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Waterwalker Film Festival Winners Announced!


Best of the Festival - Finding Farley
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
Follow filmmakers Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison along with their two-year-old son Zev as they trace the literary footsteps of an iconic Canadian author. Their 5,000 km journey has them paddling, portaging and sailing from the Prairies to the Maritimes where they finally meet up with Canadian author Farley Mowat.

Best Canoeing Film - This is Canoeing
Produced by Justine Curgenven
This is Canoeing is a collection of canoeing films that showcase some of the single blade’s most talented paddlers, exploring wilderness and running challenging whitewater. The film features Becky Mason, Paul Mason, Kevin Callan, Mark Scriver, Andrew Westwood, Ray Goodwin, Wendy Grater and more.

Best Environmental Film - Terra Antarctica
Produced by Jon Bowermaster
Terra Antarctica explores the fast changing evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula, which has been impacted by climate change. This National Geographic-sponsored exploration is a one-of-a-kind look at Antarctica from a unique perspective - sea level.

Best Adventure Film - Paddle to Seattle
Produced by J.J. Kelley and Ben Gottfried
Paddle to Seattle follows two adventurers on a 1,300-mile voyage in homebuilt kayaks for 97 days down the Inside Passage from Alaska to Seattle.
Best Instructional Film - Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown
Produced by Simon Willis
This film features exciting, practical sea kayaking instruction from Gordon Brown, one of the world’s top coaches. It guides kayakers through forward paddling, turning and steering and into rough water and tidal races. Beautifully filmed off the Isle of Skye.

Best Action Film - Let the Slave Run
Produced by Jacqui Whitehead
The Slave River in the Northwest Territories offers world-class play spots, river running and even creeking. Let the Slave Run shows what four sets of rapids has to offer as well as making people aware that this unique river is under threat of being dammed.

Best Amateur Film - Armada
Produced by Aaron Janzen/Graham Nelson
Twelve friends gather on the Upper Red Deer River in the Alberta foothills to end the summer with a weekend of whitewater canoeing. All are ready to “get their paddle on” and have a good time.

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The 2010 Festival showcases films that push the creative edge in the paddling film genre. Since its inception over 22 years ago, the Festival has entertained and inspired paddling enthusiasts across North America.

The Waterwalker Festival pays tribute to Bill Mason. If the canoe is the icon of the Canadian wilderness, no man did more to etch that symbol in our national consciousness than the late Bill Mason. Much more than a passionate canoeist - Bill Mason also had the gift to translate his experiences of the natural world into compelling words, paintings and films. He is the most successful filmmaker in the history of the National Film Board of Canada.

Both winners and other outstanding entrants make up the touring festival schedule. A full list of films will be posted on the Waterwalker page soon.

Congratulations to the winners!

For more information, please contact Anne Baxter at 613-342-0599 or e-mail waterwalker@paddlingcanada.com