans, whose emotional lives can revive after unimaginable affliction when a nourishing environment presents itself. This film, awarded a 2013 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant, explores the touching relationship between two mushroom hunters: one a Vietnam vet approaching his final days, the other a Cambodian exile conscripted as a child into slave labor for the Khmer Rouge.

–PK A 2013 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant recipient (USA, 2014, 81 minutes)

(FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 12:00 P.M., HC)

For Jim Whittaker, the first American to stand atop Mt. Everest, a life well lived means stepping outside of his comfort zone regularly. “Trials, tribulations and a few scars,” he says, are all parts of learning the real meaning of life. And what taking risks didn’t teach, he learned from the natural world – from the awe and humility it inspired. This short film is long on wise words from a great American hero who has participated in Mountainfilm twice (2009 and 2013).

–PK (USA, 2013, 4 minutes)

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THE FILMS

Living Wild Eric Valli The Lion’s Mouth Opens Lucy Walker (FRIDAY, 7:15 P.M., HC; SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M., HC)

In 2010, filmmaker Lucy Walker brought to Mountainfilm the unforgettable story of Vik Muniz, the Brazilian artist in Wasteland.

In 2011, she captured the personal impact of the tsunami in Japan (The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom). And last year, she screened The Crash Reel, which shows the uphill struggle of snowboarder Kevin Pearce as he recovers from a traumatic brain injury. This year, Walker is back with her lens trained on Marianna Palka, an appealing young woman on the verge of finding out whether or not she has Huntington’s disease, which has symptoms much like a brutal mix of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Walker’s access and sensitivity to her subject is remarkable – as is the resulting film.

–DH (USA, 2014, 16 minutes)

(SATURDAY, 9:30 A.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Lynx Vilden

Lynx Vilden’s goal before she turns 50 is unusual: She wants to take a community of individuals into the wilderness for one year to live as our ancestors did thousands of years ago – metal, plastic and glass to be replaced by leather, wood and stone. Forget Paleo. The challenges of that diet pale in comparison to Vilden’s vision.

Living Wild tells the story of one season of her project, documenting a small group of students learning how to live together in the wilderness. This is no sensational project for the Discovery Channel or even National Geographic, both of whom she turned down for the rights to film her work. Vilden’s project is filled with heart and passion that cannot be distilled into soundbites or reality television. With a focus on community building and a deep respect for the gifts of the world that are all around us, Vilden embodies wild.

–EL (USA/France, 2011, 52 minutes)

Love in the Tetons Amy Marquis (THURSDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC, SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Amy Marquis, Juan Martinez & Vanessa Martinez

Juan Martinez grew up in urban Los Angeles, but when he stepped off a bus in Grand Teton National Park in 1999 and saw the stars for the first time, he knew his life would be in the outdoors. He became an emerging explorer for National Geographic and in 2012, met Vanessa Torres, a Grand Teton park ranger from a family of Mexican-American migrant workers. This short film tells the story of their love for the park and growing romance with each other.

–EL (USA, 2014, 10 minutes)

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Marmato Mark Grieco (SATURDAY, 6:30 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 12:00 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Mark Grieco & Stuart Reid

The small town of Marmato perches precariously on the slope of a mountain in Columbia riddled with primitive gold mines. For 500 years, the community has sustained its economy by drilling and dynamiting the mountain’s rich veins, barely denting the estimated $20 billion of reserves.

Over the past several years, a Canadian corporation has bought out nearly all of the local mining interests and promoted a plan to level the mountain – and town of Marmato – with an enormous open-pit mine. Filming with unusual care and access over six years, 2012 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant recipient Mark Grieco delivers a powerful elegy for a traditional community besieged by forces that spin inexorably beyond its control.

–PK A 2012 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant Recipient (USA, 2013, 87 minutes)

Marshland Dreams John Antonelli & Will Parrinello (SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 12:15 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Azzam Alwash

Once the largest ecosystem in the Middle East, and the rich homeland of Sumerians for millennia, the Mesopotamian Marshes were destroyed systematically by Saddam Hussein so that they couldn’t shelter rebel forces. Drained and burned, the vital wetland habitat seemed lost forever.

Iraqi exile Azzam Alwash, who spoke about his work at Mountainfilm in 2004 and 2008, never accepted that this magical place of his childhood could simply cease to exist. For the past 10 years, he has wheedled, cajoled, encouraged and coerced his countrymen to help restore the marshes sustainably. Alwash will provide an update on his progress after the film screens.

–PK (USA, 2013, 5 minutes)

Mending the Line Steve Engman & John Waller (SATURDAY, 3:15 P.M., SOH; MONDAY, 9:15 A.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: Steve Engman, Frank Moore, Jeanne Moore & John Waller

WORLD PREMIERE In 1944, 20-year-old Frank Moore landed on the beaches of Normandy. Crossing through the occupied French countryside, the young soldier daydreamed about coming back in peacetime to fish the bucolic streams. After the war, he returned to the States, married, had a family and built a life centered around fly fishing. But he never made it back to those streams in France. Until 2014.

Now 90 years old, but with the energy of a man 20 years younger, Moore completes the dream with his wife and son by his side. This extraordinary story of a dream deferred, and ultimately fulfilled, proves that the scars of the past can be healed.

–EL A 2013 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant recipient (USA, 2014, 48 minutes)

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THE FILMS

Mission Blue Robert Nixon & Fisher Stevens (SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 3:30 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Sylvia Earle & Fisher Stevens

Sylvia Earle has been to Mountainfilm many times, most recently in 2008 for the symposium that explored the theme of water. She returns in this feature documentary about her life and accomplishments as “Her Deepness,” the moniker bestowed upon her for the tireless work she’s done in and for the oceans. Director Fisher Stevens, who produced The Cove (Mountainfilm 2010), follows Earle after she gets the TED prize, which allows her to pursue her dream to create a global network of protected marine sanctuaries.

–DH (USA, 2014, 95 minutes)

Once Upon a Forest Luc Jacquet

North Slope, Alaska Christopher Hanson (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Christopher Hanson

WORLD PREMIERE Daily life on the Alaskan North Slope is about the mundane reality of moving oil through hundreds of miles of a pipeline’s stiff steel sleeve. At night, though, when the aurora borealis glimmers and scintillates in the sky, life sheds the cloak of mundanity and assumes a brilliant mantle of magic.

Director Hanson’s images can be seen at the Steaming Bean.

–PK (USA, 2014, 2 minutes)

(THURSDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 9:30 A.M., HC)

The Notorious Mr. Bout Tony Gerber & Maxim Pozdorovkin (FRIDAY, 9:15 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 7:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Maxim Pozdorovkin

Before being arrested by the FBI in a sting operation in Thailand in 2008, Viktor Bout claimed to be a Russian entrepreneur and family man with interests in global cultures and filmmaking.

U.S. prosecutors believed his interests were of a different nature, namely weapons trafficking. They portrayed him as a super villain, leading to a Hollywood film based on his life, Lord of War that starred Nicolas Cage. The world was thought to be a safer place after his apprehension, but this story of Bout – who loved to film his adventures and provided much of the footage used in the film – shows a man who saw an opportunity and seized it. The facile Hollywood plot wants us to stare into the face of Bout and see pure evil; the documentary version illustrates that this man’s story consists of many subtle shades of grey.

–EL (USA/Russia, 2014, 94 minutes)

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Off-Width Outlaw Celin Serbo (FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Celin Serbo

In a sport that is not for the weak or easily discouraged, Pamela Shanti Pack excels.

One of the most accomplished off-width climbers in the world, male or female, Pack seeks out North America’s most challenging inverted and vertical cracks with what she describes as “masochistic fervor.” Off-Width Outlaw follows her quest to establish new routes in the desert climbing mecca of Indian Creek in southeastern Utah.

–EL (USA, 2013, 6 minutes)

Francis Hallé is a French botanist who has spent his life exploring, studying and marveling at the great tropical forests of the world. He laments the destruction and loss of the forests and, in this richly crafted film, narrates his vision of what will happen when the forests reverse the effects of man’s onslaught. Bringing to bear Halle’s deep knowledge, insight and feeling, filmmaker Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) suffuses the botanist’s vision with arresting images – both real and imagined – of nature’s irrepressible force and ceaseless interconnectivity.

–PK (France, 2013, 75 minutes)

The Opposition Ezra Edelman & Jeff Plunkett (SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 4:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Ezra Edelman

The Opposition shows the overthrow of democratically elected Chilean President Salvador Allende from a new perspective. This time, the eyes looking at this horror of history belong to the men of the 1974 Chilean national soccer team, who, as public figures, had to walk a careful line of private outrage at the coup and subsequent crackdown by General Augustine Pinochet.

This short documentary explains the political situation efficiently with the impact of outside involvement from the U.S., but the focus is on the men who simply wanted to play futbol for their country and were instead made pawns in a much bigger game of geopolitics.

–DH (Chile, 2014, 22 minutes)

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The Overnighters Jesse Moss (SATURDAY, 12:15 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 4:30 P.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: Jesse Moss

At first, this thoughtfully made documentary seems to be about fracking because it takes place in Williston, North Dakota, which is essentially ground zero for natural gas extraction in the U.S. But this film is actually about what happens when many desperate men – and they are mostly men – come to Williston for work that is plentily available in the fracking fields and find that rents are more expensive than Manhattan.

Some of these men are taken in temporarily by Jay Reinke, an energetic and ebullient pastor who lets them sleep at Concordia Lutheran Church, but his Christian hospitality rankles some parishioners, and soon this compelling story heads in a surprising direction. The Overnighters exposes so many complicated levels of the human condition that you’ll exit the theater wrestling with issues that extend far beyond fracking.

–DH (USA, 2014, 100 minutes)

(FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Sam Giffin

This short introduces the people who want first tracks so badly that they sleep in vans and camper vehicles parked at the base of the ski area. This subculture includes families and couples, but it’s comprised mainly of dudes who are happy to deal with the cold showers (or in some cases, no showers) and cold breakfasts in trade for the cold smoke of untracked powder turns.

–DH (USA, 2014, 7 minutes)

Point and Shoot Marshall Curry (FRIDAY, 9:45 P.M., HC; SATURDAY, 10:15 P.M., SOH)

After seeing a TV show about an Australian adventurer, 27-year-old Matthew Van Dyke decides to take a “crash course in manhood.” He buys a motorcycle and a video camera and spends four years rambling around the world and filming everything he sees.

Much like Van Dyke himself, his adventures are peculiar, yet undeniably interesting – particularly when he arrives in Middle East war zones, befriends soldiers and films their collective escapades.

His footage is sometimes goofy, but it takes a dramatic turn when he lands in Libya.

There, his friends are Libyans immersed in the rebellion against Muammar Quaddafi, and Van Dyke decides to join forces with them. Suddenly, he’s signed on for an upperlevel class in manhood when he gets captured by Quaddafi’s forces. Sharply directed by Marshall Curry (If a Tree Falls, Mountainfilm 2011), Point and Shoot won the grand prize for documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival.

–DH (USA, 2014, 82 minutes)

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PreVAil Timmy O’Neill (FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Sean O’Neill & Timmy O’Neill

WORLD PREMIERE In his youth, Sean O’Neill suffered an injury that left him paralyzed. However confined the accident rendered his body, he retained a vigorous spirit that pushes him to fight against self-pity and surrender. This past winter, that spirit lured O’Neill to attempt a daunting achievement: an ice ascent of Bridal Veil Falls, right here in Telluride and considered by many to be the most difficult waterfall ice climb in North America. Directed by O’Neill’s brother – Timmy O’Neill, one of the world’s premiere climbers and a perennial Mountainfilm guest – Prevail is beautifully shot and touchingly told.

–PK (USA, 2014, 6 minutes)

Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo Matthew Livadary

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Parking Lot Culture Sam Giffin

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THE FILMS

(FRIDAY, 9:00 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY 6:00 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Char Duran, Erin Krozek & Matthew Livadary

At his first – and last – college rodeo practice, Chris Sherman’s collegiate roping team discovered his sexual orientation. After that, he couldn’t find a roping partner, lost his scholarship and dropped out of school.

Sherman’s story is just one of many. Some gay cowboys have endured intolerance that has led to suicide attempts. At the International Gay Rodeo Association, however, the old West meets the new, providing everyone an opportunity to compete in the challenging sport and do so in a supportive, courageous community. Queens and Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo follows a year in the lives of extraordinary cowboys and cowgirls as they follow their dreams, no matter how wild or daunting.

