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WELCOME FEATURED FILMS DAILY SCHEDULE GUESTS SPECIAL EVENTS TICKETS & PASSES BUY ONLINE NOW! SPONSORS SPECIAL THANKS LODGING SPONSORS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PAST FESTIVALS OUR MISSION HOME PAGE Taos Mountain Film Festival 121 North Plaza Taos, NM 87571 Phone 575-751-3658 Fax 575-751-3518 Email info@mountainfilm.net Web mountainfilm.net |
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Advance Program News The Roof of the World - Tales from the Tibetan Plateau This year's Taos Mountain Film Festival will feature films, guests and slideshows from the Tibetan Plateau, the planet's most spectacular terrain known as the Roof of the World. This region has been shrouded in mystery and myth for millennia. For centuries it was closed to foreigners and the recent opening has, of course, been tainted by oppression and violence. The festival is currently finalizing its program from a wide array of submitted films covering the history, culture and topography of the high plateau, which extends beyond Tibet itself into still comparatively unvisited lands such as Ladakh, Mustang and Western China. Selected films include the 1963 BBC classic Raid into Tibet, which follows a force of Tibetan resistance fighters making an incursion across the border to battle the occupying Chinese forces; The Fate of the Lhapas documents the attempts of the Tibetan shamans to preserve their old ways in exile; other films feature the teachings of the Dalai Lama, a pilgrimage to the sacred mountain of Kailash, and the ascent of a Himalayan peak by blind climber led by Everest summiter, Erik Wienemahyer. Also featured at the festival will be a remastered version of the famous 1968 documentary El Capitan, presented by the original climbers and filmmakers, and many other films and presentations covering adventure sports and environmental issues from the South Western states and throughout the world. Due to the reconstruction of the major theater in Taos the festival will be held at smaller venues this year. Screenings will be sold out early so we strongly advise buying a pass to guarantee admission. |
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