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2006 TMFF AWARD WINNERS WELCOME FEATURED FILMS INVITED GUESTS SPECIAL EVENTS FESTIVAL PROGRAM DAILY SCHEDULE TICKETS & PASSES SPECIAL THANKS PAST FESTIVALS OUR MISSION THE TMFF STAFF HOME PAGE Taos Mountain Film Festival 121 North Plaza Taos, NM 87571 Phone 505-751-3658 Fax 505-751-3518 Email info@mountainfilm.net Web mountainfilm.net |
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LIGHT OF THE HIMALAYA 8:00pm, Saturday, Oct. 7th, Old County Courthouse  Largely due to the increased incidence of ultra violet at higher altitude
the people of Nepal suffer from the highest rates of cataract blindness in the
world. This film highlights Mount Everest guide Pete Athans and climber
surgeon, Geoff Tabin. www.seracfilms.com Michael Brown, USA, 64mins, 2006. In Person: Pete Athans, Michael Brown. MEGALITHIC 2:00pm, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Old County Courthouse  Last year, young New Mexico filmmaker Kevin Jaramillo brought us a great
short shot in the Sandias. This year he delivers again with a pithy piece from
Yosemite National Park. Kevin Jaramillo, USA, 15mins, 2005. In Person: Kevin Jaramillo. MICHAEL BROWN 2:00pm, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Old County Courthouse Cinematographic adventure in HD, Michael Brown projects stills chronicling his career as a filmmaker. MONLAM ASPIRATION 9:15am, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Taos Community Auditorium  Kagyu Monlam, an international Buddhist prayer gathering held for world
peace and the benefit of all beings, is held yearly under the Bodhi tree in
Bodhgaya, India, where the Buddha reached enlightenment. Monlam
Aspiration is a visual document of that gathering and provides the viewer
with a deeper understanding of both the event and the Buddhist practice.
Taos native filmmaker Louis Moya will introduce his film and answer
questions. www.artyfaktfilms.com Louis Elias Moya, USA, 76mins, 2003. In person: Louis Moya. MOUNTAIN CURRENTS 3:45pm, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Taos Community Auditorium  Give some local boys a video cam and 5 weeks on the steeps of Chamonix! Taos
filmmaker Amos Hockmeyer takes us along on their annual escapade and shows that
these Taose–os can truly hold their own on the Alps' biggest, steepest ski descents. Amos Hockmeyer, USA, 12mins, 2006, Premiere. In Person: Amos Hockmeyer, Thor Husted, Jamie Baldonado. MOUNTAINS WITHOUT BARRIERS 2:00pm, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Old County Courthouse  Climbing presents sufficient challenge for those of us whose bodies are whole.
Michael Brown's beautiful and moving film, which features double-amputee,
Hugh Herr leading two blind climbers, Erik Weihenmayer and Andy Holzer,
up a severe route in the Dolomites is at once humbling and inspiring.
www.seracfilms.com Michael Brown, USA, 24mins, 2006. In Person: Michael Brown. NEW MEXICO UNDERGROUND 6:00pm, Friday, Oct. 6th, Taos Community Auditorium  A group of caving enthusiasts discover a hidden cave in New Mexico with
some spectacular features. Their style of descent offers an interesting counter
point to the Italian team's methods in the accompanying film The Abyss.
www.nmdigitalvideo.com/NMU New Mexico Underground, USA, 15mins, 2006. World Premiere. In Person: NMU. OF WIND AND WAVES: THE LIFE OF WOODY BROWN 9:30am, Sunday, Oct. 8th, Old County Courthouse  Following the success of "Surfing for Life," a hit at TMFF, 2003, David Brown
delivers again with "Of Wind and Waves." Woody Brown, a 94-year-old legend
in the worlds of surfing, sailing and soaring is the subject of this touching
documentary, and has lived an inspired life of extraordinary adventure,
accomplishment and tragedy. www.dlbfilms.com David Brown, USA, 62mins, 2006. Inspiration Award, Mountainfilm in Telluride. OUR DAILY BREAD 8:00pm, Friday, Oct. 6th, Old County Courthouse  Stripped of voiceover, interviews or obvious editorial stance, Nikolaus
Geyrhalter's evocative documentry "Our Daily Bread" looks at the agricultural
industry across Europe through sound and images alone. The film offers a
tabula rasa in which some audiences will see a horrifying indictment of the
industry's cruelties, others a realistic depiction of mechanized farming, and
some a soft-spoken tribute to manual labor. Precisely composed cinematography
and painstaking sound design create moments of sublime beauty, even when
showing the production line slaughter of animals. As a pure, meticulous and
high-end film experience that enables the viewer to draw his own conclusions,
"Bread" makes rich food for thought. www.ourdailybread.at Special Jury Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, 90mins, 2005. PACHAMAMA 4:00pm, Friday, Oct. 6th, Old County Courthouse  Some indigenous Ecuadoran people have devised a unique approach to battling
the forces that threaten their culture: sending ambassadors abroad to confront
the issues at source rather than fighting them at home. www.channelg.tvChannel G TV, USA, 5mins, 2005. In person: Michael Schoenfeld. PETE ATHANS 3:45pm, Saturday, Oct. 7th, Old County Courthouse Mr. Everest, Pete Athans' slide-show covers his climbing exploits in all corners of the globe. REEL ROCK 5:45pm, Saturday, Oct. 7th, Taos Community Auditorium TMFF hosts the Reel Rock extravaganza that is touring the country this fall. Along with gear giveaways and a high-octane presentation the following films will screen. FIRST ASCENT  Peter Mortimer and Timmy O'Neil have produced many fine films in
the genre over the years (Front Range Freaks, Return to Sender) and this is their tour de
force. First Ascent features today's top rock climbers as they lay siege to steep faces and
soaring alpine walls in pursuit of climbing's pinnacle achievement - the First Ascent.
Mortimer brings us on this globetrotting journey to capture the hopes, fears, and truly
radical feats of men and women on climbing's cutting edge. www.senderfilms.com Directed and Edited by Peter Mortimer with Nick Rosen, USA, 2006. DOSAGE PART 4 Another leading filmmaker in the climbing scene, Josh Lowell (Biographie, TMFF 2003; Psicobloc, TMFF 2004) brings us volume 4 of his very successful series. Leading climbers Chris Sharma, Tommy Caldwell and Lisa Rands perform on many of the world's test pieces. www.bigupproductions.com Josh Lowell, USA, 2006.
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