–EM (USA, 2014, 93 minutes)

The Questions We Ask Kalum Ko (SATURDAY, 3:45 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 9:15 A.M., PALM)

A poetic meditation on the nature of adventure, The Questions We Ask features Canadian Bruce Kirby, who crossed the Georgia Straight from Vancouver to Victoria on a stand up paddleboard in the spring of 2013.

–EL (USA/Canada, 2014, 4 minutes)

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Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony Morgan Spurlock (SATURDAY, 8:15 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 8:30 P.M., MAS)

Seeds of Time Sandy McLeod

IN PERSON: Morgan Spurlock

(SATURDAY, 9:00 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 3:45 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Cary Fowler & Sandy McLeod

The Record Breaker Brian McGinn (WEDNESDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; FRIDAY, 6:45 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Ashrita Furman

Ashrita Furman is the greatest record breaker of all time.

Underwater bicycling, upsidedown juggling, splitting apples with a samurai sword – you name it. Ashrita has done it. And set a record in the process. It’s not a path he followed for fame and glory, but rather to honor his guru, which seems as if it must be some kind of record in itself.

Nearly 400 world records later, he is nowhere near finished.

This is a delightful film about a delightful character who, among his seemingly limitless other talents, also has the ability to coax a smile.

–PK (USA, 2013, 25 minutes)

Far in the frozen north, on a remote island near the North Pole, lies a magical and beautiful place that houses treasures beyond imagination. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was built to store duplicates of seeds from collections around the globe to ensure the continuation of crop diversity in the future.

All comparisons to cryogenics aside – a critique that’s been lobbed at the seed vault – Seeds of Time lays a convincing argument for the importance and urgency to create a physical database of the genetic material of South American potatoes, Thai rice varietals and Midwestern American corn – to name just three of the millions of seeds destined to be stored in Svalbard. Told through the eyes of one man, Cary Fowler, whose mission is to protect the future of our food and who is facing his own mortality, Seeds of Time takes a subject as esoteric, small and removed as global seed storage and gives it a persuasive human face.

–EL (USA, 2014, 77 minutes)

Self-Storage David Byars (SATURDAY, 8:15 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 8:30 P.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: David Byars

Quirky and clever, Self-Storage is a narrative short directed by Telluride’s David Byars that tells the story of a lovable loser who works at a particularly American institution, a facility that stores stuff. He comes up with a grand plan to make money and leave his troubles behind, but his scheme goes wonderfully, comically awry.

–DH (USA, 2014, 12 minutes)

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Ten years after Morgan Spurlock made his mark with Super Size Me, he returns to the subject of food with Gluttony, one episode in a highly stylized Showtime series he hosts called “Seven Deadly Sins.” Be forewarned, Spurlock’s latest take on food is a disturbing tale as he tours the dark side of food in America, which includes a restaurant that celebrates shockingly massive servings, a coffin company that’s building caskets sized for the obese and a 600-pound woman whose 140-pound boyfriend is aroused by feeding her. (Please do not bring children to this screening.)

–DH (USA, 2014, 26 minutes)

Song of the Cicadas Richard Robinson (SATURDAY, 9:30 A.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 4:15 P.M., SOH)

Sound of the Void Martin Persiel

IN PERSON: Richard Robinson & David Rothenberg

(FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

This artful and evocative short film juxtaposes the solitude, loneliness and transformation of a prisoner with the cicada, an insect who spends 17 years of life isolated underground.

Through interviews with American political prisoner Timothy Blunk, and inspired by the bug music of composer David Rothenberg, director Richard Knox Robinson finds beauty and poetry in isolation and emergence.

–EM (USA, 2013, 30 minutes)

IN PERSON: Joachim Hellinger

When he was young, Sébastien de Sainte Marie saw a picture of Sylvain Saudan, “Skier of the Impossible,” and knew what he wanted to do with his life. Today, the Swiss skier picks extreme lines that few dare to try. In a sport where one slip or misjudged turn could mean death, de Sainte Marie is cool and collected.

Sound of the Void follows him as he attempts a first descent of the 55-degree north face of Gspaltenhorn in the Bernese Alps and artfully captures his almost Zen-like calm.

–EL (Germany, 2013, 14 minutes)

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Summer Light Max Lowe Sticky Jilli Rose Stars Above Lofoten Jørn Ranum (FRIDAY, 6:45 P.M., MAS; SUN, 10:00 A.M., SOH)

A group of Norwegian students on a star-gazing field trip learn about astronomy and astrophysics and also get philosophical about their place in the universe.

–EL (Norway, 2013, 3 minutes)

(SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

Long thought to be extinct, the Lord Howe Island stick insect was rediscovered under a bush on a desolate craggy island peak far off the coast of Australia. This lushly animated documentary tells the story about a remarkable creature – the Dryococelus australis is so large that it was nicknamed the “tree lobster” – thought to have gone the way of the dodo nearly a hundred years ago. Sticky highlights a group of intrepid and passionate scientists who went on a climbing adventure in an almost prehistoric place, resulting in a wonderful conservation success story.

–EL (Australia, 2013, 20 minutes)

Sufferfest Cedar Wright Stumped Robin Berghaus (SATURDAY, 8:15 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 8:30 P.M., MAS)

“The situation is so horrible, one way to grapple with it is by laughing at it,” says Will Lautzenheiser, a filmmaker who found himself infected mysteriously by a deadly bacteria. He survived with his life, but not his limbs.

Now a quadrilateral amputee, Lautzenheiser lightens his situation by performing stand-up comedy. Filmmaker Robin Berghaus plans to build Stumped into a feature-length documentary, following Lautzenheiser as he attempts ground-breaking arm transplants, but in the meantime, this short offers insights about a man who is determined to keep living life.

–EL (USA, 2013, 10 minutes)

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IN PERSON: Alex Honnold & Cedar Wright

With breathtaking free solo feats, blistering speed records and ascents of rock faces around the planet, Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright are at the top of their game in the world of professional climbing. But when they decide to link all of California’s 14,000-foot peaks via an ambitious humanpowered bike tour, they find themselves out of their element.

New to the sport of biking, and having underestimated the scope of the challenge, Honnold and Wright grapple with sunburned thighs, sore asses, 80-mile slogs on dirt roads, sketchy ridge traverses and, somewhere in the mix, fun. Welcome to Sufferfest, a lighthearted short film by Wright that follows the mishaps and triumphs of the pair’s epic adventure and proves that there are some types of fun that can only be achieved with a grand dose of suffering.

–KK (USA, 2013, 18 minutes)

(FRIDAY, 9:00 P.M., MAS; SUNDAY, 3:45 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Max Lowe

WORLD PREMIERE Skipping stones and plunging into the river from a bridge.

The laughter of a pretty girl.

Songbirds and the thick gold light of a summer evening and moments unbound. This short film is both an ode to summer and a reminder to hold on to the magical and sun-drenched memories of youth.

–KK (USA, 2014, 4 minutes)

Winter Light Max Lowe (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Max Lowe

WORLD PREMIERE Dawn patrol on an inky winter morning leads to a contemplative climb through a snowbound world, a cold and starkly beautiful place imbued with solitude and the purity of winter light. When daylight turns and the summit is achieved, the only place to go is down.

–KK (USA, 2014, 4 minutes)

Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock (SATURDAY, 9:15 A.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Morgan Spurlock

In 2004, the food movement was still gathering momentum when Morgan Spurlock’s groundbreaking documentary Super Size Me arrived in theaters. For the film, Spurlock ate only at McDonald’s for one month to see what would happen. He experienced a precipitous decline in health and generated an exposé about fast food chains and the American way of eating. Ten years after the its premiere, Spurlock shares the film at Mountainfilm and will discuss what’s changed during the intervening decade.

–DH (USA, 2004, 100 minutes)

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THE FILMS

Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel Tashi and the Monk Johnny Burke & Andrew Hinton

SuperMom Mike Douglas (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., BC; SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Mike Douglas & Wendy Fisher

With a graceful style and aggressive lines, Wendy Fisher ruled the women’s big mountain freeskiing scene from 1996 to 2004. She skied Alaskan spines, hucked cliffs, starred in movie segments, won many championships, kept up with male cohorts and inspired a new generation of female badasses.

Then she had kids and traded in the life of a professional skier for being a mom to two redheaded boys. This Solomon film checks in with Fisher, who gets the opportunity to see if she’s still got it on the steeps of B.C. and Chile.

–KK (Canada, 2013, 10 minutes)

Take Away Film: Uganda Invisible Children & La Blogotheque (Saturday 12:00 p.m., SOH Sunday, 4:15 p.m., SOH)

IN PERSON: Kenny Laubbacher

WORLD PREMIERE This long-form music video features talent from three continents: Africa, Europe and North America. Swedish, Texan, Ugandan, Malawaian and British musicians collaborated with American and French filmmakers, including the French music gurus La Blogotheque, to create this celebratory crosscultural mosaic. Take Away Film: Uganda was also a crowdfunded side project of Invisible Children’s former director of artist relations, Kenny Laubbacher.

–EL (USA/France, 2014, 35 minutes)

(FRIDAY, 6:45 P.M., MAS; SATURDAY, 4:00 P.M., PALM)

IN PERSON: Andrew Hinton

In a remote community in the foothills of the Himalaya, a former monk struggles under the weight of his calling.

Once a spiritual teacher in the U.S., Lobsang returned to India to create a community for orphaned and neglected children. Tashi – the newest arrival and youngest child with a troubled past and alcoholic father – acts out and challenges her elders every step of the way. But there is a spark in her that Lobsang sees clearly: a person inside the hurt, abandoned child with the potential to blossom and grow.

His patience and compassion for Tashi comes from a deeper place than mere sympathy; he was a wild and troubled orphan himself. This portrait of Lobsang and his family of 84 children is a short and lovely reminder that while there is a lot of darkness in the world, there are also beautiful shining points of light.

–EL (India, 2014, 40 minutes)

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(FRIDAY, 9:15 P.M., PALM, SATURDAY, 6:15 P.M., PALM)

Trail Riders of the Wilderness K.D. Swan (SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC symposium)

IN PERSON: Molly Morrison

In the 1920s, nature photographer K.D. Swan worked for the U.S. Forest Service in and around what is now the Bob Marshall Wilderness, one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the Lower 48. The primary goal for the native Montanan was to educate and inspire his audience about the value of nature and wilderness. He did that through still photography and moving images – a new medium at the time. Swan created the silent Trail Riders of the Wilderness in 1929 to entice Easterners to come West and discover Montana.

It was recently rediscovered and remastered by Forest Service staffer Libby Langston and will be accompanied by Molly Morrison on the piano, who wrote a new score for the classic film.

–EL (USA, 1929, 10 minutes)

Vessel Diana Whitten (SATURDAY, 6:00 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., NUG)

IN PERSON: Diana Whitten

Warship blockades and furious protests often await Rebecca Gomperts and her Women on Waves team when they sail their ship to foreign ports and offer women access to the abortion pill. In many of the countries they visit – such as Morocco, Ireland, Ecuador and Tanzania – abortion is illegal and controversial, but Gomperts’ approach is to transport women 12 miles offshore into international waters. There on the open seas, the laws of her ship take jurisdiction, and she can provide services to women in need legally. She also takes it one step further by teaching women – via email – how to take the pill on their own.

It’s a struggle for the women involved, but as Vessel shows, it’s one to which they are all fully dedicated.

–DH (USA, 2014, 88 minutes)

IN PERSON: TBA – in person or Skype – Orlando von Einsiedel

This stunning documentary is so well crafted that it feels like fiction. Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site and the last intact habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. Virunga follows the story of an almost unimaginable storm of corruption and war that threatens the park’s survival. An oil reserve is discovered, and a young French female journalist goes undercover to reveal unethical and bigoted oil officials.

Rebels attempt to overthrow the Congolese government. A Belgian prince – the director of the park – stands with his rangers as the headquarters are threatened by artillery shelling. A Congolese veterinarian risks his life to stay by the side of orphaned baby gorillas. With incredible access and extraordinary cinematography, filmmaker Orlando von Einsedel (Skateistan, Mountainfilm 2011) has created a documentary with bottomless heart and steel knuckles.

