The Wonder Hospital
The Wonder Hospital – Session 10: Women In Sports Focus (Sunday, Oct. 10th, 2-5pm)
South Korea, 2010, 12min
Director/Producer: Beomsik Shimbe Shim
The Wonder Hospital, a 3D animated film, is a surreal journey of oddity and empty illusion. In a mysterious hospital, modification of physical beauty is not what you would expect. A girl’s desire for superficial beauty leads her to chase after the luring ‘After’ images on a path of advertisements throughout the hospital. But in the end she finds something unimaginable and irreversible.
Website: www.shimbe.com
Trailer: http://www.shimbe.com/TheWonderHospital_MovieTrailer.html
Awards and Festivals:
- Los Angeles Film Festival – The best animated short
- Seattle International Film Festival – The best animated short
- Athens Film and Video Festival – The best animated short
- SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater 2010 – The best student project
Waypoint Namibia
Waypoint Namibia – Session 10: Women In Sports Focus (Sunday, Oct. 10th, 2-5pm)
Namibia, 2009, 30 minutes
Director: Chris Alstrin
Producer: Majka Burhardt
In May 2009, a small team of rock climbers departed for Namibia with two goals: to find a way up an unexplored face, and to find a way into a deeper understanding of southern Africa. At the heart of their trip lies the question: Can adventure and culture combine to create understanding? “WayPoint Namibia” is the story of their journey.
Website/Trailer: http://www.majkaburhardt.com/waypoint-namibia/
Related Links: http://www.irdnc.org.na/
Festivals and Awards:
Boulder Adventure Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado
Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Nevada City, California
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Vancouver, BC
Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center Presents the Wild and Scenic Festival, Mt Shasta, California
Hory a Mesto Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Presents the Wild and Scenic Festival, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Mountainfilm in Telluride, Telluride, Colorado
The Women and the Waves
The Women and the Waves
USA, 2009, 48min.
Directors/Producers: Heather Hudson and Peck Euwer
“The Women and the Waves” is a documentary surf film that explores the lives of female surfers who, through the decades, have chosen to paddle head first into the male dominated sport of surfing and found a place of their own. Surfer girls, women who surf, women who don’t, female athletes, and the men who love them gain insight into what it’s like to “Surf like a Girl!” This inspiring film, featuring generations of women surfers, reveals what has. transcended surfing’s status as a sport to become a passion so strong, it is the dominant force in their lives.
IN PERSON: Heather Hudson
Website: http://www.thewomenandthewaves.com/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI_GTVENLeY
Festivals and Awards:
*Official Selection, Wild and Scenic Envrionmental Film Festival, 2010
*Official Selection, The Surf Show Waveriders Fest., Bristol,UK, 2010
*Official Selection, Surf Film Premieres, New Zealand, 2010
*Official Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Santa Cruz Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Maui Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Ventura Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, New York Surf Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Bend Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Taos Mountain Film Festival, 2009
*Official Selection, Film La Femme Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2009
Women Of Dirt
Women Of Dirt – Session 10: Women In Sports Focus (Sunday, Oct. 10th, 2-5pm)
USA, 2010, 60 min.
Directors: Miles Sullivan, Mark Brent
Producer: Mark Brent
Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt celebrates the mountain bike while celebrating the women who love them. The film takes a unique look into the world of Downhill Racing, Dirt Jumping and Freeriding through the eyes of the wondrous women that have helped grow the sport of Gravity Mountain Biking with their strength and courage. It is a beautiful and energetic film that opens a window into an awesome world.
Website/Trailer: http://awesomeland.com/?p=10
