48th Filmfestival Trento, Italy 28 April - 6 May 2000

Selection process completed: 79 films accepted.

April 2000

					THE 48th FILMFESTIVAL TRENTO, ITALY
					79 films accepted The Selection Committee has accepted 79 films for the 48th International Film Festival in Trento, Italy. 201 films from 23 countries had been submitted to the selection.
					19 countries candidate for the "Genziana d’oro Grand Prize", CittÃ di Trento France, Italy, Great Britain, United States, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Canada, Iran, Japan, Russia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa and Norway are all possible candidates for the gold "Genziana d’oro Grand Prize". The various categories include: Mountain Films, Mountaineering, Exploration, Sport and Adventure.
		MOUNTAINEERING			THE SELECTION
		Last season's mountaineering exploits shown at the Filmfestival The mountaineering category will screen cutting edge exploits, undertaken last year, that were widely publicised in the international mountaineering press. "We will be showing the most important ascent in recent years, Tomaz Humar's solo South Face of Dhaulagiri. And Eric Simonson's Mallory expedition was well documented and will take part in the Festival, too" said Mario Manica, another member of the Selection Committee. PROGRAMME The Festival will take place in Trento, Italy from 30 April to 5 May. The Awards Ceremony will be held on 6 May. Per further information: Uffici del Festival: Via S. Croce 67 - Centro S. Chiara, 38100 Trento, Italy Tel. +39 461986120 Fax +39 461237832 mail@mountainfilmfestival.trento.it			"A careful assessment" "The selection process was not easy and required a careful assessment" explained Antonio Cembran, a member of the Selection Committee and Director of the Festival." This theme of this year's Festival is a quest, for the mountaineering and exploration documentaries are based on historical facts. "The world of mountaineering is represented through historical reconstructions, so as to re-establish a historical perspective, not just from poetic point of view, but also from a concrete standpoint" explains Cembran. "Through the cinema the mountain finds a vehicle of expressing not only its dreams, made real through their beauty, but also the often harsh reality. Man intrudes, and on stopping on this fragile balance is indispensable."