–EL (UK, 2014, 93 minutes)

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THE FILMS

THE FILMS

When Dogs Fly Dean Potter

Vultures of Tibet Russell O. Bush

The Weight of Mountains Temujin Doran

(SATURDAY, 8:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 9:45 A.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Annie Bush & Russell O. Bush

On the Tibetan Plateau in Western China, the material culture of a rapidly modernizing society clashes with the customs and practices of a rich spiritual tradition. The differences between Chinese secularity and the deep faith of Buddhist Tibetans are pronounced. In this film about sky burial – a sacred ritual where the bodies of the Tibetan dead are fed to wild griffon vultures – these differences are starkly portrayed.

–PK (USA, 2013, 21 minutes)

(SATURDAY, 11:45 A.M., HC; SUNDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH)

Walled In Ben Stookesberry (FRIDAY, 8:45 P.M., SOH; SUNDAY, 10:00 A.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: Ben Stookesberry

Ostensibly, Walled In is the story of a first descent of the rowdy Marble Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park by kayakers Ben Stookesbury and Chris Korbulic, but this film poses bigger questions than whether the pair can send a river that flows from above 12,000 feet in elevation to near sea level in less than 30 miles. It asks why they choose to engage in a sport that carries the threat of death, which they witnessed when their partner Hendri Coetzee was eaten by a crocodile in the Congo in 2010 (Kadoma, Mountainfilm 2011).

–DH (USA, 2013, 35 minutes)

We should never take mountains lightly. Because, as this short film makes beautifully clear, the processes that combine to create, sustain and, ultimately, destroy the world’s mountains are elemental, powerful and deep with meaning – meaning that may exceed our capacity to measure. One line from the narration captures the essence of mountains perfectly: “All the good and evil things that happen in the world are of no consequence to the magnitude of their scale.”

–PK (UK, 2014, 12 minutes)

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(FRIDAY, 6:15 P.M., SOH; SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., HC)

IN PERSON: Dean Potter & Whisper

Dean Potter has pushed the boundaries of what can be done in the climbing world for years.

He has repeatedly set the speed record for climbing The Nose in Yosemite, and he caused great controversy in 2006 by climbing Delicate Arch in Utah.

Recently, he’s funneled much of his considerable energy into being in air instead of on rock.

When Dogs Fly is Potter’s latest venture into uncharted territory as it follows his efforts to wingsuit BASE jump off the North Face of the Eiger with his dog – Whisper, a mini cattledog – on his back. Yes, his dog.

Potter will attempt another first for the sport when he jumps out of a plane and flies over the town of Telluride in a wingsuit, which is scheduled to happen – weather and wind permitting – during Saturday’s Ice Cream Social.

–DH (USA, 2014, 22 minutes)

Wrenched Mary Louise Lincoln Who Owns Water David Hanson, Michael Hanson & Andrew Kornylak (SATURDAY, 3:30 P.M., NUG; SUNDAY, 12:15 P.M., SOH)

IN PERSON: David Hanson & Michael Hanson

Water wars have always been heated in the American southwest desert, where water is scarce and droughts are frequent, but the same quarrels were once unthinkable in lusher areas of the country. That’s changing as Georgia, Alabama and Florida are locked in a battle over water from their once-bountiful rivers.

Two young brothers decide to paddle the three rivers in the Appalachiacola–Chattahoochee– Flint River Basin to tell the story of a system that still flows, though it’s threatened from all sides. Who Owns Water received a Mountainfilm Commitment Grant in 2013.

–EL A 2013 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant recipient (USA, 2014, 48 minutes)

(SATURDAY, 8:45 P.M., PALM; SUNDAY, 9:15 A.M., MAS)

IN PERSON: Tim DeChristopher, Dave Foreman, Katie Lee & Mary Louise Lincoln

Edward Abbey’s life is explored in this entertaining ramble through the environmental history of the Southwest. His life was the stuff of legend, but his legacy is the myriad of ecoactivists he inspired – from the inimitable Katie Lee, who threw herself into the fight against Glen Canyon, to Tim DeChristopher of Bidder 70 (Mountainfilm 2012). Both of these activists will be in attendance, as well as another featured character in the film, Dave Foreman, the founder of EarthFirst.

–DH (USA, 2013, 94 minutes)

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adrenaline

adrenaline

M OM E N T ’ S N OT I CE

ADRENALINE

Saturday, May 24, 8:45 p.m.

Base Camp Outdoor Theatre in Telluride Town Park Free and open to the public. Films are listed in screening order.

64 mph Brett Schreckengost The San Joaquin Couloir is one of Telluride’s most iconic backcountry lines. Greg Hope is one of the town’s best-known rippers. In 64 mph, the two meet for one slough-dodging, high-velocity descent. –KK (USA, 2014, 3 minutes) Kelly McGarry Rampage Kelly McGarry Professional mountain biker Kelly McGarry recorded his run at the 2013 Red Bull Rampage with a helmet-mounted GoPro camera. The simple, unedited footage took the Internet by storm, garnering a mindblowing 18 million views. –BK (USA, 2013, 3 minutes) Blink of an Eye Andreas Braaten and Niels Windfeldt Television-broadcasted downhill ski races do not reflect the actual speeds or crushing forces that alpine racers endure. This remarkable short film by Antimedia attempts to expose the raw mental pressure inherent in the sport by capturing the incredible skill and focus of Aksel Lund Svindal. –BK (Spain, 2013, 4 minutes)

Tyler Howell Jack Boston Downhill skateboarder Tyler Howell embraces his surf style in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, stylishly descending at vomit-inducing speeds – wearing nothing more than a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. –BK (USA, 2014, 4 minutes) Bryan and Kaia Jonathan Kang Mountain biker Bryan Gregory attempts to keep up with his dog, Kaia, on a piece of Pacific Northwest single track. This film might not appeal to cat people, but if you’re a dog person, your little heart may just burst with joy. –BK (Canada, 2014, 3 minutes) Coming up for Air Mickey Smith This visually crushing short film by legendary cold-water surf photographer Mickey Smith might be classified more appropriately as a poem. Disturbingly heavy waves, documented at high frame rates, are rendered in icy tones and narrated with sparse, humble words.

–BK (Ireland, 2014, 5 minutes)

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El Sendero Luminoso Renan Ozturk World-renowned free solo climber Alex Honnold went to Mexico in January with the talented Camp4 film crew in hopes of capturing what many regard as the most difficult ropeless climb ever attempted in history. –BK (USA, 2014, 7 minutes)

Begin Again John John Florence & Blake Vincent Kueny Surfer John John Florence continues to reinvent surfing with his extremely powerful, almost inhuman ability to push the boundaries on a wave. –BK (USA, 2013, 5 minutes)

Moment’s Notice Jeff Thomas Japan’s endlessly deep powder gives itself over to willing participants who drop everything to fly over for the trip of a life time. –SW (USA, 2014, 5 minutes)

Dream Skip Armstrong If you dare give acclaimed director Skip Armstrong full creative control over a short kayak film, you’ll get a sneak peak into the depths of his mind. We may never know what a panda with super powers has to do with the dreams of an amateur kayaker, but at least we’ll all have a better understanding of Armstrong. –BK (USA, 2014, 5 minutes)

The Balloon Highline Sébastien Montaz-Rosset Slacklining no longer seems to need the expanse of trees, crevasses or other earthbound objects – only some kind helium and a cool buzz. –SW (France, 2014, 5 minutes) Spice Girl Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen The U.K. climbing scene is notorious both for its strict traditional ethics and its high caliber of danger. And, unsurprisingly, it’s a pretty macho scene. But one woman – the petite blonde Hazel Findlay – is putting the lads to shame. –KK (USA, 2013, 25 minutes) Wedge Brecht Vanthof There’s a highly anticipated beast of a winter wave in Newport Beach, California, that rolls in heavy and attracts hordes of brave souls who attempt to drop into its steep face. –BK (USA, 2013, 4 minutes) Into the Mind – Bella Coola Gnar JP Auclair, Eric Crosland & Dave Mossop Perhaps the best seven minutes ever in a ski film: Sherpas Cinema spares no expense to film some of the most amazing ski footage on the planet.

–SW (USA, 2014, 6 minutes)

Likebomb Skiing Johan Jonsson Lacking snow, but clearly not courage and poise, Johan Jonsson skis lines that any sane person would avoid. –SW (France, 2013, 5 minutes)

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Nude Scene from Valhalla Nick Waggoner and Ben Sturgulewski It’s time to clear the kids out of the park if you’re uncomfortable with nudity. Taken from Sweetgrass Production of Valhalla, this clip is outrageous and brilliant at the same time. –SW (USA, 2013, 3 minutes)

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KIDZ KINO

KIDZ KINO

wind

KIDZ KINO

Living in a Food Desert Students in Wide Angle Youth Media’s Baltimore Speaks Out! Program Students in Baltimore talk about food deserts.

–Wiley Holbrooke, age 12 (USA, 2014, 5 minutes)

Monday, May 27, 11:00 a.m., Palm Theater The show is free to all passholders and children under 12. $10 tickets are available for the general public. The films were programmed by a Kidz Kino committee, who also wrote these synopses.

11-Year-Old Girl Shatters Climbing Records Danny Stolzman This girl climbs, and she’s really really good. –Clark Hopgood, age 6 (USA, 2013, 9 minutes) 64 mph Brett Schreckengost Greg Hope skis fast.

–Wiley Holbrooke, age 12 (USA, 2014, 3 minutes) Abita Shoko Hara and Paul Brenner Amazing animation, but slightly odd.

–Kitty Holbrooke, age 14 (Germany, 2012, 4 minutes) Damned Richard Phelan A beaver dreams about building a huge dam, but doesn’t think of the consequences.

–Raven Hopgood, age 12 (UK, 2011, 9 minutes)

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Fear of Flying Conor Finnegan A bird has bad dreams about flying and tries to get over it.

–Maia Coe, age 9 (Ireland, 2012, 9 minutes) PreVail Timmy O’Neill Bridal Veil has never been climbed like this.

–Wiley Holbrooke, age 12 (USA, 2014, 6 minutes) Light Goes On Darren Pearson Movies are good. Yeah.

–Zoe Cooper, age 2 (USA, 2013, 2 minutes)

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Maple Syrup Yoshino Aoki A girl makes maple syrup.

–Clark Hopgood, age 6 (Canada, 2013, 2 minutes) My Happy End Milen Vitanov A dog makes friends with his tail.

–Wiley Holbrooke, age 12 (Germany, 2013, 6 minutes)

The Whale Story Tess Martin The story of a whale portrayed in a mural.

–Kitty Holbrooke, age 14 (USA, 2012, 4 minutes) Wind Robert Löbel What life would be like with extreme wind.

–Raven Hopgood, age 12 (Germany, 2012, 4 minutes) Brownies to Broccoli Presentation Students from the Telluride Middle School will talk about the work they are doing at the Telluride Grow Dome.

Sniffles David Cowles & Jeremy Galante A comic dog. –Maia Coe, age 9 (USA, 2013, 2 minutes) A Toy Train in Space Ron Fugelseth A father sends his son’s favorite toy train to space and films and tracks its journey.

–Wiley Holbrooke, age 12 (USA, 2012, 3 minutes)

th e w h a le story

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Peter Frampton • Violent Femmes George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic The Robert Cray Band • The Meter Men • Buddy Guy Dumpstaphunk • Anders Osborne • Shakey Graves • plus many more

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3:45 4:00 pM 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 pM 5:15 5:30 5:45 6:00 pM 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 pM 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 pM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 pM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 pM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 pM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 AM

8:00 AM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 AM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 AM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 AM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 pM 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 pM 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 pM 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 pM 3:15 3:30

Virunga (p. 37)

9:15 - 11:15 p.m.

Q&a

Isle de Jean Charles (p. 24) DamNation (p. 20)

6:30 - 8:45 p.m.

photo by MAtt StoEC KE R

capacity [500]

capacity [650]

nugget capacity [186]

Point and Shoot (p. 30)

9:45 - 11:45 p.m.

Q&a

Alive Inside (p. 16)

7:15 - 9:15 p.m.

The Lion’s Mouth Opens (p. 26)

Q&a

A Life Well Lived (p. 25) Walled In (p. 38) The Grand Rescue (p. 23)

8:45 - 10:45 p.m.

Q&a

Prevail (p. 31) Karsts of China (p. 25) Off-Width Outlaw (p. 29) Desert Ice (p. 20) When Dogs Fly (p. 39) Sufferfest (p. 35) 14.c (p. 16)

ClimBinG sHorts

6:15 - 8:15 p.m.

masons capacity [120]

Q&a

library capacity [66)

EvEnts PrEsEntations Films

Q&a

The Notorious Mr. Bout (p. 28)

9:00 - 11:15 p.m.

