Film Festival di Trento, the winning films

Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart won the 49th International Mountain Film Festival at Trento, Italy

PlanetMountain.com

May 2001

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The winners of the 49th Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure "Città di Trento" were announced on Saturday 5 May. This awards ceremony brought to a close the week-long festival, widely regarded as an excellent occasion that considers all mountain themes, from film and publishing to awards and debates.

The Jury’s remarks for the following films:

Gran Premio “Città di Trento”, for the Best Film possessing the high artistic qualities which inspires the cultural aims pursued by the Festival

Antarctica.org by Michel De Wouters and Annick Pippelart (Belgium). In this documentary the protagonists are pushed beyond their physical and mental limits as they cross the unforgiving landscape of Antarctica. This film surpasses other competition entries for the way it combines visuals, narration, and exceptional soundscape to achieve a powerful immediacy that pulls the viewer into the experience.

Best Film on Mountaineering, Club Alpino Italiano, Genziana d'oro

Equilibrium by Mark Turnbull (Great Britain), A climbers’ film that accurately portrays a characteristic British approach to creating hard and unprotected new routes on gritstone. Significantly, it is an innovative film exploring not only the mind of a leader and his obsession with a line, on which the consequences of a fall could prove fatal; but also, the mind of the belayer, his considerable responsibility, and the mutual trust between the two climbers.

Best Film on Mountains, Genziana d'argento

Im Reich des Steinadlers - Teil 2: Giplelsieg des Lebens by Michael Schlamberger (Austria). Its intimate and sensitive portrayal of the hard conditions endured by the animals in their mountain kingdom, providing the viewer a rare opportunity to witness an otherwise hidden world.

Best Film on Exploration and Environment, Genziana d'argento

Les derniers jours de Zeugma by Thierry Ragobert (France). This film portrays archeologists hurrying to rescue an ancient city before it is obliterated by an artificial lake. The camera follows the researchers' efforts, using sophisticated technology to uncover, step-by-step, a forgotten world, and a treasure beyond their expectations.

Best Film on Sport and Sport Adventure, Genziana d'argento

Ski-Everest 2000 by Janez Stucin (Slovenia), An exceptional sport adventure film that, rather than focusing on the ascent of the world's highest mountain, focuses on Davo Karnicar's descent of Mount Everest-on skis. The quick-cutting cinema veritÃ© style, supported by sound effects and music, establishes an energy that is maintained throughout the film.

Best Film by an Italian Director

Groenlandia, un destino di ghiaccio dby Mario Nardin,. This combines effective images, appropriate narration and soundtrack to reveal an genuine picture of life's hard living in an extreme environment.

Best Photography

Grossglockner - Der schwarze Berg by Georg Riha (Austria) for demonstrating a new approach to using camera techniques, which capture extraordinary visuals never seen in mountain-related documentaries.

Best Screenplay

Hamrah e Rad by Manoochehr Tayyb (Iran), a personal travel diary integrating drama and documentary to create a cinematic view of nature, history, and culture.

Special Mentions to the following four films:

Macquarie Island by Wade Fairley (Australia), for a professionally crafted film exemplifying an excellent integration of photography, editing, and sound. It is an engaging documentary on the exploration of wildlife.

Bilder einer Landschaft - Die Waale im Vinschgau by Hans-Dieter Hartl (Germany), which is a valuable cinematic document on a surviving traditional technique of irrigation.

La montagna accanto. Pensieri di un alpinista, con Sergio Martini by Giorgio Balducci (Italy), which is an intimate portrait of an extraordinary climber who reflects upon his deep relationship with the mountains.

Tool' em all by Christian Furlan (Italy), for the skillful use of camera postion to reveal the intricate and highly technical nature of modern mixed climbing.

The prize for Best Fiction Film was not awarded.

Jury
The Jury of the 49th Festival of Mountains, Exploration and Adventure "CittÃ di Trento", which comprised Giorgio Adamo, President (Italy), Suzanne Cook (Canada), Tone Frelih (Slovenia), Lindsay Griffin (Great Britain), and Hans-Peter Stauber (Austria).

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