Q&a

6:45 - 8:30 p.m.

Stars Above Lofoten (p. 34) The Record Breaker (p. 32) Tashi and the Monk (p. 36)

Summer Light (p. 35) Queens & Cowboys (p. 31) 9:15 - 11:15 p.m.

Q&a

6:30 - 8:45 p.m.

Harvest of Shadows (p. 23) E-Team (p. 22)

(p. 78 – 81)

GallEry walk 3:30 – 6:30 P.m.

high camp (p. 60 - 62)

wildErnEss

capacity [230]

sheridan opera house

movinG moUntains symPosiUm 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 P.m.

high camp

palm

SCHEDULE FRIDAY SCHEDULE FRIDAY

50

3:45 4:00 pM 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 pM 5:15 5:30 5:45 6:00 pM 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 pM 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 pM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 pM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 pM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 pM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 AM

8:00 AM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 AM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 AM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 AM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 pM 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 pM 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 pM 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 pM 3:15 3:30

capacity [230]

WilDErnEss

11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Once Upon a Forest (p. 29)

9:30 - 11:15 a.m.

12:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Q&a

Song of the Cicadas (p. 33) Living Wild (p. 26)

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Q&a

Wrenched (p. 39)

8:45 - 10:45 p.m.

Q&a

virunga (p. 37)

6:15 - 8:15 p.m.

STeve WinTeR (p. 67)

Q&a

Tashi and the Monk (p. 36)

4:00 - 5:45 p.m.

Q&a

The Lion’s Mouth Opens (p. 26) alive inside (p. 16)

8:30 - 10:45 p.m.

Q&a

Coming Home (p. 19) Sound of the Void (p. 33) SuperMom (p. 36) Winter Light (p. 35) Catch It (p. 18) Cold Rolled (p. 18) Parking Lot Culture (p. 30) Dubai (p. 21) North Slope (p. 28)

ColD sHorts

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Prevail (p. 31) Karsts of China (p. 25) Off-Width Outlaw (p. 29) Desert Ice (p. 20) 14.c (p. 16) When Dogs Fly (p. 39) Sufferfest (p. 35)

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

ClimBinG sHorts

Q&a

Sticky (p. 34) Love in the Tetons (p. 26) The Guardians (p. 23) Fortune Wild (p. 22)

nugget capacity [186]

masons

Q&a

Q&a

12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Castles in the Sky (p. 18) The Last Season (p. 25)

Q&a

Freedom Summer (p. 22)

9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Q&a

3:30 - 5:15 p.m.

(p. 83)

Q&a

3:45 - 5:45 p.m.

Duke and the Buffalo The Questions We Ask (p. 21) (p. 31) Who owns Water an Honest Liar (p. 39) (p. 24)

Point and Shoot (p. 30)

10:15 - 11:45 p.m.

Q&a

Stumped (p. 34) A Beautiful Waste (p. 17) Seven Deadly Sins (p. 33) Self-Storage (p. 32)

8:15 - 9:45 p.m.

oFFBEat sHorts

Q&a

Born to Fly (p. 17)

5:45 - 7:45 p.m.

Q&a

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Marmato (p. 27)

Q&a

Q&a

library

5:15 - 6:45 p.m.

aRTiST TaLk: LanG, TayLoR & ueLSMann (p. 72)

WHaT iS WiLDeRneSS (p. 72)

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

MounTainFiLM on TouR (p. 72)

HoW To Make an aDvenTuRe FiLM (p. 72)

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WoRkS in PRoGReSS (p. 72)

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

capacity [66)

EvEnts PrEsEntations Films

Vultures of Tibet (p. 38) 9:00 - 11:15 p.m. emptying the Skies The Apothecary (p. 17) (p. 21) Seeds of Time (p. 32)

8:30 - 10:45 p.m.

Q&a

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

vessel (p. 37)

BooZE & BantEr 5:30 – 6:30 P.m.

Q&a

3:15 - 5:15 p.m.

DexTeR FiLkinS (p. 66) Mending the Line (p. 27)

colorado avenue (p. 87)

12:15 - 2:30 p.m.

The overnighters (p. 30)

Q&a

9:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Super Size Me (p. 35)

(p. 80 – 82)

capacity [120]

iCE CrEam soCial 2:00 – 3:30 P.m.

Q&a

sHorts Marshland Dreams The Opposition (p. 29) The Weight of Mountains (p. 27) nevaDa WieR (p. 38) Mission Blue (p. 28) Common Ground (p. 19) (p. 65) Take away Film: Q&a Trail Riders of the Wilderness (p. 37) uganda (p. 36)

12:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Q&a

Reza (p. 64) Dear Governor Hickenlooper (p. 20)

9:15 - 11:30 a.m.

capacity [500]

capacity [650]

sheridan opera house

CoFFEE & ConvErsation 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

high camp

palm

SCHEDULE SATURDAY SCHEDULE SATURDAY

52

3:45 4:00 pM 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 pM 5:15 5:30 5:45 6:00 pM 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 pM 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 pM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 pM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 pM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 pM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 AM

8:00 AM 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 AM 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 AM 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 AM 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 pM 12:15 12:30 12:45 1:00 pM 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 pM 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 pM 3:15 3:30

TBA

9:15 - 11:15 p.m.

TBA

7:00 - 8:45 p.m.

Q&a

The Overnighters (p. 30)

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Q&a

Emptying the Skies (p. 21)

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Q&a

9:15 - 11:15 a.m.

The Questions We Ask (p. 31) An Honest Liar (p. 24)

capacity [500]

capacity [650]

capacity [230]

sheridan opera house

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

A Life Well Lived (p. 25) The Grand Rescue (p. 23) COnRAd AnkER And WAdE dAviS (p. 70)

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The notorious Mr. Bout (p. 28)

TBA

9:30 - 11:30 p.m.

Q&a

The Weight of Mountains (p. 38) Common Ground (p. 19) Sticky (p. 34) Love in the Tetons (p. 26) The Guardians (p. 23) Fortune Wild (p. 22)

WilDErnEss shorts

8:45 - 10:45 p.m.

Q&a

64 mph (p. 16) Born to Fly (p. 17)

6:30 - 8:15 p.m.

Q&a

4:15 - 6:00 p.m.

The Opposition (p. 29) Creative Compulsive E-Team (p. 22) Disorder (p. 19) Q&a Take Away Film: uganda (p. 36) Song of the Cicadas (p. 33) A MuSiCAL TRiBuTE (p. 71)

4:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Q&a

masons

9:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Q&a

Freedom Summer (p. 22)

11:45 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Q&a

Wrenched (p. 39)

hotel madeline ball room (p. 86)

Q&a

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Harvest of Shadows (p. 23) Marmato (p. 27)

Q&a

Castles in the Sky (p. 18) The Last Season (p. 25)

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

(p. 80 – 82)

capacity [120]

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Q&a

vessel (p. 37)

8:45 - 10:30 p.m.

Q&a

6:00 - 8:15 p.m.

Q&a

library

TBA

9:15 - 11:15 p.m.

TBA

7:15 - 8:45 p.m.

5:45 - 6:45 p.m.

MOviES THAT MATTER (p. 73)

12:45 - 2:15 p.m.

HOW TO START A nOn-pROFiT (p. 73)

ARTiST TALk: BLOOMFiELd & OAkES (p. 73)

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Duke and the Buffalo The Apothecary (p. 17) (p. 21) dear Governor Queens and Cowboys Hickenlooper (p. 20) (p. 31)

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Summer Light (p. 35) Mission Blue (p. 28) Seeds of Time (p. 32) Q&a

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KIDZ KINO (p. 44)

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9:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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High Camp in Mountain Village (Telluride Conference Center) Friday, May 23, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Lunch: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

The Symposium is open to all Wilson, Ama Dablam and Patron passholders and includes lunch. n 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act, establishing American wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”

The Wilderness Act created a legal definition of wilderness, but its poetic text is unique and groundbreaking for legislation. Drawing on centuries of American philosophy, literature and experience, the Wilderness Act was the first of its kind in the world. It underscores the wilderness as a pristine landscape, inspirational and redemptive – and separate from man. Towering American voices tell us: “In wildness is the preservation of the world” (Henry David Thoreau); and “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” (Edward Abbey); but also “All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish” (Aldo Leopold).

It’s not as simple as setting aside vast wilderness tracts. Fifty years after the Wilderness Act, the world population has more than doubled. The dichotomy constructed between wilderness – viewed as harsh, inhospitable and dangerous as often as spiritual and beautiful – and man no longer serves the cause of preservation fully. For wilderness to survive anywhere, people and nature must be on the same side in the fight for conservation.

The Mountainfilm Moving Mountains Symposium on wilderness brings together a diverse mix of artists, activists and academics to present a vision inspired by the giants of the past but informed by a new global understanding.

Trail Leader

Guiding us through the day is our emcee, M Sanjayan, executive vice president and senior scientist at Conservation International. After recently returning from a two-year quest to witness the state of wild places for a new PBS and National Geographic TV series called “Earth: The New Wild,” Sanjayan poses this provocative statement: “What I found is that the wild can thrive, but only if we bring people into the picture.”

“To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people…”

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MORNING SESSION 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The Foundation of American Wilderness Recognized for his outstanding work with the Land Trust Alliance, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nature Conservancy, Jamie Williams was named president of the Wilderness Society in 2012, the leading American conservation organization working to protect our nation’s shared wildlands. He has a strong foundation in collaboration and communitybased approaches to conservation.

The Arctic: A Last Refuge of Wild Born in Germany, Florian Schulz is a professional nature and wildlife photographer and the youngest founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).

PANEL: Does Wilderness Exist?

Emcee Sanjayan challenges four great advocates of wilderness to not only define wilderness, but prove that it exists: Oceanographer, author and lecturer Sylvia Earle’s extraordinary accomplishments have earned her the moniker “Her Deepness.” Through an act of civil disobedience that resulted in two years in federal prison, Tim DeChristopher saved thousands of acres of federal land threatened by oil and gas extraction. Dave Foreman is a leading environmentalist and activist who founded the group Earth First! and the Rewilding Institute “to combat the

extinction crisis.” Wildlife photographer John Francis is the vice president for research, conservation and exploration at the National Geographic Society.

Inspiration to Create is the curator of art at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He is the author of Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

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Inspiration to Preserve Artist and professor Debra Bloomfield’s large-scale color photographs encompass the breathtaking landscapes of the American continent. Her newest work is a multimedia piece titled “Wilderness.”

“A wilderness…is an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”

A Word for “Wilderness” Does Not Exist Here Jared Diamond is a professor of geography at UCLA and author of five bestselling books about human societies and human evolution, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel.

LUNCH

12:15 to 1:30 p.m.

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The Forest Sings Author and musician David Rothenberg has examined the relationship between humanity and nature for many years and bridges the gap between species by creating music with birds, whales and cicadas.

Living Wild Founder of the Living Wild School, which is dedicated to developing wilderness living skills, Lynx Vilden has traveled, explored and researched the nature and traditional cultures of arctic, mountain and desert regions from Hudson Bay to the Red Sea. Áreas Silvestres Para Todos National Geographic Emerging Explorer and environmentalist Juan Martinez is a national spokesman for getting youth into the outdoors, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

PANEL: Now What These panelists, who have been working actively to preserve wilderness from international, national, regional and local perspectives, will discuss how to turn inspiration into action: Hilary Cooper is the director of Sheep Mountain Alliance, an organization dedicated to preserving the natural environment in

the Telluride region. Vance Martin joined The Wild Foundation, dedicated to protecting wilderness and wild nature around the world, as president in 1984.

Shelley Silbert, executive director of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, has more than 20 years experience in the fields of conservation and sustainability.

Jamie Williams is the president of The Wilderness Society, the conservation organization leading American efforts to protect our nation’s shared wildlands.

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Wilding With no experience or training, Cheryl Strayed hiked more than 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State – alone. Her New York Times bestseller Wild chronicles the story of her impulsive and, ultimately, healing adventure.

AFTER THE SYMPOSIUM 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Wilderness Walk & Talk A new program called Wilderness Walks & Talks kicks off after the symposium. For those inspired to get outside, join festival guest Conrad Anker (page 70) on a guided hike up the Ridge Trail to Gondola Station St. Sophia. See page 85 for full information about the program.

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REZA

(SATURDAY, 9:15 A.M., PALM)

Reza grew up in Iran and studied to be an architect, but he was outraged by the human rights injustices of the Shah’s regime. At the age of 16, he protested by photographing the abuses and posting the pictures in public places. Eventually, he was caught by the Shah’s secret police, imprisoned and tortured for five months.

He believes that the Iranian government viewed photographs as actual weapons to contain and suppress.

The troubles in his homeland forced him into exile, which prompted him to tell the stories of others who’ve found themselves trapped by history. He explains, “Within you remains the memory of your lost country, and you may feel disappointment in the land where you are now living, the country you thought would be your

promised land. And beyond the joy of being free, there remains, too, a feeling of mourning for your native land. … For the exile, the joys of the present are full of memories of the past.”

This unflagging world traveler has worked along the front lines of war, particularly in Afghanistan, spending significant time with Ahmed Shah Massoud, the revered leader of the Northern Alliance. Massoud and his men battled the Russian occupation and then the Taliban before he was assassinated

by Al Qaeda in 2001, two days before the events of 9/11. Reza is also the founder of Aina, which uses photography and other means of communication to educate and empower women and children by helping them develop these storytelling skills.

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Nevada Wier (SATURDAY, 12:00 P.M., SOH)

“I photograph people,” says Nevada Wier. “I really like people – occasionally a tree or two – but mostly people.” She also likes to travel and has combined these two affections into one pursuit: “I realized, forget trying to go to places where there are no people – and there are people everywhere. And I fell in love with indigenous cultures.”

She last spoke at Mountainfilm in 1996

about the Kirghiz nomads of Western China and returns this year to discuss her newest technique: infrared photography, which she says, “adds a different dimension to the photography.” These photographs are part of an exhibition called “Invisible Light: The World in Infrared” that can be seen at Mélange (page 79).

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Dexter Filkins

Steve Winter

“The doors swung open. I was still running and wrenching my head to see when a bunch of men piled out with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Suddenly I saw them: black eyes, pale skin and baggy gray suits with ammo belts. I thought they had us, they thought they had us.”

This excerpt reads like a war novel, but it’s nonfiction from The Forever War by New York writer Dexter Filkins, who covered the Afghanistan and Iraq wars for The New York Times during the bellicose first decade of the new millennium. The book, winner of numerous nonfiction awards, is a remarkable account of life during wartime with all of the impossible circumstances such madness creates.

Filkins writes about being invited to Kabul’s soccer stadium as a special guest of the Taliban in 1998. He’s brought to the equivalent of the 50-yard line when

The tiger is one of the most elusive animals on the planet, but National Geographic photographer Steve Winter has captured these remarkable animals with his camera many times, in addition to taking award-winning photographs of cougars, jaguars and snow leopards.

Those images were exhibited at Mountainfilm 2010, but Winter was not able to attend.

This year, Winter finally comes to Telluride to talk about tigers, a species under great stress. These massive animals need large areas to roam, yet they are being forced into smaller ranges. Their prey is similarly limited, so tigers (un)naturally head closer to civilization

(SATURDAY, 3:15 P.M., SOH)

“... A white Toyota Hi-Lux drove onto the field and four men wearing green hoods climbed out of the back. There was a fifth man, a prisoner, no hood, sitting in the bed of the truck. The hooded men laid their man in the grass just off midfield, flat on his back, and crouched around him.” The prisoner was accused of being a pickpocket, and the assembled crowd witnessed his punishment: “The green hoods appeared busy, and one of them stood up. He held the man’s severed right hand in the air, displaying it for the crowd.”

His latest Letter from Iraq in The New Yorker reports on how the sectarian violence across the country has returned “with terrifying intensity.” He will speak with Mountainfilm Festival Director David Holbrooke about the unstable Middle East and how America can play a role in finding the fulcrum of peace.

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(SATURDAY, 4:00 P.M., PALM)

and kill livestock or humans. It’s then their turn to be hunted. A century ago, there were 100,000 tigers; today, fewer than 3,200 remain in the wild.

Winter is determined to tell the tiger’s story to the world through his photographs, hoping that his work will give people a reason to care. His optimism may stem from growing up in rural Indiana and dreaming of becoming a photographer for National Geographic.

Not many people realize their dreams, but Winter did and is now trying to achieve another: ending the dismal trajectory of the tiger and many other big cats.

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORERS (SUNDAY, 10:00 A.M., SOH)

If you’re between the ages of 18 and 25, you can apply for a Young Explorers Grant from National Geographic Society.

The monetary support maxes out at $5,000, but the stamp of approval from the Society is priceless. Many great and famous explorers received their first support from National Geographic.

Annie Agnone is a photographer who converted her car into a camper and drove over 20,000 miles through 36 states to document nocturnal culture in the United States. Along the way, she met all sorts of night owls, including Bigfoot enthusiasts who call themselves “Squatchers.”

grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains, just north of Los Angeles. Living in mountains so close to a large urban environment helped him understand the complicated relationship between the two different areas. He’s now

Devlin Gandy

studying anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. For his Young Explorers Grant project, he photographed Chumash rock art in stunning and hardto-reach corners of California.

Jeffrey Kerby is a photographer and Ph.D. student at Penn State. His photos of the remarkable interactions between the highly social gelada monkeys and Ethiopian wolves on the remote Guassa Plateau have been published in numerous academic journals, popular magazines and books.

is a physician assistant who undertook a documentary expedition on one of the world’s least-known free flowing rivers, the Amur, where she documented sections from the remote Mongolian headwaters to a massive delta in Russia.

Amber Valenti

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Azzam Alwash (SUNDAY, 12:15 P.M., SOH)

In the mid-1990s, after the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein was battling uprisings by the Shiite Arabs. Many of the rebels hid in the marshlands of Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and widely considered the birthplace of civilization.

These wetlands were also a lush home for water buffalos, lions, aquatic wildlife and an essential migratory stop for birds.

Hussein was furious with the Sumerian people who lived there and the refuge they provided to his enemy, so he burned, drained and poisoned this fragile ecosystem in retaliation, turning the Garden of Eden into a dust bowl.

During that time, Azzam Alwash was living in asylum in the United States, enjoying a successful career as a civil engineer. Growing up in Iraq, however, he’d spent many days in the marshes with his father, who was head of the irrigation

department. He watched the destruction from afar – heartbroken.

When Hussein lost power, Alwash returned to his childhood home and realized that he wanted to restore the marshes. He started the nonprofit Nature Iraq and went to work.

Alwash first told his story at Mountainfilm 2004 and talked about how bringing nature back to life was not nearly as hard as staying alive in Iraq’s post-war sectarian violence. He returned in 2008 with tales of success and significant restoration of the marshlands.

This year, after winning a 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize, he will update us on his latest achievements and challenges, which include an extensive series of dams along the volatile TurkeySyria border that would choke the water into Iraq and the marshlands.

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Conrad Anker &Wade Davis (SUNDAY, 12:00 P.M., HC)

Few people have spent more time trying to understand the mystery of George Mallory and Mount Everest than Conrad Anker and Wade Davis.

Anker was part of an expedition that visited Everest to search for Mallory’s body. After several weeks with no success, Anker headed off on his own to an area outside of the search zone and discovered the famous corpse.

Davis wrote an award-winning bestseller called Into the Great Silence that examined Mallory and the global circumstances that inspired him and his generation of explorers. (Davis has also authored many other books, including the

seminal The Serpent and the Rainbow about his experiences as an ethnobotanist in Haiti.)

Both men have been to Mountainfilm many times. Both have spoken about Mallory extensively. But this marks the first time Anker and Davis will take the stage together to discuss the man of their obsession. Telluride alpinist Hilaree O’Neill will moderate the discussion. She summited Everest in 2012 as part of an Anker-led expedition and then climbed neighboring Lhotse, making her the first woman to climb two 8,000-meter peaks in 24 hours.

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The 90th Anniversary of George Mallory’s Attempt on Everest A Musical Tribute to Nelson Mandela and Pete Seeger

Peter Yarrow (SUNDAY, 4:15 P.M., SOH)

When Nelson Mandela and Pete Seeger died this year, the social justice movement lost two giants. Telluride’s Peter Yarrow – a member of the ‘60s musical group Peter, Paul and Mary – knew them both well. He performed at

the Mandela memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and sang at Seeger’s bedside during his final hours.

Yarrow will speak – and sing – about his relationship with both men and what we can learn from their achievements.

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The Library

This year, we’re expanding the scope of our focused programming at the Library with a variety of special talks and presentations. New: All events at the Library are free to the public after passholders are seated.

SATURDAY 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Two Works in Progress: Metanoia and Frame by Frame Two filmmakers and one legendary climber explain the process, progress and ultimate hopes for their labors. Jeff Lowe is one of the great climbers of all time, yet his story also has a human and tragic dimension, which director Jim Aikman (High and Hallowed, Mountainfilm 2013) is working to capture in the eagerly awaited Metanoia.

Director Alexandria Bombach (Common Ground, page 19) is co-directing a documentary called Frame by Frame about Afghan photographers. Both films expect to premiere later in 2014.

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

How to Make an Adventure Film In many ways, making an adventure film sounds like a dream job – being outside, creating something memorable, pursuing outdoor endeavors. Of course the reality is a little different. Hear from Mike Douglas of Switchback Films (Super Mom, page 36), Joachim Hellinger of HelliVentures (Sound of the Void, page 33) and Ben Stookesbury (Walled In, page 38) about how they made a career in adventure films.

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

What Is Wilderness?

Meet two people whose experience and understanding of wilderness is different than most: Steve “Doom” Fassbinder has been exploring the wilderness of the Southwest with fat tire bikes and packrafts, and Eugénie Frerichs is a Mountainfilm 2014 artistin-residence engaged in a deep study of wilderness.

5:15 - 6:45 p.m.

Artist Talk: Circles, Words and Wonder Gary Lang is a Mountainfilm 2014 artist-in-residence and will speak about how his abstract paintings of words and circles relate to nature. Maggie Taylor, who created the art for this year’s festival poster, will discuss life as an artist with her husband, Jerry Uelsmann, whose photographic images shattered many of the traditional boundaries of photography and were something simply unheard of before the era of Photoshop.

GA RY LANG

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Prospective Mountainfilm On Tour Hosts More than 40,000 people see Mountainfilm on Tour each year in over 100 locations on five continents. If you want to bring Mountainfilm to your hometown, learn from Mountainfilm on Tour Director Henry Lystad about what it takes to put on a show and meet other hosts from around the world.

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SUNDAY 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Filming in a Foreign Land Making a movie is hard enough, but when the story requires shooting overseas, it adds another degree of difficulty. Three directors – Mark Grieco (Marmato, page 27), Maxim Pozdorovkin (The Notorious Mr. Bout, page 28) and Diana Whitten (Vessel, page 37) – will share their experiences working in different cultures.

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Artist Talk: See, Hear, Feel Artist Debra Bloomfield’s large-scale color photographs (page 76) encompass the breathtaking landscapes of the American continent. She will speak about the creative process behind her newest work, a multimedia piece titled “Wilderness,” which is her third monograph and includes photographs, essays and a CD soundscape. Lauren Oakes, an ecologist who contributed a historical text on the Wilderness Act, will join the talk.

12:45 - 2:15 p.m.

How to Start a Nonprofit Are you inspired to change the world, but don’t know how to make it happen? If so, take notes from these four people: George Basch is the founder of the Himalayan Stove Project; Kandee DeGraw started the Telluride AIDS Benefit in 1994; Jim Nowak created the dZi Foundation to help poor, rural residents of the Himalaya in Nepal and India; and Lisa Pike Sheehy, Patagonia’s environmental programs director, has shepherded numerous nonprofits to success.

5:45 - 6:45 p.m.

Movies That Matter Educational Program This new – and free – initiative brings compelling programming from the festival into schools. Join Mountainfilm Tour Director Henry Lystad to see how to take advantage of this new – and free – offering from Mountainfilm. (And did we mention that it’s free?)

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Opening reception Friday, May 24, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Artists will speak at their respective exhibition locations at 5:15 p.m. during the Gallery Walk and again during the Ice Cream Social (2:00 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday). Galleries are open throughout the festival weekend, but if you can’t find anyone to help purchase an artwork, please contact Drew Ludwig by emailing drew@mountainfilm.org. We are grateful to Telluride Arts for collaborating with Mountainfilm on our growing artist-in-residence program.

DEBRA BLOOMFIELD

STEVE DUNCAN

Debra Bloomfield’s large color photographs are subdued, minimal views of wooded wilderness lands. Her project, which suggests the way the wilderness feels, rather than what it looks like, shows subtle variations within motifs of water, sky, birds, trees and mountains.

Sewers and underground waterways rarely look beautiful, but through the eyes of urban explorer Steve Duncan (A Beautiful Waste, page 17), these photographs are positively shimmering.

High Camp

CARTER BROOKS

Spruce Street Park in front of the Masons Theater

Carter Brooks presents installations that incorporate steel rigging and large blocks of ice that transform in front of your eyes. These pieces are worth revisiting throughout the weekend to see how they change as the ice melts, much like our planet.

La Cocina de Luz

EUGÉNIE FRERICHS Strong House Artist-in-Residence

Eugénie Frerichs, a former Telluride resident (and Mountainfilm employee), integrates a deep study of wilderness into her work. Part of this series, “Men in Trees,” was shot in Telluride. In addition to her exhibition, look for her on the streets throughout the weekend in a roving performance piece called “The Gospel According to John Muir.”

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CHRIS HANSON

GARY LANG

Filmmaker Chris Hanson (Scrapple and North Slope, Alaska, page 28) was sent to film on Alaska’s north slope for the popular TV show “Ice Road Truckers.”

During his free time, he captured images of the stunning northern lights.

Although a painter, words were always in Gary Lang’s mind’s eye so he started incorporating them into his work. As he says, “Words are powerful. They make you cry. They give you hope. I didn’t realize they were the doors to worlds.” While in Telluride, he has create new pieces inspired by the alpine world that is so different from his home in Ojai, California.

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AARON HUEY Arroyo

As part of his photo work documenting Sherpa climbers for National Geographic magazine, Aaron Huey collected pictures from the Sherpas’ summits. Courtesy of the climbers and their families, these photos are often exhibited in places of distinction in their homes to honor these strong, skilled and courageous men.

BEN KNIGHT

Telluride Gallery of Fine Art

Photographer and filmmaker Ben Knight, with DamNation producer Matt Stoecker, carved out some time to take photos of the beautiful river environments they encountered while filming (page 20).

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KATIE LEE Arroyo

Katie Lee, one of the Southwest’s greatest environmental advocates, spent countless days tromping around Glen Canyon with friends before it was dammed in 1966 and thereafter covered by Lake Powell.

These nude photographs of Lee, taken by Martin D. Koehler (now deceased) during October of 1957, show her in the sensual environment of the canyon.

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JENNI LOWE-ANKER Arroyo

Jenni Lowe-Anker returns to the Gallery Walk with paintings from the Himalaya.

Lowe-Anker’s repeated trips to the region with her husband Conrad Anker have produced a series that illustrates the interaction between these forbidding mountains and the indigenous wildlife that thrives there.

HUNTER METCALFE Stronghouse

Hunter Metcalfe specializes in old-style tintype photographs. Throughout the fourday weekend, he’ll photograph alpinists to expand his exhibit. Please return again to appreciate the growing collection.

KLAUS PICHLER High Camp

Klaus Pichler was walking by a museum in Vienna when he peered into a basement window. What he saw there – an office with a desk, computer, shelves and a stuffed antelope – made him wonder what museums were like behind the scenes and inspired this funny and thoughtful photo series titled “Skeletons in the Closet.”

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORERS Ah Haa West

View the work of several National Geographic Young Explorers: Annie Agnone, Devlin Gandy, Jeffrey Kerby and Amber Valenti (see more about them on page 68).

REZA

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Reza’s photographs from international conflicts and human rights hotspots around the world have appeared primarily in National Geographic. He is not just a photographer; his belief in the deep and abiding power of photojournalism led him to start photography classes in troubled areas that need activist storytelling. Reza will speak about his work at the Palm on Saturday (page 64).

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JERRY UELSMANN

Thom Ross’s paintings take viewers back to a time when alpinists summited in hobnail boots and wool pants. His angular paintings capture a remarkable age of discovery and tell the story of men driven to explore.

Jerry Uelsmann – whose work is in the permanent collections of museums around the world including MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art – shattered the boundaries of photography decades ago. Using multiple images, his experiments in the darkroom have created a body of fantastical work that is remarkable in vision and scope.

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FLORIAN SCHULZ La Cocina De Luz

Florian Schulz’s wildlife photography has appeared in the Smithsonian and American Museum of Natural History. He hopes to inspire people to protect endangered ecosystems and wilderness areas through his strong conservation vision.

MAGGIE TAYLOR

Telluride Gallery of Fine Art

Maggie Taylor, whose artwork is featured on the 2014 Mountainfilm festival poster, creates whimsical photomontages that have been described as a contemporary exploration of surrealism. Her works has been featured at international exhibitions, collected privately and are captured in books published by Adobe Press and Modernbook Editions.

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NEVADA WIER Mélange

Nevada Wier has traveled the world, capturing ethnographic photography that has appeared in National Geographic and Outside magazine. She returns to Mountainfilm with a starkly different series of color infrared images, which give her subjects an otherworldly feel and encourage viewers to see the world differently.

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Coffee & Conversation Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

LOCATIONS 1 Ah Haa West 2 Ah Haa East 3 Rebekah Hall 4 HOTEL TELLURIDE 5 Honga’s Lotus Petal 6 THE PEAKS 7 Hotel Madeline SATURDAY MAY 24

1 Wilderness and Radicalism

Tim DeChristopher, who starred in

Bidder 70 (Mountainfilm 2012) and spent two years in federal prison for an act of ecocivil disobedience, believes that wilderness inspires radicalism. Dave Foreman, founder of Earth First, and Lynx Vilden, founder of the Living Wild School, will join DeChristopher to discuss the topic.

2 Nepal and the Money Train The recent avalanche on Everest that killed 16 Sherpa guides has exposed major ethnic and financial fissures at the top of the world. Four experts will discuss the role money plays in the mountains of Nepal: Ben Ayers, Nepal country director for dZi Foundation; Wade Davis, who wrote Into the Silence about George Mallory; photographer Aaron Huey, who is documenting Sherpa guides for National Geographic magazine; and Norbu Tenzing, vice-president of the American Himalayan Foundation and the son of Tenzing Norgay.

3 Climate Solution 2014: Outdoor Companies and the Environment Whether it’s funding films or supporting nonprofit advocacy groups, some outdoor companies are increasingly putting their influence and money into environmental causes. Peter Kenworthy, Mountainfilm’s executive director, will discuss company strategies with Joy

Howard, vice president of marketing for Patagonia; Gareth Martins, director of marketing for Osprey; and Peter Metcalf, CEO of Black Diamond.

4 Ocean as Ecosystem It’s no secret that the oceans are in deep trouble, but what’s less known is the positive developments that could create a sea change.

The great oceanographer Sylvia Earle (Mission Blue, page 28); John Francis, the National Geographic vice president for research, conservation and exploration; and acclaimed photographer Florian Schulz (page 61) will examine the state of the oceans.

5 Cheryl Strayed with Tom Shadyac Cheryl Strayed’s book Wild catapulted to The New York Times best-seller list and held the #1 spot for seven consecutive weeks. She and director/producer Tom Shadyac will explore why the story of her personal collapse and eventual redemption in the wilderness resonated with so many readers.

6 Untrammeled By Man? In the landmark “Wilderness” Act of 1964, wilderness is defined as an area “untrammeled by man,” but a growing group of conservation experts in the United States and abroad believe people are an integral part of keeping wild places intact. The conversation will include Sono Aibe, a senior advisor at Pathfinder International; M Sanjayan, executive vice president and senior scientist at Conservation International; and Vance Martin, president of the WILD Foundation.

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7 Where Are the Women?

Women are significantly under represented in the adventure industry. Professional skiers Lynsey Dyer and Wendy Fisher; filmmaker Sarah Menzies; along with Rebecca Martin, executive director at National Geographic Expeditions Council, discuss how women can take Amelia Earhart’s advice: “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”

SUNDAY MAY 25

1 Working in a War Zone

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 70 reporters lost their lives while working in 2013. Many of those deaths occurred in war zones, dangerous terrain that’s all too familiar to war correspondent Dexter Filkins (page 66), director Ross Kauffman (E-Team, page 22) and photographer Reza (page 64).

2 How to Get Your Film on Television There are ever-increasing platforms for getting your film seen, yet television remains a force. Thom Beers, CEO of FremantleMedia North America; Sara Bernstein, vice-president for HBO Documentaries; and Simon Kilmurry, executive director of POV on PBS, survey today’s media landscape.

3 Climate Solutions 2014 We know about many effects of climate change: melting glaciers, forest fires, rising seas. What are some of the impacts that we don’t know? Casting an eye toward the future are Cary Fowler, a scientist at the Seed Bank in Svalbard, Norway (Seeds of Time, page 32); David Sassoon, founder of Inside Climate News; and Auden Schendler, vice president of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company.

4 Activists in Danger Activists face a variety of challenges in doing their work, which sometimes include physical danger. Azzam Alwash, a Goldman Environmental Prize winner; Mikal Jakubal, featured in DamNation for painting massive cracks on federal dams; and Andrea Rutigliano, who works for the Committee Against Bird Slaughter in Europe, talk about putting their lives on the line for a cause.

5 Morgan Spurlock with Tom Shadyac Morgan Spurlock first came to our attention 10 years ago with his groundbreaking film Super Size Me. Since then, he’s surely the only person to make films about Osama Bin Laden, the Simpsons and the boy band One Direction.

At Mountainfilm with both a tenthanniversary screening of Super Size Me and a showing of Gluttony, an episode from his Showtime series “Seven Deadly Sins” (page 33), he discusses with director/producer Tom Shadyac where the food movement has gone since Super Size Me (page 35).

6 Wild Saviors What does it take to save wild places?

Leslie Danoff, a filmmaker and board director at The Rainforest Trust; Eric Melson, a program director at the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation; Jeff Parrish, managing director at the World Wildlife Foundation; and Jamie Williams, president of The Wilderness Society, have devoted their careers to preserving wilderness.

7 Film Fatales There’s a dearth of women in filmmaking, but efforts are afoot to rectify the problem, including a group called the Film Fatales.

This workshop-driven conversation includes Danielle Lurie, who wrote about this topic for Filmmaker Magazine; Noah Cowan, executive director of the San Francisco Film Society; and Meredith Lavitt, co-director of The Grand Rescue (page 23), in conversation with Emily Long, Mountainfilm’s program director.

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MONDAY MAY 26

1 Dear President Obama Last year, Mountainfilm screened Dear Governor Cuomo about New York state’s bitter battle over lifting the moratorium on fracking, which inspired this year’s festival film Dear Governor Hickenlooper (page 20) about fracking in Colorado.

Dear President Obama is in the works, so Shane Davis, a.k.a. The Fractivist; Jesse Moss, director of The Overnighters; and David Sassoon, founder and publisher of Inside Climate News, gather to discuss this fractious and complicated issue.

2 Want to Be a Photographer?

Using their words and no pictures, three photographers talk about why they entered their challenging profession and where they see its future: Corey Arnold, who exhibited his images of the global commercial fishing industry at Mountainfilm last year; ethnographic photographer Nevada Wier (page 65); and Steve Winter (page 67), whose images of big cats are hanging from various trees in Telluride.

3 Making Music in the Morning

Had enough with all this talking? Join Peter Yarrow and friends for a spirited singalong.

4 Born to Fly Some people like to have their feet on the ground; others prefer to be airborne.

Extreme slackliner DEAN POTTER (When Dogs Fly, page 39) and Elizabeth Streb, founder of the Streb Extreme Action dance company (Born to Fly, page 17), discuss the art of flight.

5 James “The Amazing” Randi

with Tom Shadyac James Randi started out in show business in 1946 as “The Amazing Randi,” a magician and escapologist. This fascinating title character of An Honest Liar (page 24) joins director/producer Tom Shadyac to talk about his singular career and life.

6 American Rivers Running Free

After more than a century of damming rivers in the U.S., a strong movement has surfaced to let these waterways run free. Speaking about the impact of this encouraging trend are Sinjin Eberle with American Rivers; Pete McBride, director of Chasing Water (Mountainfilm 2011) and Matt Stoecker, producer of DamNation (page 20).

7 Wise Women What do these wise women have to teach us about fighting the good fight — and winning? Linda Halpern is a civil rights activist featured in the film Freedom Summer (page 22); Katie Lee is, well, the impassioned Katie Lee; and Shelly Silbert is the executive director of Great Old Broads for Wilderness.

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Saturday and Sunday, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

LOCATIONS A Arroyo Wine Bar B OAK RESTAURANT SATURDAY

A Left Behind With the west Antarctic ice sheet collapsing and extinct species dying off, James Balog (Chasing Ice, Mountainfilm 2012) and Louie Psihoyos (The Cove, Mountainfilm 2009, and the soon-to-bereleased film titled 6) discuss predictions for the world that will remain.

B Dean Potter No one in the climbing world is quite like Dean Potter. Learn what inspires him to go big. (Hosted by Timmy O’Neill.)

SUNDAY

A Wade Davis The garrulous Wade Davis will speak about Sherpas on Everest, the latest on the Sacred Headwaters, what it’s like to be back in his beloved British Columbia and much more.

B The Joy of Suffering Climbers Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright have embarked on a peculiar quest, something they call “Sufferfest.”

Aside from the film of the same name (page 35), they just finished a sequel Sufferfest, this time in the Southwest.

Joining them will be alpinist Conrad Anker who famously said, “I like to suffer.” The three will share stories of — you guessed it — suffering. (Hosted by Timmy O’Neill.)

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WILDERNESS WALKS & TALKS Friday through Monday

Mountainfilm started as a gathering for climbers and mountaineers with climbing during the day and movies in the evenings. The festival schedule is busier now than it was in 1979, but we want to revisit our roots this year with a small offering of outdoor programs.

Passholders and the general public may sign up for the free Wilderness Walks & Talks at Hospitality in the Gallery Room of the Sheridan Opera House beginning on Thursday, May 22. All programs are two hours or less and accessed by foot from the Town of Telluride (no driving required). Walks & Talks have limited space, so sign up early. Rain or shine, be prepared for the elements.

(after the Moving Mountains Symposium)

Hike the Ridge Trail with Conrad Anker Feel the weight of a pack similar to what the legendary Sherpa guides and climbers of the Himalaya carry, and then join alpinist Conrad Anker on a hike up the Ridge Trail to Gondola Station St. Sophia.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

SUNDAY 5:00 p.m.

Puebloan History and the Story of Trees with David Roberts Join climber and author David Roberts for a brief visit to the Telluride Museum, where he’ll tell the story of the Telluride Blanket, a masterful Ancestral Puebloan artifact on display. Afterward, follow him onto the famed Jud Wiebe trail.

Difficulty level: Intermediate (some steep terrain with loose rocks) Meeting location: Elks Park (across the street from the Sheridan Opera House)

SATURDAY 12:00 p.m.

Living Wild with Lynx Vilden Lynx Vilden, the founder of the Living Wild School, will teach handson wilderness living skills on Bear Creek Trail.

Difficulty level: Beginner

Between the Covers bookstore moves to Hotel Madeline’s ballroom for the afternoon to celebrate Mountainfilm authors who will sign and

Meeting location: Mountain Village Conference Center near the bouldering rock

Wildlife Photography: Camera Traps with Steve Winter On the San Miguel River Trail, National Geographic photojournalist Steve Winter will demonstrate how to set camera traps and capture incredible shots of animals in the wild.

Sunday, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Hotel Madeline Ball Room in mountain village

MONDAY 11:00 a.m.

Difficulty level: Beginner Meeting location: Telluride Town Park (at the bleachers for the baseball diamonds)

sell their books. Look for these authors at The Reading Frenzy:

Conrad Anker Debra Bloomfield Anna Brones Shushana Castle Wade Davis Jared Diamond Sylvia Earle Dexter Filkins Dave Foreman Cary Fowler Adam Duncan Harris Katie Lee Vance Martin Luke Mehall James Randi Reza David Roberts David Rothenburg David Sassoon Auden Schendler

Florian Schulz Tom Shadyac Morgan Spurlock Cheryl Strayed

Maggie Taylor Jerry Uelsmann Steve Winter Peter Yarrow

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FRIDAY 3:30 p.m.

The Reading Frenzy

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Ice Cream Social

Saturday, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Colorado Avenue (main street) between Aspen and Fir Streets

Aside from the free ice cream, there will be an array of local and national nonprofits and a farmer’s market with produce and quick local lunch options (other quality togo food is available at places such as The Brown Bag, The Butcher and the Baker, Caravan and The Steaming Bean).

At 2:45 p.m. climber and aerialist Dean Potter (When Dogs Fly, page 39) will jump out of a plane and fly in a wingsuit over Telluride. If the weather and wind are too much, we’ll try to find another time for this flight.

Late-Night Parties

Friday, 9:00 p.m.

Last Dollar Saloon

American Alpine Club party Saturday, 9:00 p.m.

Last Dollar Saloon

Timmy O’Neill and the Dust Storm SMUGGLERS BREW PUB

An informal gathering to discuss your favorite films over a locally brewed beer Sunday, 9:00 p.m. the steaming bean

Closing night party

Closing Awards Picnic

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Visit www.tmvoa.org for more information.

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Sponsored by Eddie Bauer & Outside magazine The picnic is free for Wilson, Ama Dablam and Patron passholders; tickets are on sale at Hospitality and at the picnic entrance for $20.

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Monday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony starts at 2:30 p.m.

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AWARDS

Sponsor a Sheridan Opera House seat!

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Donate $500-$1,000 to the Sheridan Arts Foundation and have your name, or the name of a loved one, on your favorite seat in the house for the next 10 years!

Thank you to our current Seat Sponsors:

Owned and operated by the Sheridan Arts Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and restoring Telluride’s 100-year-old Crown Jewel and providing quality arts and entertainment to the community.

The Woehle Family The Coon Family The Minor Family Sandy and Roger Wickham The Barnhill Family Debbie & David Cohen Amy and John Miller Ann and Matthew Cross Jack & Beth Watson Megan & Casey McManemin Megan Mahoney & Nancy Oliver Reed

Joyce & Ron Allred Stephanie and Michael Rosen Rich & Ann Teerlink Allen & Wendy Solomon The Fansler Family Jennie Franks & Jeffrey Price The Redden Family Vaughn and Julie Starnes Mike & Sharon Talbert The Gleason Family Erik & Josephine Fallenius Lisa & Richard Baker

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Charlie Fowler was a Telluride local and world-class climber. We miss him and find some comfort knowing that he’s represented in spirit by this $1,000 juried award that goes to a climbing film.

AUDIENCE AWARD

All passholders have ballots to select the Audience Award. Ballots are collected at Hospitality until Monday morning and also at the Closing Picnic.

Norman Vaughan indomitable spirit award The great polar explorer Norman Vaughan was a friend to Mountainfilm. His motto was “Dream big and dare to fail.” Founded by his widow Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan, Rick Silverman and Lindsey Walker, this award is given to a film that epitomizes Vaughan’s indomitable spirit.

festival director’s award

This award is chosen by Mountainfilm’s festival director.

CINEMATOGRAPHY award This juried prize goes to the film with the most outstanding cinematography.

STUDENT award Authorized ConCessionAire of denAli nAtionAl PArk Permittee of the unComPAhgre nAtionAl forest

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Sara Bernstein HBO is a longtime force in the documentary world, and network vice president Sara Bernstein is a key part of the team, shepherding such films as The Crash Reel, Music by Prudence and Burma VJ.

Brent Bishop As part of the team that made the Mountainfilm 2013 entry High and Hallowed, Brent Bishop is an alpinist and photographer whose father, Barry Bishop, was a member of the famous 1963 Americans on Everest expedition.

Noah Cowan As the newly named executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, Noah Cowan’s responsibilities are to run the San Francisco Film Festival and further the Society’s mission to support independent filmmakers and bring world cinema to the Bay Area.

Lynsey Dyer A typical day for Lynsey Dyer involves hucking herself off a cliff for a ski photo shoot, empowering young girls to get outdoors through her nonprofit She Jumps, and creating art.

Simon Kilmurry Simon Kilmurry runs “POV,” the PBS series that holds the record as the longest running program for independent films on television. It has screened many documentaries that also played at Mountainfilm.

Mary Turner After growing up in the South, Mary Turner moved to New York and worked for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker before escaping to Santa Fe, where she is the deputy editor for Outside magazine.

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Mary Ann Potts When National Geographic Adventure magazine ceased to publish in print in 2009, they kept one person on staff: Mary Ann Potts. With her help, it now thrives with a strong online presence.

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Auden Schendler Auden Schendler is the vice-president of sustainability at Aspen Ski Company and spoke at 2013’s Moving Mountains Symposium on climate solutions. gregg trenish The founder of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, Gregg Treinish was featured in the 2013 Mountainfilm entry, Gregg Treinish, A MoveShake Story. He was also named a National Geographic Explorer of the Year in 2008 for being the first person to trek the Andes Mountain Range.

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BOARD & DONORS

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Mountainfilm in Telluride is as honored as it is fortunate to have a board of directors and an advisory board composed of such dedicated and diverse talent. Here are the people that Mountainfilm relies on for both inspiration and guidance.

Board of Directors Beth Gage / Board President Lance Waring / Board Vice President Mike Shimkonis / Board Treasurer Brian Werner / Board Secretary Ruth Bender Jack Castle Bonnie Cohen Mallory Dimmitt Cathe Dyer Lindsay Hower Rick Silverman Allison Wolff

Honorary Board of Trustees Dick & Susan Saint James Ebersol Tully & Elise Friedman Ann & Rich Teerlink Advisory Board Conrad Anker James Balog Arlene Burns Wade Davis Lynn Hill Aaron Huey Pico Iyer Chris Jordan

Ben Knight Ace Kvale Frans Lanting Katie Lee Maya Lin Liz Manne Rebecca Martin Hilaree O’Neil

Doug Peacock Louie Psihoyos Chris Rainier Mary Ramos Beth Wald Paul Watson

Donors EVEREST Shushana & Jack Castle Dalton Family Foundation Dick & Susan Saint James Ebersol, Honorary Trustees

High Meadows Group Tully & Elise Friedman, Honorary Trustees Jeff & Debbie Resnick Ann & Rich Teerlink, Honorary Trustees

K2 Thom & Leslie Beers • Stuart & Joanna Brown • Lisa Hogan Joseph & Lynne • Horning • Jesse & Mary Johnson • Richard & Charlotte Jorgensen • Jim & Kay Mabie • Audrey Marnoy • Aela & Don Morgan

AJAX Anonymous • Janet W. Barnhill • Corinna Clendenen Beth & George Gage • Marla Meridith • Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan Patagonia Footwear • Chris Paine • Penelope L. Peterson Rick Silverman • Lindsey Walker

DENALI Ed & Frances Barlow • Chip & Cathe Dyer • Danna English Judy & Steven Gluckstern • John Kirkendoll & Peiper Hastings Paul & Sherry Lambert • Casey & Megan McManemin • Dinny Sherman Anita & Prabha Sinha • The Spitzer Family • Missy & Mike Young EIGER Josh Bernstein • Sharon Gantz Bloome Bonnie & Louis Cohen William C. & Sally R. Estes • Suzanne LaFetra John & Bridget Macaskill • Vincent & Anne Mai Tristin & Martin Mannion • Dr. John McCall • Peter & Kathleen Metcalf Anu & Michelle Parekh • Ronnie Planalp • Karen Ray • Susan Rockefeller Ian Sanders • Wynnell Schrenk • Tom & Donna Stone Terry & Susan Tice • Barrett Toan • Sheila Wald EL CAPITAN Alan & Brenda Abramson • Anne & Mike Armstrong • Ruth Bender • Angela & Roger Box • Nancy & Duncan Burke • David & Nancy Cale • Steve & Kendall Cieciuch Geoffrey E. Clark, M.D. & Martha Fuller Clark • Mallory Dimmitt Vevie & Lawrence Dimmitt • Bruce & Bridgitt Evans • The Grace Trust Garrett Gruener & Amy Slater Family Fund • Dr. Hill & Bettie Hastings Litty Holbrooke & Andy Frey • David & Laurie Joslin Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm • Merle & Jerry Measer Lou Mintz & Beverly Crilly • Lynn Nebus • Barbara Parish & Gary Roberts • Kelli Petersen • Mr. & Mrs. John Hans Pryor • Barry & Barbara Shaffer • Mike & Jennifer Shimkonis • Susan Ringo & Barry Sonnenfeld Jim & Joanne Steinback • Chris and Judy Stjernholm • Max & Tamara Strang • Zelda & Sheldon Tenenbaum • Dale Vrabec • Philip H. & Jean H. Wagner Family Fund • Suzanne Dyer Wise • Bruce & Jodie Wright Shannon & Kimberly Wynne • Dale Zulauf & Jonette Bronson

BELAYER Paul & Mary Anderson • Eileen Barrett & Sam MacBride Joel & Betty Bechtel • Doug Beckwith, PhD • Mark Callaway John & Georgiann Carroll • David & Deborah Cohen • Marcia & John Mike Cohen • Marvin Cohen & Jane Richman in honor of Ronna Stamm & Paul Lehman • Kevin & Ann Cooney • Nancy Craft & Rob Schultheis Durfee Day • Phil & Cathie Evans • Charlotte Fox • Dave & Lael Fruen David Gast & Elena Schmid • Gerber Construction, Inc. • Kathy Green Judy Hall & Warner Paige • Marla & Dan Hodes • Lindsay K. Hower Kit & Carolyn Jackson • Chase Lambert • Martha Lanning John Leahey & Mary Uchida • Stephen & Kathy McComb The Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation Lisa & Victor Nemeroff • Chris & Laura Pucillo Dr. & Mrs. Sam Rehnborg • Bee & Frank Reichel • Mr. Andre Schwartz & Ms. Virginia Egger • John Steel & Bunny Freidus • Strom and Matt Thacker in honor of Chris Paine • Brian Werner • Marshall Whiting & Richard Arnold • Peter & Gail Wilson • Allison Wolff SHERPA George & Jackie Antoine • Allison Branson • Judy & Paul Beckett Jacob Brennan • Wendy Brooks • Frank & Jan Cicero • Dina Coates Koebler Family • Amy Conger & Robert Herschler • Jon Davison Mark & Amy Dobbins • Jessica Galbo • Erika Henschel John & Carlotta Horn • Kathy Jepson • Travis & Jennifer Julia Bob Justis • Joel Kaufman • Jim Kennon • Damon Knox Ray & Harriet Levy • John Long • Joan May • Tim & Christine McGrady William G. Naphin • Mariah Nimmons • Peak Performance Therapy, P.C. Suzanne Pfister • Allan & Rebecca Ranta • Bill Repolgle Rebecca Rome Duff Simbeck • Sherrion Taylor • Telluride Gallery of Fine Art • Lance Waring • Bill Wells • Janet Woods • Peter Yarrow

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THEATER STAFF

Theater Managers Lauren Baker • April Bindock Sherry Brieske • Mark Davis • Kandee Degraw • Erin Hamilton Geoff Hanson Rob Huber • John Kelly • Ben Kerr Cat Lee-Covert • Peter Lundeen • Heather Lyne • Bruce MacIntire Marissa Mattys Julie McNair • Lauren Metzger Michelle Montigue • Kathleen Morgan • John Rosenberg Amy Russell • G Douglas Seitsinger • Jeff Shannon Projectionists Greg Babush • Nate Balding Derrick Casto • Filip Celander • Charlie Gibbons Barbara Grassia Peter Halter • Sergio Laureano • Patty Lecht Karen Long Keith Madden • Scott Rahilly • Luci Reeve Luke Reid-Grassia • Dave Riepe • Brad Spooner Tom Wardaszka

STAFF

Peter Kenworthy / Executive Director David Holbrooke / Festival Director Stash Wislocki / Festival Producer Emily Long / Program Director Crystal Geise / Operations Director Henry Lystad / Director, Mountainfilm on Tour Jessica Galbo / Assistant Director, Mountainfilm on Tour Pam Shifrin / Accounting and Bookkeeping Lise Waring / Communications and Social Media

MEDIA

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A memorial bench for Sharon Shuteran, a beloved friend of Mountainfilm who died in 2012, will be unveiled in front of the Sheridan Opera House on Saturday, May 24, at 1:45 p.m.

PEOPLE Annie Agnone 68, 78 Jim Aikman 70, 72 Alfredo Alcántara 21 Azzam Alwash 26, 69 Conrad Anker 62, 70, 79, 83, 85 John Antonelli 26 Yoshino Aoki 45 Skip Armstrong 43 JP Auclair 43 Zachary Barr 24 George Basch 73 Andy Beaupre Eric Becker 25 Thom Beers 81 - Coffee Talk Michael Rossato-Bennett 16 Robin Berghaus 35 Sara Bernstein 90 Brent Bishop 91 Matt Black 23 Debra Bloomfield 61, 73, 76, 85 Alexandria Bombach 19, 72 Jack Boston 42 Paul-Emile Boucher 45 Andreas Braaten 42 Paul Brenner 44 Anna Brones 85 Carter Brooks 76 Johnny Burke 36 Annie Bush 38 Russell O. Bush 38 David Byars 32 Shushana Castle 85 Josh Chertoff 21 Katy Chevigny 22 Hope Clark 17 Don Colcord 17 Hilary Cooper 62 Noah Cowan 90 David Cowels 45 Eric Crosland 43 Marshall Curry 30 Wade Davis 83, 85 Tim DeChristopher 39, 61 Kandee DeGraw 73 Jared Diamond 61, 85 Temujin Doran 38 Sara Dosa 25 Mike Douglas 36, 72 Steve Duncan 17, 76 Char Duran 31 Lynsey Dyer 91 Sylvia Earle 28, 61, 85 Ezra Edelman 29 Steve Engman 27 Steve “Doom” Fassbinder 72 Dexter Filkins 66, 85 Conor Finnegan 44 Wendy Fisher 36 John John Florence 43 Dave Foreman 39, 61, 85 Cary Fowler 32, 85 John Francis 61 Eugénie Frerichs 72, 76 Ron Fugelseth 45 Ashrtia Furman 32 Jeremy Galante 45 Devlin Gandy 68, 78 Tony Gerber 29 Sam Giffin 30 Mark Grieco 26, 73 Ben Gulliver 22 Catherine Gund 17 Linda Halpern 22 Christopher Hanson 28, 77 David Hanson 39 Michael Hanson 39 Shoko Hara 44 Adam Duncan Harris 61 Joachim Hellinger 33, 72 Andrew Hinton 36 Alex Honnold 35, 43,

Greg Hope 16, 42 Aaron Huey 77 Daniel Irvine 21 Mikal Jakubal 20 Luc Jaquet 29 Johan Jonsson 43 Jonathan Kang 42 Jon Kasbe 17 Douglas Kass 21 Roger Kass 21 Ross Kauffman 22 Jeffrey Kerby 68, 78 William A. Kerig 23 Simon Kilmurry 90 Ben Knight 20, 77 Andrew Kornylak 39 George Knowles 16 Kalum Ko 31 Erin Krozek 31 Vincent Kueny 43 Keith Ladzinski 20, 25 Gary Lang 72, 77 Libby Langston 37 Kenny Laubbacher 36 Meredith Lavitt 23 Katie Lee 20, 39, 77, 85 Kai Lightner 16 ML Lincoln 39 Matthew Livadary 31 Robert Lobel 45 Jeff Lowe 72 Josh Lowell 24, 43 Max Lowe 35 Jenni Lowe-Anker 78, 85 Henry Lystad 73 Jordan Manley 21 Amy Marquis 26 Tess Martin 45 Vance Martin 62, 85 Juan Martinez 26, 62 Vanessa Martinez 26 Andy Maser 23 Sandy McCleod 32 Kelly McGarry 42 Brian McGinn 32 Tyler Measom 24 Luke Mehall 85 Sarah Menzies 18 Hunter Metcalf 78 Sebastien Montaz-Rosset 43 Ben Moon 18 Frank Moore 27 Jeanne Moore 27 Molly Morrison 37 Peter Mortimer 24, 43 Jesse Moss 30 Dave Mossop 43 Stanley Nelson 22 Jenny Nichols 23 Aly Nicklas 19 Robert Nixon 28 Jim Nowak 73 Lauren Oakes 73 Sean O’Neill 31 Timmy O’Neill 31, 33, 83 Renan Ozturk 43 Will Parrinello 27 Jeffrey Parrish 23 Darren Pearson 44 Josh Penn 25 Martin Persiel 33 Aaron Peterson 18 Richard Phelan 44 Duke Phillips 21 Klaus Pichler 78 Jeff Plunkett 29 Dean Potter 39, 83 Mary Anne Potts 90 Maxim Pozdorovkin 29, 73 Stormy Pyeatte 19 James “The Amazing” Randi 24, 85 Jorn Ranum 34

Cyndee Readdean 22 Stuart Reid 26 Reza 50, 64, 78, 85 David Roberts 84, 85 Richard Robinson 33 Jilli Rose 34 Nick Rosen 43 Thom Ross 78 David Rothenberg 62, 85 Travis Rummel 20 Andrea Rutigliano 21 M Sanjayan 60 David Sassoon, 85 Helen Hood Scheer 17 Auden Schendler 90 Brett Schreckengost 16, 42, 44 Florian Schulz 61, 79, 85 Celin Serbo 29 Tom Shadyac 85 Lise Pike Sheehy 73 Shelley Silbert 62 Mickey Smith 42 Morgan Spurlock 33, 35 Fisher Stevens 28 Matt Stoecker 20 Ben Stookesberry 38, 72 Cheryl Strayed 62, 85 Elizabeth Streb 17 Ben Sturgulewski 43 Maggie Taylor 72, 79 Norbu Tenzing 24 Jeff Thomas 43 Mary Turner 91 Jerry Uelsmann 72, 79, 85 Amber Valenti 68, 78 Eric Valli 26 Brecht Vanthof 43 Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee 24 Lynx Vilden 26, 62, 84 Milen Vitanov 45 Orlando von Einsiedel 37 Nick Waggoner 43 Lucy Walker 26 John Waller 27 Justin Weinstein 24 Jim Whittaker 25 Diana Whitten 37, 73 Nevada Wier 65, 79 Jamie Williams 62 Jenny Wilson 23 Niels Windfeldt 42 Steve Winter 50, 67, 84, 85 Allison Wolff 20 Cedar Wright 25, 34, 83 Peter Yarrow 71

FILMS 11-Year-Old Girl Shatters Climbing Records 44 14.c 16 64 mph 16, 42, 44 The Apothecary 17 Abita 44 Alive Inside 16 The Balloon Highline 43 A Beautiful Waste 16 Begin Again 43 Blink of an Eye 42 Born to Fly 16 Bryan and Kaia 42 Castles In The Sky 18 Catch It 18 Cold Rolled 18 Coming Home 19 Coming Up for Air 42 Common Ground 19 Creative Compulsive Disorder 19 DamNation 20 Damned 44

Dear Governor Hickenlooper 20 Desert Ice 20 Dream 43 Dubai A Skier’s Journey 21 Duke and the Buffalo 21 E-Team 22 El Sendero Luminoso 43 Emptying the Skies 21 Fear of Flying 44 The Fortune Wild 22 Freedom Summer 22 The Grand Rescue 23 The Guardians 23 Harvest of Shadows 23 High Tension 24 An Honest Liar 24 Into the Mind – Bella Coola Gnar 43 Isle de Jean Charles 24 The Karsts of China 25 Kelly McGarry Rampage 42 The Last Season 25 A Life Well Lived | Jim Whittaker & 50 Years of Everest 25 Light Goes On 44 Likebomb Skiing 43 The Lion’s Mouth Opens 26 Living in a Food Desert 44 Living Wild 26 Love in the Tetons 26 Maple Syrup 45 Marmato 27 Marshland Dreams 27 Mending the Line 27 Mission Blue 28 Moment’s Notice 43 My Happy End 45 North Slope, Alaska 28 The Notorious Mr. Bout 28 Off-Width Outlaw 29 Once Upon a Forest 29 The Opposition 29 The Overnighters 30 Parking Lot Culture 30 Point and Shoot 30 Preveil 31 Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo 31 The Questions We Ask 31 The Record Breaker 32 Seeds of Time 32 Self-Storage 32 Seven Deadly Sins 33 Sniffles 45 Song of the Cicadas 33 Sound Of The Void 33 Spice Girl 43 Stars Above Lofoten 34 Sticky 34 Stumped 34 Sufferfest 35 Summer Light 35 Super Size Me 35 SuperMom 36 Take Away Film: Uganda 36 Tashi and the Monk 36 A Toy Train in Space 45 Trail Riders of the Wilderness 37 Tyler Howell 42 Valhalla 43 Vessel 37 Virunga 37 Vultures of Tibet 38 Walled In 38 Wedge 43 The Whale Story 45 The Weight of Mountains 38 When Dogs Fly 39 Who Owns Water 39 Wind 45 Winter Light 35 Wrenched 39

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